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The Global South and comparative and international education: A leitmotif

  • Charl C Wolhuter(author)
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TitleThe Global South and comparative and international education
SubtitleA leitmotif
ContributorCharl C Wolhuter(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2024.BK434
Landing pagehttps://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/434
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
CopyrightCharl C Wolhuter 2024. Licensee: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. The moral right of the author has been asserted.
PublisherAOSIS
Publication placeDurbanville, Cape Town, South Africa
Published on2024-04-30
ISBN978-1-991269-06-5 (Paperback)
978-1-991271-06-8 (PDF)
978-1-991270-06-1 (EPUB)
Long abstract

This book proposes and unpacks the construct 'Criticism against Northern hegemony in the scholarly field of comparative and international education' as bringing together a number of related strands in the field and as showing a promising future trajectory for the evolution of the field, namely the affirmation of the Global South. This construct captures a significant amount of what leading scholars in the field of comparative and international education are currently engaged with. It also expresses a view of both the current epoch of education as well as of the societal contextual imperatives shaping education. Criticism against Northern hegemony in the field comes to the fore in a number of related strands in the current discourse in the field.

This scholarly book originates from the Research Unit of Human Rights Education in Diversity at North-West University, South Africa, where the author is affiliated. The book is grounded in the Creed for Human Rights. From this perspective, the book advocates for a new phase in the historical development of the field, with a focus on advancing the affirmation of the Global South as a central moral foundation. The author envisions that this shift will represent a significant advancement in Comparative and International Education, propelling it to an unprecedented stage of value and importance.

Print length246 pages (nulla+246+nulla)
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Dimensions170 x 244 mm | 6.692913385826772" x 9.606299212598426" (Paperback)
Media1 illustration
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Keywords
  • Comparative and international education; education; decolonial education; Global South; northern hegemony; comparative education; human rights
Funding
  • North-West University, Potchefstroom
Contents

Chapter 1: Comparative and international education: History, challenges and future

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 2: The discreditation of the notion of development and of modernisation theory

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 3: Criticism against foreign aidand the work of international agencies in the field of education

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 4: Anti-globalisation in comparative and international education

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 5: Criticism against neoliberal economics and its impact on education

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 6: Calls for decolonisation in education

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 7: Criticism against racism in comparative and international education

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 8: Appreciation of indigenous knowledge systems

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 9: Unequal scholarly playing fields

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 10: The rise of the Global South on the global scene

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 11: The rise of the Global South in the global education expansion and reform project

  • Charl C Wolhuter

Chapter 12: Promise of a new chapter for comparative and international education

  • Charl C Wolhuter
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Contributors

Charl C Wolhuter

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North-West University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-7113

Charl C Wolhuter studied at the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa and Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in comparative education at Stellenbosch University. He was a junior lecturer in history of education and comparative education at the University of Pretoria and a senior lecturer in history of education and comparative education at the University of Zululand. Currently, he is a comparative and international education professor at the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University, South Africa. He has held visiting professorships at, among others, Brock University, Canada; Driestar Pedagogical University, the Netherlands; the University of Crete, Greece; Canterbury Christ University, United Kingdom; the University of Joensuu, Finland; the University of Queensland, Australia; the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; Mataj Bel University, Slovakia; Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine; University of Zhengzhou, China; the University of Namibia, Namibia; the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen, Germany; the University of Latvia, Latvia; the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; the University of Tarapaca, Chile; and San Martín University, Argentina. He is the author of various books and articles on the history of education and comparative education. He is also the assistant editor of the journal Comparative Education Review.

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