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Author | : Felix Maringe |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2017-04-18 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9463009027 |
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The book is a must read for policy makers, academics, university administrators and post graduate research students in the broad field of education and in higher education studies in particular. The book brings together a wealth of information regarding the imperatives of transformation in Africa’s higher education systems. Not only do some of the chapters provide critical discussion about the conceptualisation of transformation, the majority of the chapters reflect on empirical evidence for transformation in diverse fields of mathematics, science, gender, the training of doctoral students and the governance and management of universities. This central theme of sustainable change and reform runs across the chapters of the book. For students, the book provides exemplars of practical research in higher education. For scholars in higher education and policy makers, specific issues for reform are identified and discussed.
Author | : Damtew Teferra |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 2003-10-02 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
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This book is a comprehensive survey of all aspects and dimensions of higher education in Africa.
Author | : Chrissie Bowie |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2021-08-23 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1928502229 |
Download Understanding Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Drawing on the South African case, this book looks at shifts in higher education around the world in the last two decades. In South Africa, calls for transformation have been heard in the university since the last days of apartheid. Similar claims for quality higher education to be made available to all have been made across the African continent. In spite of this, inequalities remain and many would argue that these have been exacerbated during the Covid pandemic. Understanding Higher Education responds to these calls by arguing for a social account of teaching and learning by contesting dominant understandings of students as decontextualised learners premised on the idea that the university is a meritocracy. This book tackles the issue of teaching and learning by looking both within and beyond the classroom. It looks at how higher education policies emerged from the notion of the knowledge economy in the newly democratic South Africa, and how national qualification frameworks and other processes brought the country more closely into conversation with the global order. The effects of this on staffing and curriculum structures are considered alongside a proposition for alternative ways of understanding the role of higher education in society.
Author | : Ephraim Taurai Gwaravanda |
Publisher | : African Higher Education: Deve |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2020-09-17 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9789004442092 |
Download African Higher Education in the 21st Century Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
How can African philosophy of education contribute to contemporary debates in the context of complexities, dilemmas and uncertainties in African higher education? The capacity for self-reflection, self-evaluation and self-criticism enables African philosophy of higher education to examine and re-examine itself in the context of current issues in African higher education. The reflective capacity is in line with the Socratic dictum 'know thy self.' African Higher Education in the 21st Century: Epistemological, Ontological and Ethical Perspectivesresponds to the demands for reflection and self-knowledge by drawing from ontology, epistemology and ethics in an attempt to address issues that affect African higher education as they connect with the past, present and future.
Author | : Damtew Teferra |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9988589409 |
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The first of its kind, this book documents and analyzes the international dimension of higher education in Africa based on country case-studies and a consideration of relevant historical and contemporary themes. It identifies trends, developments, and challenges related to the international dimension of higher educational at the institutional, national, and regional levels. It explores the institutional the opportunities and probes the risks while it responds to the growing need for information and analysis of internationalization of higher education in Africa. On the basis of this book project, an effort is underway to establish the African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE). This network aims to develop research capacity and expertise to meet the professional and practical needs of individuals, institutions and organizations interested in the international dimension of higher education in Africa.
Author | : Jane Knight |
Publisher | : Brill |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Education and state |
ISBN | : 9789463009553 |
Download Regionalization of African Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Growth in the scope, scale and importance of higher education regionalization should not be underestimated or ignored. Africa - like Asia, Europe and Latin America - is promoting deeper cooperation among higher education bodies and institutions across the continent and focusing more attention on pan-African and sub-regional harmonization of policies and programmes. This is the first book which brings together diverse scholars and policy experts to examine key aspects and challenges of African higher education regionalization. Chapters examine the progress and prospects of core regionalization issues and strategies such as academic mobility, quality assurance, recognition of qualifications, research centres and networks, curriculum and competencies, and regional academic programmes. Other chapters discuss important themes such as the relationship between regionalization, internationalization and Africanization; historical antecedents and perspectives; an analytical model to understand functional, organizational and political approaches to Africa's higher education regionalization; and the influence of the Bologna process on the African Union's Strategy for the Harmonization of Higher Education Programmes. Together these chapters provide a comprehensive overview of efforts by the African Union; sub-regional higher education associations such as IUCEA, SARUA and CAMES; Pan-African organizations and actors; key research networks and centres of excellence; and the involvement - or dependence - on external actors and funders, especially from Europe. Fundamentally, the book asks the question whether higher education regionalization in Africa is more rhetoric than reality. It discusses the progress to date on specific themes; identifies historical, political, sustainability and funding challenges; and concludes that while the impacts of regionalization efforts have not been fully realized there is cautious optimism for the future.
Author | : Chika Sehoole |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2013-10-30 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9462093113 |
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The role of higher education, especially the international dimension, is given little importance in the discourse on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. This book aims to change that. The potential of higher education’s contribution to Africa’s development remains unrealized and often misunderstood. In today’s globalised world, which prioritises economic growth through liberalised trade and competitive market strategies, much emphasis has been placed on higher education’s ability to produce graduates to serve the labour market and produce new knowledge for the knowledge economy. While these are important contributions, the book argues that international higher education and new knowledge must go beyond economic purposes and serve the human and social development needs of the continent. It is against this background that the African Network for the Internationalisation of Education (ANIE) undertook research on the international dimension of higher education in Africa and its role in the achievement of the MDGs. Through empirical research, seven case studies address how international and regional higher education programmes and policies in African universities can address MDG priorities of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, combating HIV/AIDS and establishing global partnerships for development through academic mobility, joint research initiatives, curriculum innovation and policy development.
Author | : Oluwaseun Tella |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781431429554 |
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Author | : Nico Cloete |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2015-03-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1920677879 |
Download Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on world-class universities inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play catch-up. But that discourse should focus rather on the tensions, even contradictions, between excellence and engagement with which all universities must grapple. Here the African experience has much to offer the high-participation and generously resourced systems of the so-called developed world. This book offers a critical review of that experience, and so makes a major contribution to our understanding of higher education.
Author | : Alexander W. Wiseman |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2013-10-21 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1781906998 |
Download Development of Higher Education in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series investigates the challenges and prospects for higher education in Africa, especially issues of development, expansion, internationalization, equity, and divergence.