Leadership for Development: Re-Shaping Higher Education Futures and Sustainability in Africa

Autor/inn/en	Makoe, Mpine; Olcott, Don, Jr.
Titel	Leadership for Development: Re-Shaping Higher Education Futures and Sustainability in Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning for Development, 8 (2021) 3, S.487-500 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2311-1550
Schlagwörter	Sustainability; Information Technology; African Culture; Postcolonialism; Universities; Educational Change; African Languages; Indigenous Knowledge; Teaching Methods; Online Courses; COVID-19; Pandemics; Trend Analysis; Distance Education; Higher Education; Foreign Policy; Futures (of Society); Human Dignity; Instructional Leadership; Educational Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltigkeit; Informationstechnologie; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Post colonialism; Postkolonialismus; University; Universität; Bildungsreform; Language; Languages; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Online course; Online-Kurs; Trendanalyse; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Außenpolitik; Future; Society; Zukunft; Menschenwürde; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie
Abstract	Leading change in higher education has been a major challenge in countries of limited resources, such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most African universities have struggled with this transition mainly due to lack of the requisite information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, inadequate expertise for online pedagogies and inability to provide computers to their students and staff. When faced with the recent changes, caused mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced every person to work and learn remotely, many academic leaders were completely ill-prepared to deal with changes of this magnitude. The aim of this paper is to provide recommendations for shaping the future of higher education in Africa going forward. This will be done by analysing trends and opportunities created by these changes with the aim of accentuating the need for a renewed Pan-African Ubuntu that embraces the future, respects the unique dignity, cultures, languages and heritage of nations pre- and post-colonialism, and inspires the African Union Agenda 2063, The Africa we Want. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01