Co-designing and implementing transdisciplinary academic literacy in higher education

Abstract

Transdisciplinary education combines disciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. Unlike the latter paradigms, transdisciplinary pedagogy deliberately integrates diverse academic fields with knowledge, practices and perspectives beyond institutional boundaries. Local and community knowledge play a crucial role in this context. Although there is substantial research on disciplinary and multidisciplinary paradigms, the intersection of transdisciplinarity, Afrocentricity and academic literacy remains underexplored. This article proposes an Afrocentric framework for transdisciplinary literacy within the broader paradigm of Africology, demonstrating its potential to transform educational practices.