Books by Olubayi Olubayi
"Education for a Better World" is a book that distinguishes true education from mere schooling. P... more "Education for a Better World" is a book that distinguishes true education from mere schooling. People who acquire a true or proper education are able to think for themselves, and they are generally employable and entrepreneurial. Several essays in this book underscore the need for people to engage in continuous learning, lifelong, and to continually ask questions. This book also provides the reader with tools for self-assessment as part of the process of finding one's place in the world. Also, this book contains thoughtful essays on the role of a teacher, why ranking children is bad, and on the need to educate all people about the important contributions of Africans to human history.
Papers by Olubayi Olubayi
Education for a Better World , 2019
Critical thinking is the mental process of actively understanding, analysing, evaluating or synth... more Critical thinking is the mental process of actively understanding, analysing, evaluating or synthesizing an issue or information before making a judgement or making a decision or drawing a conclusion or holding onto a belief or engaging in a particular course of action. Put another way, critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally. Thinking refers to conscious mental processes; and rationality refers to reasons or foundations or bases for declaring certain positions or issues to be either true or false; or to be valid or invalid. When a person is thinking critically, she does not simply follow emotion or feeling, she deliberately follows conscious thought patterns, and she seeks evidence before drawing a conclusion. Critical thinking requires knowledge of the structure of arguments and of the sources of ideas or knowledge that sits in our heads.
Kenya exists as a legitimate nation state that is recognized by the United Nations and by other c... more Kenya exists as a legitimate nation state that is recognized by the United Nations and by other countries. This paper is an exploration of, and a response to, the following two questions: "Is there a national culture of Kenya?" and "what is the relationship between the national culture ofKenya and the 50 ethnic cultures of Kenya?" The evidence indicates that a distinct national culture of Kenya has emerged and continues to grow stronger as it simultaneously borrows from, reorganizes, and lends to, the 50 ancient ethnic cultures of Kenya. The emerging national culture of Kenya has several strong dimensions that include the rise of a national language, the full acceptance of Kenyan as an identity, the success of a postcolonial constitutional order, the ascendancy of ecumenical religions, the urban dominance of multiethnic cultural productions, increased national cohesion, and the Sheng struggles to decolonize modernity. The Emerging National Culture of Kenya: Decol...
Journal of Global Initiatives Policy Pedagogy Perspective, 2010
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1998
A two-step broth replacement method was used to induce Azospirillum brasilense Cd bacteria to flo... more A two-step broth replacement method was used to induce Azospirillum brasilense Cd bacteria to flocculate in vitro. Nonflocculated and flocculated cells were compared with regard to total cellular lipid composition, fatty acid profiles, and poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), protein, and carbohydrate contents. The fatty acid profiles of nonflocculated and flocculated cells were qualitatively identical. Two unsaturated fatty acids, octadecanoate (18:1 cis-9) and hexadecanoate (16:1 cis-9), accounted for approximately 80% of the total fatty acid content in both phenotypes. The major lipids in nonflocculated and flocculated A. brasilense Cd cells were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, and phosphatidylcholine. The process of flocculation also resulted in the synthesis de novo of a glycolipid and cardiolipin. Flocculation also resulted in a decrease in total cellular protein and lipid content and a proportional increase in total cellular PHB and carbohydrate content. Results i...
Azospirillum VI and Related Microorganisms, 1995
Education for a Better World , 2019
[Originally published in the book "Education for a Better World] "Without education, you are not ... more [Originally published in the book "Education for a Better World] "Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world."-Malcolm X At age 21, Malcolm X landed in prison and therein discovered that, unlike his fellow prisoner, the highly respected, knowledgeable and articulate Bimbi, he was virtually illiterate and had great trouble trying to communicate in English and to write letters to his new hero, the Hon. Elijah Mohammed. After great reflection, Malcolm X realized that the school systems he had attended and his many years of teenage hustling had left him without the education that he would need to save himself from a life of crime and to fight for human rights. In his own words later in life, "Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world." Malcolm X painfully accepted the reality that he was illiterate, that he would have to lift himself up page by page through hundreds of books. But before he could read the many books that he knew he must read, he had to teach himself English. Therefore, Malcolm X started his process of self-education by painstakingly reading an entire English language dictionary and copying by hand every page of the dictionary. After expanding his vocabulary by memorizing the meanings of thousands of new words, he read through the Bible and the Holy Quran, followed by hundreds of books on many different subjects. When lights were turned off in prison at night, he would continue to read using the dim glow of the security lights outside his prison cell. For Malcolm X, the barren prison cell was transformed through great self-discipline and intense commitment into a brilliant platform for self-education. Prison isolation became intellectual opportunity. Such is the power of the mind. For students and other persons who suddenly discover, like the 21-year old Malcolm X, that they are barely literate, that they do not have the high communication skills needed to compete in the new global knowledge economy, I offer the example of Malcolm X. If Malcolm X could lift himself up page by page in prison, you can lift yourself up even faster outside of prison. After seven years in prison, Malcolm X stepped out intellectually prepared to fight for African American freedoms, and human rights generally, and to carve a place for himself in human history. If you choose to educate yourself, or go increase your knowledge and skills using the method of Malcolm X, you will have to begin by actually reading your dictionary. Most students have been taught that the only use of the dictionary is to look up new words-this is only true if you had an excellent elementary and primary school education, and if you are already a competent writer and speaker. For those who must teach themselves what the school systems failed to teach them, I present the example of Malcolm X: begin by reading your dictionary; select essays and short stories that you will read very slowly and very many times. You should read each essay or short story at least ten times because you are reading with the aim of mastering sentence structure, paragraph construction, and of getting an intuitive sense of how the best writing is done. Like Malcolm X, you should then proceed to read hundreds of books of your choice selected from many different subjects. This Malcolmian method is usable for mastery of any language or field of knowledge; it is not limited to English. It will work well for mastery of mathematics. Anyone who aspires to competence or excellence in mathematics must do the
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