Citation:
Swartz, S., Nyamnjoh, A., Arogundade, E., Breaky, J., Bockarie, A. & Osezua, O.C. (2020) Cultivating moral eyes: bridging the knowledge-action gap of privilege and injustice among students in African universities. <i>Journal of Moral Education</i>. September:Online.
Abstract:
When opposing injustice, the failure to recognise wrong or translate knowledge into action are two problems with which moral education has to contend. The notion of 'social restitution' can be a helpful concept in addressing these challenges because it locates restitution at the level of interpersonal and communal moral responsibility. This is important because restitution is often seen almost exclusively as a government or institutional endeavour. This paper describes a study conducted amongst 72 students from four African universities in Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon that includes dialogues and a self-location activity whose aim was to cultivate moral awareness of injustice. This process of self-location also provided a helpful basis for action based on everyday acts of social restitution.
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