Kolawole Samuel Adeyemo

African Epistemologies in Higher Education Research (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing a needed perspective on African Epistemologies on the critical topics of higher education in relation to knowledge systems, this book highlights how knowledge creation processes influence higher education systems, society, and African development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000954043
• Artikelnr.: 68452340

Autorenporträt

Kolawole Samuel Adeyemo is a nationally rated scientist by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Management and Policy Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Educational Management from Cavite State University in the Philippines and did a postdoc at the University of Pretoria. He is a researcher in the field of international and comparative studies in higher education. His work often involves exploring new populations of internationally mobile students, issues of policy in emerging, and underresearched regional higher education destinations. He has worked as a visiting scholar at Indiana University Bloomington in the United States, Aarhus University in Denmark and visiting professor at the University of Victoria in Canada. He is the South Africa Country Director for the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR) and Assistant Editor for the Journal of International Students, a top-ten ranked academic journal in higher education. His recent book, Rhetoric of the Asia Higher Education Rankings (2023) analyzes the implications of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university rankings to gain insights into the usefulness of reputation rankings in addressing social inequality.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: An introduction to debates on African epistemologies

Chapter 1: Transforming knowledge from history

Chapter 2: Existentialist epistemology and the purpose of higher education

Chapter 3: Epistemology of pragmatism in postgraduate research

Chapter 4: Epistemic injustice in research publication

Chapter 5: Epistemology realism and racism in higher education

Chapter 6: Epistemological access to corruption in higher education

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Introduction: An introduction to debates on African epistemologies
Chapter 1: Transforming knowledge from history
Chapter 2: Existentialist epistemology and the purpose of higher education
Chapter 3: Epistemology of pragmatism in postgraduate research
Chapter 4: Epistemic injustice in research publication
Chapter 5: Epistemology realism and racism in higher education
Chapter 6: Epistemological access to corruption in higher education