A Survey of Educational Research in the Second Decade of South Africa's Democracy: A Focus on Higher Education

Autor/in	le Grange, L.
Titel	A Survey of Educational Research in the Second Decade of South Africa's Democracy: A Focus on Higher Education
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Higher Education, 23 (2009) 6, S.1115-1125 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1011-3487
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Higher Education; Indigenous Knowledge; Educational Research; Foreign Countries; Bibliometrics; Quality Assurance; Educational Quality; Afrocentrism; Student Evaluation; Diversity (Faculty); Student Diversity; Research Methodology; Literature Reviews; Educational Change; Performance Factors; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ausland; Bibliometrie; Qualitätssicherung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Afro-centrisme; Afrozentrismus; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungsreform; Leistungsindikator; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In this article I survey educational research conducted in South Africa based on articles published in the "South African Journal of Education" ("SAJHE") over the past five years. The themes that feature prominently in "SAJHE" over the past five years are: "Africanisation and indigenous knowledge," "assessment," "e-learning," "quality and quality assurance," and "student and staff diversity." I suggest that these themes reflect challenges facing South African higher education associated with two sets of pressures: the demands of a competitive and interconnected global economy and the need to democratize higher education in SA given inequalities of the past. I also survey the approaches to educational research that is reported in "SAJHE"--in other words, how the research studies are framed methodologically. The findings show that 58 per cent of the research reported in SAJHE over the past five years comprises theoretical research and 42 per cent empirical research. I contend that this trend might be ascribed to the nature of the five themes which feature most prominently in the journal over the past five years. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10