The South African Engineering Education Model with a European Perspective: History, Analogies, Transformations and Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Kloot, Bruce; Rouvrais, Siegfried
Titel	The South African Engineering Education Model with a European Perspective: History, Analogies, Transformations and Challenges
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 42 (2017) 2, S.188-202 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2016.1263278
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; International Education; Models; Foreign Countries; Social Change; Cultural Pluralism; Educational History; Excellence in Education; Educational Change; Educationally Disadvantaged; Role; Higher Education; South Africa; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Internationale Erziehung; Analogiemodell; Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Kulturpluralismus; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Lernerfolg; Bildungsreform; Rollen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Frankreich
Abstract	South Africa, with its national cultural diversity and post-apartheid challenges and commitments, finds echoes in the European context, especially considering the imperatives of openness and non-discrimination in higher education. With an historical tradition of excellence in engineering education, the emphasis on supporting educationally disadvantaged learners was a notable characteristic, especially in the period of democratic transition from the late 1980s. This evolved into extended curriculum programmes--where the engineering degree is spread out so that it should take an extra year to complete--which are now in place at all universities across the country. This article draws some analogies with the French model and discusses the source and drivers of transformation of engineering education and training. It examines the potential for structural transformation of engineering education and raises the questions of conservatism and interoperability of programmes at an international level. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01