A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation?
Background: The fault lines exposed by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and global economic recession unfolding during 2020 in societies around the world, reiterated the need for transforming higher education globally. In South Africa, transformation in higher education has been a priorit...
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| description | Background: The fault lines exposed by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and global economic recession unfolding during 2020 in societies around the world, reiterated the need for transforming higher education globally. In South Africa, transformation in higher education has been a priority since 1994. The first article in this journal was published in 2016 during the 2015-2016 #mustfall protests. During the protests, decolonisation and decolonising of higher education were central.
Aim: A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education 2016-2020.
Setting: Transformation and decolonising in global and South African higher education.
Method: A reflective analysis is done through a decolonial lens. The contributions of authors are reflected upon through three themes: place (local and global), epistemology and alienation.
Results: Although I find the engagement with decolonising substantive, I argue that there is still a lack of publications on specifically decoloniality and decolonial analysis.
Conclusion: I argue that the journal of Transformation in Higher Education provides a platform for difficult and robust discussions on decoloniality, transformation, epistemology, issues of sexuality, gender and race, internationalisation and possible pluriversalisation in higher education for South African and international scholars. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-335652328f9e4ca6aa54dd434a29e0452022-12-22T02:24:59ZengAOSISTransformation in Higher Education2415-09912519-56382020-12-0150e1e810.4102/the.v5i0.9849A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation?Anne Becker0Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownBackground: The fault lines exposed by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and global economic recession unfolding during 2020 in societies around the world, reiterated the need for transforming higher education globally. In South Africa, transformation in higher education has been a priority since 1994. The first article in this journal was published in 2016 during the 2015-2016 #mustfall protests. During the protests, decolonisation and decolonising of higher education were central. Aim: A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education 2016-2020. Setting: Transformation and decolonising in global and South African higher education. Method: A reflective analysis is done through a decolonial lens. The contributions of authors are reflected upon through three themes: place (local and global), epistemology and alienation. Results: Although I find the engagement with decolonising substantive, I argue that there is still a lack of publications on specifically decoloniality and decolonial analysis. Conclusion: I argue that the journal of Transformation in Higher Education provides a platform for difficult and robust discussions on decoloniality, transformation, epistemology, issues of sexuality, gender and race, internationalisation and possible pluriversalisation in higher education for South African and international scholars.https://thejournal.org.za/index.php/thejournal/article/view/98alienationepistemologydecolonialitylocal and globalpluriversalitytransformation |
| spellingShingle | Anne Becker A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation? Transformation in Higher Education alienation epistemology decoloniality local and global pluriversality transformation |
| title | A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation? |
| title_full | A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation? |
| title_fullStr | A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation? |
| title_full_unstemmed | A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation? |
| title_short | A reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of Transformation in Higher Education (2016–2020): Beyond transformation? |
| title_sort | reflective analysis of articles published in the journal of transformation in higher education 2016 2020 beyond transformation |
| topic | alienation epistemology decoloniality local and global pluriversality transformation |
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