PhD Experience in African Higher Education

Ruth Murambadoro (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 179364537X / ISBN 13: 9781793645371

Published by Lexington Books, 2022

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PhD Experience in African Higher Education | Ruth Murambadoro (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2022 | Lexington Books | EAN 9781793645371 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PhD Experience in African Higher Education
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 179364537X
• ISBN 13: 9781793645371
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 17D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 508 grams
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Synopsis

The PhD Experience in African Higher Education, edited by Ruth Murambadoro, John Mashayamombe, and uMbuso weNkosi, addresses the growing call to invest in the humanities and social sciences by exploring the nature of doctoral training in select institutions of higher learning in South Africa. In the past two decades, South Africa has become a key player in the global higher education landscape and dubbed the hub for doctoral training in Africa because of its developed educational infrastructure and highly ranked universities. Given South Africa’s positioning, the contributors in this volume argue that the government, donors, universities, and faculty have a socio-legal duty to ensure that doctoral programs in the humanities and social sciences are not offered to amass numbers of African graduates but are grounded on equipping students with both hard and soft skills necessary to succeed. This is achieved by offering skills training and research apprenticeships fostered in communities of practice because, as the contributors show, the humanities and social sciences are the backbone of society. Furthermore, they argue that treating doctoral candidates as equal partners is emancipatory because intellectual projects are best nurtured through collaborative learning.

About the Author

Ruth Murambadoro is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Feminist Research at York University.
John Mashayamombe is a researcher in the International Office at Nelson Mandela University.
uMbuso weNkosi is a postdoctoral fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study.