Towards an Ubuntu University - Waghid, Yusef;Terblanche, Judith;Shawa, Lester Brian
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This book explores the argument to reconsider the idea of a university in light of the African ethic of ubuntu; literally, human dignity and interdependence. The book discusses, through the context of higher education discourse of philosophy and comparative education, how global universities have evolved into higher educational institutions concerned with knowledge (re)production for various end purposes that range from individual autonomy, to public accountability, to serving the interests of the economy and markets. The question can legitimately be asked: Is an ubuntu university different…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book explores the argument to reconsider the idea of a university in light of the African ethic of ubuntu; literally, human dignity and interdependence. The book discusses, through the context of higher education discourse of philosophy and comparative education, how global universities have evolved into higher educational institutions concerned with knowledge (re)production for various end purposes that range from individual autonomy, to public accountability, to serving the interests of the economy and markets. The question can legitimately be asked: Is an ubuntu university different from an entrepreneurial university, thinking university, and ecological university? While these different understandings of a university accentuate both the epistemological and moral imperatives in relation to itself and the societies in which they manifest, it is through the ubuntu university that emotivism in the forms of dignity and humaneness will enhance a university's capacity for autonomy, responsibility, and criticality. This book would be of academic interest to university educators and students in philosophy of education, comparative education, and cultural studies.
Autorenporträt
Yusef Waghid is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is Editor-in-Chief of South African Journal of Higher Education and Principal Editor of Citizenship Teaching and Learning. Faiq Waghid is Lecturer at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. His research interest includes the use of participatory action research towards improving teaching and learning practices, augmented through the use of educational technologies. Judith Terblanche is a chartered accountant and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She is also a PhD student at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Zayd Waghid is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Mowbray, Cape Town.He is the recipient of three teaching excellence awards at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and has published widely in the field of teacher education and social justice.