Decolonising African University Knowledges, Volume 2 (eBook, PDF)

Challenging the Neoliberal Mantra
Redaktion: Ndofirepi, Amasa P.; Erima, Gloria; Vurayai, Simon; Maringe, Felix

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the influence of neoliberal globalisation on African higher education, considering the impact of the politics of neoliberal ideology on the nature and sources of knowledge in African universities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000763416
• Artikelnr.: 65434108

Autorenporträt

Amasa P. Ndofirepi holds a PhD in Philosophy of Education and is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy and History of Education at Sol Plaatje University and a Research Associate at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg. He has extensive experience in teacher education, previously worked at various higher education institutions in Zimbabwe and South Africa and has research interests in higher education studies from a philosophical perspective. Felix Maringe is a Professor of Higher Education and Head of the School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He researches issues of social justice in the Internationalisation and Globalisation of Higher Education. Felix is widely published in refereed journals and has six books to his credit. Simon Vurayai is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He holds a PhD in Sociology of Education. He is also a lecturer in the Sociology of Education at Great Zimbabwe University. His research interests are gender studies, social justice, problems in education, sociology of knowledge, sociology of mass media, sociology of development and poverty. Gloria Erima is a post-doctoral fellow at the department of Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Her research interest is centered around issues of social justice in education. She obtained her PhD in Education Leadership and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Questioning the Neoliberal Agenda: What is to Know in the African
University? 2.Can/Should African Universities be World-Class?: A Critical
Purview. 3.The African University in the Neoliberal Era: In Pursuit of
Socially-Just Knowledges in the 21st Century. 4.Authoritarian
Neoliberalism, Kleptocracy and the Complicity of the African Academe.
5.Commodification of Knowledge in the African University: Prospects for
Market-Led Higher Education. 6.Reclaiming the Identity of an African
University in the Context of Globalisation: Prospects and Entrenched
Challenges. 7.Utilisation of Indigenous Knowledge in the Teaching and
Learning of Disaster Management in Zimbabwean Universities. 8.Students'
Transition from Extended to Mainstream Programmes at a South African
University. 9.Scholarly Publications and the Peer-Review process: Focusing
on Decoloniality. 10.The Hegemonic Neoliberal Knowledges in the African
University: Which Way Now and Then? Afterword