International Education Is a Broken Field: Can "Ubuntu" Education Bring Solutions?

Autor/in	Piper, Benjamin
Titel	International Education Is a Broken Field: Can "Ubuntu" Education Bring Solutions?
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 62 (2016) 1, S.101-111 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-016-9544-y
Schlagwörter	International Education; Educational Philosophy; African Culture; Educational Change; Donors; College Faculty; Power Structure; Metacognition; Reflective Teaching; Talent; Educational Development; Cultural Awareness; Indigenous Knowledge; Program Implementation; Women Faculty; Minority Group Teachers; Western Civilization; Non Western Civilization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Bildungsreform; Fakultät; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Bildungsentwicklung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte
Abstract	"Ubuntu" is an African philosophy of human kindness; applying it in the Global South would fundamentally alter the design of the education sector. This essay argues, however, that the field of international educational development is not, in fact, structured to support an education influenced by "ubuntu" ideals. Specifically, the educational development milieu includes donors, implementers and academicians who do not sufficiently question the power dynamics which underpin education development. This creates a field where the power imbalances between donors and host governments are not interrogated, where development workers place too much faith in their own knowledge rather than that of local education experts, and where development practitioners rarely appreciate the privilege of working in countries which are not their own. An "ubuntu" education would alter the educational development field in myriad critical ways, a few of which are suggested in this essay. Educational development programmes in universities and intake programmes for implementers and donors should teach officers humility, appreciating existing local talent and expertise. Donor programmes should incentivise reflective practice which formally embeds appreciation for local culture and expertise, thereby supporting structures which help educational development experts to review their metacognitive processes. The field should also dramatically increase the numbers of local, minority and female educational development practitioners and provide more avenues for advancement for those groups. These are activities which are critical to supporting the education development field, but require a fundamental change of attitude by practitioners to ensure the right kind of relationships between the West and the Global South. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01