| Title | Chapter 11: The rise of the Global South in the global education expansion and reform project |
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| Contributor | Charl C Wolhuter(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2024.BK434.11 |
| Landing page | https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/434 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Charl C Wolhuter 2024. Licensee: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. The moral right of the author has been asserted. |
| Publisher | AOSIS |
| Long abstract | One of the signature features of the present era in the history of humanity is the global education expansion project. After having existed on the periphery of society, formal education moved to the centre of public life in the mid-20th century. A set of very high expectations as to the beneficial effect of education in the lives of individuals and in the evolution of society provided the rationale for this stellar education expansion project. In the Global South, this education expansion was even more pronounced than in the Global North. However impressive, this education expansion project leaves much to be desired and falls far short of expectations. These shortcomings are present along all three dimensions of the global education expansion project: quantitatively, qualitatively and equality-wise. This assessment, too, pertains particularly to the Global South. It is in this regard, that is, addressing the shortcomings of the global education expansion project, which are more pronounced in the Global South, that comparative and international education – after having evolved into Phase 9 of its development – can play an invaluable role. |
| Print length | 16 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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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, SouthAfrica; 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.