Author | : Chux Gervase Iwu |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 303163957X |
Author | : Chux Gervase Iwu |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 303163957X |
Author | : Nuraan Davids |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2020-11-16 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3030569853 |
This book explores the role of the university in upholding democratic values for societal change. The chapters advocate for the moral virtue of democratic patriotism: the editors and contributors argue that universities, as institutions of higher learning, can encourage the creation of critical and patriotic citizens. The book suggests that non-violence, tolerance, and peaceful co-existence ought to manifest through pedagogical university actions on the basis of educators’ desire to cultivate reflectiveness, criticality, and deliberative inquiry in and through their academic programmes. In a way, universities can respond more positively to the violence on our campuses and in society if public and controversial issues were to be addressed through an education for democratic citizenship and human rights.
Author | : James Arthur |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2005-03-16 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1134312172 |
This comparative text considers models of higher education in the UK and the US and individuals' perceptions about the role of university in society.
Author | : Chrissie Bowie |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2021-08-23 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1928502229 |
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 | : Nuraan Davids |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789811603419 |
This book argues for renewed understandings of academic activism, understandings that conceive of the ideas, arguments and scholarship of the academe as embedded within the practices of what the academy does. It examines why and how a renewed notion of academic activism informs a philosophy of higher education specifically in relation to teaching and learning. The book focuses on the theories and practices of teaching and learning, in particular how such pedagogical actions are guided by social, political and cultural influences outside of the university as a higher education institution. The authors advocate for a living philosophy of higher education that is commensurate with real actions and imaginary fictions of what constitutes higher education and what remains in becoming for the discourse. With a focus on South African social justice education, the book imagines pathways for academic activism to manifest in revolutionised pedagogical actions or actions that bring into contestation what already exists with the possibility for the cultivation of renewal. .
Author | : Nuraan Davids |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2023-10-09 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9819969018 |
This book brings into contestation the idea of academic citizenship as a homogenous and inclusive space. It delves into who academics are and how they come to embody their academic citizenship, if at all. Even when academics hold similar professional standings, their citizenship and implied notions of participation, inclusion, recognition, and belonging are largely pre-determined by their personal identity markers, rather than what they do professionally. As such, it is hard to ignore not only the contested and vulnerable terrain of academic citizenship, but the necessity of unpacking the agonistic space of the university which both sustains and benefits from these contestations and vulnerabilities. The book is influenced by a postcolonial vantage point, interested in unblocking and opening spaces, thoughts, and voices not only of reimagined embodiments and expressions of academic citizenship but of hitherto silenced and discounted forms of knowledge and being. It draws on academics' stories at various universities located in South Africa, USA, UK, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. It steps into the unexplored constructions of how knowledge is used in the deployment of valuing some forms of academic citizenship, while devaluing others. The book argues that different kinds of knowledge are necessary for both the building and questioning of theory: the more expansive our immersion into knowledge, the greater the capacities and opportunities for unlearning and relearning.
Author | : Bruce Macfarlane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2006-09-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1134247281 |
With increasing focus on excellence in research and teaching, the service role of the individual academic is often neglected. This book calls for greater recognition of this important aspect of academic life, highlighting the importance of mentoring, committee work and pastoral care in the daily running of universities. Drawing from extensive examples from models around the world, The Academic Citizen points to the benefits of effective communication with colleagues in the faculty, across the university and in corresponding faculties across the world, as well as those in maintaining positive associations with the wider world.
Author | : Nico Cloete |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2015-03-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1920677879 |
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 | : Enaifoghe, Andrew |
Publisher | : IGI Global |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2024-10-02 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Public administration in South Africa grapples with multifaceted challenges, from ensuring equitable service delivery to fostering democratic governance. Institutions and organizations within the public sector must navigate complex, interdependent systems while addressing the evolving needs of their communities. This dynamic environment demands innovative policy formulation, implementation, and management approaches. However, existing literature often needs to provide comprehensive insights tailored to the specific context of South Africa's public administration. Challenges of Public Administration Management for Higher Education, is a book which provides a platform for rethinking and reflecting on the field of public administration, offering theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and practical applications that resonate with the South African context. By delving into democratic governance, policy transformation, and citizen-centric approaches, this book equips policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and researchers with the necessary tools to address 21st-century challenges effectively. It serves as a guide for fostering collaboration, enhancing capacity building, and promoting ethical practices in public administration.