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Reconstructing the social responsibilities of African universities towards citizenship education: perspectives from the ujamaa philosophy of Julius Nyerere
Even though the role of higher education in economic development and innovation has been widely discussed, its relevance in constructing democratic...
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“First we must educate adults”: Nyerere’s policy on adult education and its implications for modern-day Tanzania
Adult education is still regarded as a strategic agent for development and socio-economic transformation in many countries. In Tanzania, a special...
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Globalization and the Issue of Language of Instruction: Examples from Tanzania and Norway
In this chapter the author provides an analysis of how globalization is resha** education when it comes to the issue of language of instruction....
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A historical review of global efforts on adult literacy education, with particular reference to Tanzania
Literacy is a fundamental aspect of development and a step towards freedom and liberation from socio-economic constraints, because it enables all...
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Contextualising the Role of Higher Education in Tanzania
The purpose of this chapter is to give a short overview of the Tanzanian case and its context. The chapter begins with a situation analysis in the...
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Language of Instruction as a Social Marker of Difference
The use of a foreign language, especially English, as the language of instruction in primary and secondary schools, has become a social marker of...
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Quality Assurance of Higher Education in a Neo-liberal Context: Towards Transformative Practices in Africa
Quality Assurance (QA) in modern higher education (HE) in continental Africa is predominantly influenced by neo-liberal ideologies. QA philosophies...
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Towards a Human Development and Public Good University in Tanzania
This concluding chapter draws an overall summary of key points and implications noted in the book. The conclusion proposes a contextually public good...
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The Dynamics of Globalisation and Internationalisation Processes Sha** the Policies for African Higher Education
Higher education in general has historically been the domain of national policy processes with minimal influences from regional and global processes....
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‘University Mtaani’: A Case Study of Service Learning and Civic Engagement for Social Transformation in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
Urban informal settlements in Kenya, as with most other such settlements elsewhere, are affected by social justice challenges. These include...
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African Philosophies of Education: Colonialist Deconstructions and Critical Anticolonial Reconstructionist Possibilities
The general area of philosophy and its philosophies of education subset should represent situational thought clusters and attached analytical...
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Adult learning and education in the Mediterranean – a view from southern Europe
This article examines the key role that adult learning and education (ALE) has played and continues to play in addressing the challenges faced by...
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Academic Student Mobility and Refugee Education in Kenya
This chapter provides a comprehensive picture of the state of internationalisation and mobility of students into the country and the two institutions...
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Global governance and a new social contract for education: Addressing power asymmetries
UNESCO’s 2021 Report Reimagining our futures together: A new social contract for education calls for principled dialogue and laudable commitment to...
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The educational purposes of higher education: changing discussions of the societal outcomes of educating students
In this article, I examine the educational purposes of higher education in terms of the societal outcomes of educating students through higher...
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100 years of Volkshochschule in Germany – 50 years of DVV International: Signposts for local and global comparative perspectives on adult learning and education
In 2019, German folk high schools – Volkshochschulen (vhs) – celebrated the centenary of their inclusion in the Constitution of the Weimar Republic...
