Knowledge and change in African universities. Volume 1, Current debates /
Knowledge and change in African universities. Volume 1, Current debates /
Current debates
edited by Michael Cross and Amasa Ndofirepi.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 219 pages)
- African higher education : developments and perspectives ; volume 1 .
- African higher education (Sense Publishers) ; v. 1. .
Includes notes and bibliographical references at chapter ends.
Foreword : knowledge and change in contemporary postcolonial universities / University knowledge for societal change in Africa : unpacking critical debates / Reinventing greatness : responding to urgent global-level responsibilities and critical university-level priorities / Ubuntu : African philosophy of education and pedagogical encounters / Knowledge as a public good : a critical gaze at the African university / The conditions that make a difference : decolonial historical realism and the decolonisation of knowledge and education / Knowledge, globalisation and the African university : the change agenda / Africanisation and diverse epistemologies in higher education discourses : limitations and possibilities / Higher education transformation in South Africa / Interrogating the civic role of South African universities / Decolonisation of knowledge in the African university / Internationalisation and Africanisation in a globalising world / Africanisation of humanities knowledge in the universities in Africa : a critique of the Cameroon and South African experiences / Imanol Ordorika -- Amasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross -- Ihron Rensburg -- Yusef Waghid -- Amasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross -- Julia Sùrez-Krabbe -- Kingston Nyamapfene and Amasa Ndofirepi -- Kai Horsthemke -- Sipho Seepe -- Joseph Jinja Divala -- Birgit Brock-Utne -- Bheki R. Mngomezulu -- Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi and Roland Ndille Ntongwe.
This book calls for African universities to relocate from the position of object to subject in order to gain a form of liberated epistemological voice more responsive to the social and economic complexities of the continent. In itself, this is a critical exposé of contemporary practices in knowledge advancement in the continent. How can African universities reinvent knowledge production and dissemination in the face of the dominant Eurocentricism so pervasive and characteristic of academic practice in Africa to enhance their relevance to the contexts in which they operate? While some contributions in this book argue that emancipatory epistemic voice in African universities is not yet born, or it is struggling with little success, many dissenting voices charge that if Africans do not take responsibility and construct knowledge strategies for their own emancipation, who will?
9789463008426 (electronic bk.) 946300842X (electronic bk.) 9463008403 9789463008402
10.1007/978-94-6300-842-6 doi
Universities and colleges--Africa.
Educational change--Africa.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Africa.
Universités--Afrique.
Enseignement--Réforme--Afrique.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--Afrique.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Educational change.
Universities and colleges.
Africa.
Essay
Electronic books.
essays.
Instructional and educational works.
Essays.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Essais.
LA1503
378.6
Includes notes and bibliographical references at chapter ends.
Foreword : knowledge and change in contemporary postcolonial universities / University knowledge for societal change in Africa : unpacking critical debates / Reinventing greatness : responding to urgent global-level responsibilities and critical university-level priorities / Ubuntu : African philosophy of education and pedagogical encounters / Knowledge as a public good : a critical gaze at the African university / The conditions that make a difference : decolonial historical realism and the decolonisation of knowledge and education / Knowledge, globalisation and the African university : the change agenda / Africanisation and diverse epistemologies in higher education discourses : limitations and possibilities / Higher education transformation in South Africa / Interrogating the civic role of South African universities / Decolonisation of knowledge in the African university / Internationalisation and Africanisation in a globalising world / Africanisation of humanities knowledge in the universities in Africa : a critique of the Cameroon and South African experiences / Imanol Ordorika -- Amasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross -- Ihron Rensburg -- Yusef Waghid -- Amasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross -- Julia Sùrez-Krabbe -- Kingston Nyamapfene and Amasa Ndofirepi -- Kai Horsthemke -- Sipho Seepe -- Joseph Jinja Divala -- Birgit Brock-Utne -- Bheki R. Mngomezulu -- Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi and Roland Ndille Ntongwe.
This book calls for African universities to relocate from the position of object to subject in order to gain a form of liberated epistemological voice more responsive to the social and economic complexities of the continent. In itself, this is a critical exposé of contemporary practices in knowledge advancement in the continent. How can African universities reinvent knowledge production and dissemination in the face of the dominant Eurocentricism so pervasive and characteristic of academic practice in Africa to enhance their relevance to the contexts in which they operate? While some contributions in this book argue that emancipatory epistemic voice in African universities is not yet born, or it is struggling with little success, many dissenting voices charge that if Africans do not take responsibility and construct knowledge strategies for their own emancipation, who will?
9789463008426 (electronic bk.) 946300842X (electronic bk.) 9463008403 9789463008402
10.1007/978-94-6300-842-6 doi
Universities and colleges--Africa.
Educational change--Africa.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Africa.
Universités--Afrique.
Enseignement--Réforme--Afrique.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--Afrique.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Educational change.
Universities and colleges.
Africa.
Essay
Electronic books.
essays.
Instructional and educational works.
Essays.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Essais.
LA1503
378.6