Education studies in South Africa:
AOSIS Scholarly Books
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Education studies in South Africa: | |
| Creator | Wolhuter, Charl Botha, Carolina; Work Integrated Office, Faculty of Educational Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna; School of Arts and Humanities, Mauritius Institute of Education, St Louis, Mauritius Khanare, Fumane P; Educational Psychology and Inclusive Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Kruger, Corné; SDL research niche, Mathematics for Early Childhood Education, Work-integrated learning, School of Distance Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Kwatubana, Siphokazi; Department of Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa Munje, Paul N; Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Muthusamy, Nirashnee; SANRAL Chair, Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Nadal, Pascal S; Department of Training and Pastoral Care, Diocesan Service of Catholic Education, Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis, Rose-Hill, Mauritius Rens, Julialet; School of Psycho-Social Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Schoonen, Andri; COMBER Research Niche, English Home Language for Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Spamer, Tanja; Western Cape Department of Education, Wellington, South Africa Vos, Deon; Department of Comparative and International Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Wessels, Elsabé; School of Language Education: Foundation Phase, Faculty of Education Sciences, North West University, Mahikeng, South Africa Whalen, Catherine; School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada Wood, Lesley; COMBER Research Niche, English Home Language for Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa | |
| Description | The thesis of this book is that the fields of scholarly enquiry of education — internationally as well as in South Africa in particular — despite being fields of virile scholarly activity and output require a significant overhaul. In this collected work, this want in research is encapsulated in three words: relevance, rigour and restructuring. Research in the scholarly field(s) of education is predominantly of small scale, non-accumulative, widely condemned as not of a comparable standard to research done in other social sciences, much less upon a par with research in the natural sciences, and lacking structure in the sense of being anchored in a firm theory. To make matters worse, scholars in education internationally and in South Africa have, until very recently, eschewed discussion on the packaging or structuring of knowledge produced by Education research. This book consists of chapters containing original research unpacking these desiderata from various angles. The authors had them served by multiple methods, from deductively argued position chapters to empirical research, the latter both quantitative (survey research) and qualitative. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Scholarly Books | |
| Date | 2021-01-26 | |
| Identifier | 978-1-928523-59-8 | |
| Source | AOSIS Scholarly Books; | |
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