Research Catalog

Title

Community, self and identity : educating South African university students for citizenship / edited by Brenda Leibowitz [and others].

Publication

Cape Town : HSRC Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

• Leibowitz, Brenda.
• Human Sciences Research Council.

Description

xix, 180 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Summary

Education in South Africa is in crisis. Low literacy and numeracy rates, poor discipline, and a sense of despair pervade the education landscape. At the same time, educators are called upon to achieve more, with universities tasked to produce graduates capable of exercising responsible and reflective citizenship in a competitive and globalising world. However, universities face very complex demands and resource constraints. In this sobering context, this book provides an opportunity to learn from a bold experiment in teaching and learning taking place across two very different South African universities, one historically black, and one historically white and Afrikaans. With a mixture rigorous scholarship, thoughtful self-reflection, and insights which have relevance far beyond their own project , contributors to this ground-breaking volume take the reader systematically through an account of what is and is not possible in transforming higher education in South Africa. The contributors demonstrate the potential and limitations of imaginative innovations, and invite the reader into an ongoing discussion about the future and potential for higher education in South Africa and beyond--Publisher's note.

Subject

• Educational change > South Africa
• Universities and colleges > South Africa
• Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > South Africa
• Citizenship > Study and teaching (Higher) > South Africa

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

ISBN

• 9780796923981
• 0796923981

OCLC

• ocn830021717
• 830021717
• SCSB-5682148

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries