Education in Africa : perspectives, opportunities and challenges / Gilbert Motsaathebe, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Motsaathebe, Gilbert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Africa.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"This book comes at a time when Africa is attempting to reinvigorate itself, putting itself on a path for continued stability and economic growth. These reformations have been more pronounced in the educational system, as educational institutions in Africa try to find new ways of making themselves more relevant and repositioning themselves to respond to numerous problems confronting the continent. The book tackles wide-ranging and topical issues that include the decolonisation of education, the implications of COVID-19 on institutions of higher learning, pandemic discourse and education in Africa, gender issues in education, indigenous knowledge systems, transnational education (TNE) partnerships and distance learning issues. This book is a timely contribution that includes views from seasoned scholars from different parts of the continent, such as Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya, as well as the African Diaspora such as Germany and the United Kingdom. The book will be a useful resource for educators, policymakers and students in various sub-fields related to education"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The rhetoric of decolonisation in higher education in Africa : muse, prescriptions and prognosis / Gilbert Motsaathebe

Language and communication issues in the education of Africa / Isaac Mhute

Spotlighting postgraduate studies in Kenyan universities : strengths, weaknesses and the way forward / Albert Mugambi Rutere, Ezekiel Mbitha Mwenzwa and Moses Gatambuki Githigia

Unbridled IT invention and curriculum design and implementation in the informing sciences in Sub-Saharan African universities / Samuel C. Avemaria Utulu, Aderinola O. Dunmade and Mariam O. Aborisade

The implications of COVID-19 on institutions of higher learning : a case of Zimbabwe and South Africa / Trust Matsilele

The pandemic discourse and education in Africa : insights from selected COVID-19 speeches / T.O. Adesanmi, M. Adegbite and C.A. Ogazie

At the crossroads : educated women negotiating marital dilemmas in urban Uganda / Peace Musiimenta, Florence Kyoheirwe-Muhanguzi, and Josephine Ahikire

University education in Kenya : gender and social protection challenges and the way forward / Ezekiel Mbitha Mwenzwa and Albert Mugambi Rutere

Misunderstanding and misgivings of indigenous knowledge system : a critique of the challenges of the updated Zimbabwean religious studies curriculum / Zivave Wilson and Isaac Mhute

Transnational education (TNE) partnerships and the environment of distance learning in higher education in Ghana : where are we and what do we have to do now? / Hope Pius Nudzor, Francis Ansah, Michael BoakyeYiadom, and Theophilus Odame Dans.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-5361-9071-3