THE ROLE OF METAPHYSICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIVE-CENTRIC EDUCATION

Abstract

This study is an exposition of the role of metaphysics in the development of Native-centric education. Native-centric education is the aboriginal teaching and learning of indigenous values from centric paradigms. It is an indigenous education based on the customs, conventions, and values of a people, which are transmitted through storytelling, folklore, myths, and many others. The problem that this paper sets out to address is the common notion that metaphysics is an abstract discipline that has no relevance in education. Using the research method of hermeneutics, this study holds that metaphysics is both material and immaterial studiesof the ultimate reality, and native-centric education is included in the search for ultimate realities. The study concludes that metaphysics enhances indigenous holism for students, teachers and values judgment in the development of curriculum, teaching methods, administration, and educational goals based on metaphysical assumptions. The study recommends policy makers to implement native-centric education into public policy.This of course, would help to enrich our intellectual imagination and diminish the dogmatic assurance of native centric education and metaphysics and to close minds against speculation on educational development.