IMPLICATION OF COMMUNALISM IN CHILD-TRAINING IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND TRADITIONAL YORUBA SETTING FOR MORAL EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA
It is a known fact, from the available data, that Nigeria as a nation is extremely riddled with corrupt practices, violence, crimes, and lack of peace, mutual faith and trust. Our civilization, ranging from population explosion, rapid technology advancement, knowledge expansion, industrialization,...
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Federal University Wukari
2024-07-01
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| Series: | International Studies Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/399 |
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| Summary: | It is a known fact, from the available data, that Nigeria as a nation is extremely riddled with corrupt practices, violence, crimes, and lack of peace, mutual faith and trust. Our civilization, ranging from population explosion, rapid technology advancement, knowledge expansion, industrialization, globalization, mobilization and influence of foreign cultures, is unconsciously conflicting with African moral principles that value human dignity, rights and responsibilities. It is never an exaggeration to posit that there is currently continuous erosion of human values and relation which had been deeply ingrained in African culture. It is quite repulsive today that adults are less enthusiastic about moral education inculcation. They are now stimulated by the general alluring economic consideration without any reference to old age human values that separate man from animals. Thus, moral rectitude is now an elusive principle among our youths, with many becoming notoriously gargantuan in the web of shameful fissiparous tendencies. This certainly poses multiple problems of anxiety, stress and worries to humanity. Meanwhile, through careful probing of records, it is evident that communalism, as one of the most ancient unifying cultural mechanisms in Child-Training, had been deliberately preserved in ancient Israelite and Yoruba cultures. Previous studies on Israelite and Yoruba moral education focused largely on human values, child education, wisdom, eldership and respect, with little attention paid to communal effort in Child-Training as preserved in the two cultures. Besides, the similarities between Yoruba understanding of communalism in Child-Training and that of the Israelite moral tradition have not been adequately explored. Filling this gap, this paper examines the implication of communalism in Child-Training in ancient Israel and traditional Yoruba setting for moral education in contemporary Nigeria. Biblical texts and 30 purposively selected Yoruba proverbs were the primary data. Historical-critical method was utilised in the interpretation of both Biblical texts and the selected Yoruba proverbs. The paper recommends that parenting should be more of a communal enterprise; it should involve the entire community and not be limited to the parents of the children. Biological parents should also appreciate communal efforts in Child-Training.
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| ISSN: | 2756-4649 |