Curricular innovation in the 21st century in education requires significant transformation with regards to political, economic, socio-cultural and environmental concerns such as climate change and sustainability, amongst others. A critical pedagogy approach that includes the hegemonic knowledge debates of Western and Indigenous Knowledge Systems is also integral to this transformation. This study explored the diversity of knowledge of subsistence farmers with regard to their community farming practices and how their knowledge, skills and resilience can be harnessed for education. Seven Black South African subsistence farmers near a teaching university were purposively selected for this qualitative multi-case study. Interviews with them were videorecorded and transcribed. Their experiences and perceptions of politics, economics, environmental concerns and innovations on their local farms were documented and are presented as a case-narrative history of the farmers’ backgrounds. The findings show that farmers have shown resilience with regard to issues such as water conservation, productive use of labour, pest management, local market supply and demands and indigenous knowledge in terms of ploughing, caring for, harvesting and storage of vegetables. It is recommended that local farmers’ knowledge, practices and resilience can be a source of knowledge to be integrated into education curricula. The implication of the research affords insights for opportunities and partnerships with the farming community in developing a critical pedagogy education curriculum that can be of current value in managing climate change and sustainable concerns.

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农民在发展综合性批判教育学课程中的知识

21世纪教育领域的课程创新要求对政治，经济，社会文化和环境问题（例如气候变化和可持续性）进行重大变革。包括西方和本土知识系统的霸权知识辩论在内的批判性教学法也是这种转变的组成部分。这项研究探讨了自给农民在社区耕作方式方面的知识多样性，以及如何利用他们的知识，技能和适应力进行教育。目的是选择一所教学大学附近的七个南非黑人自给农民进行这项定性的多案例研究。与他们的访谈被录制并转录。他们对政治，经济学，对当地农场的环境问题和创新进行了记录，并作为农民背景的案例叙述历史进行了介绍。调查结果表明，农民在节水，照料，收割和储存蔬菜等方面，在节水，劳动的有效使用，虫害管理，当地市场供求以及土著知识等方面表现出了韧性。建议当地农民的知识，实践和抵御能力可以作为知识来源，并纳入教育课程。这项研究的意义为开发关键的教育学教育课程提供了机会，并为与农业界的伙伴关系提供了见识，该课程对管理气候变化和可持续性问题具有当前价值。