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    Critical Issues in South African Education

    Illumination from international comparative perspectives from the BRICS countries

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    Author(s)
    Wolhuter, Charl
    de Beer, Zacharias Louw
    Niemczyk, Ewelina
    Botha, Johan
    Gore, Oliver
    Marimo, Artwell
    Neethling, Marinda
    Santhakumar, V.
    Seleti, Juliana
    Steyn, Hennie J.
    Taylor, Benita
    Vos, Deon
    Contributor(s)
    Wolhuter, Charl (editor)
    de Beer, Zacharias Louw (editor)
    Niemczyk, Ewelina (editor)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    The main thesis of this book is that, given that South African education faces major challenges, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) constellation of states offers — thus far overlooked — a valuable tertium comparationis, a source of international comparative perspectives, to inform the domestic scholarly discourse on education. This book first investigates the national contexts and development of education in the BRICS countries, arguing that this grouping represents a valuable but yet overlooked field for illuminating South African education issues with international perspectives. The book consists of chapters arguing for and illustrating this thesis from a variety of angles. Common to all chapters is that authors used the comparative method in education, that is comparing the national education system, in their education societal context interrelationships, of the BRICS countries. The chapters focus on a number of critical issues in South African education, including the language of learning and teaching issue, the alignment of the world of education with the world of work, early childhood education, and the development of world-class universities. Regarding the last, for example, China has been the terrain of the most intensive national projects of establishing world-class universities, with Project 985, Project 211, and the “Double First Class University” project. The chapters demonstrate what South Africa, in approaching her education issues, can learn from the experience of the BRICS countries.
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49410
    Keywords
    BRICS countries; Comparative and International Education; Language in education; South African education; World-class universities; BRICS; BRICS education
    DOI
    10.4102/aosis.2020.BK207
    ISBN
    9781928523611, 9781928523628, 9781928523635
    Publisher
    AOSIS
    Publisher website
    https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob
    Publication date and place
    Durbanville, 2020
    Series
    BRICS Education, 2
    Classification
    Education
    Pages
    402
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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