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Adesiyan, H. Rose – 1988
Prior to the advancement of western education, Liberia had a system of indigenous education, taught by chiefs and respected village elders, and designed to perpetuate the Liberian culture. Formal or western education was introduced in 1830 when the Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society passed a resolution and later passed a public…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
