Education in Southern Africa

by Clive Harber (Editor), Colin Brock (Editor)

Overview

Education in Southern Africa is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of each country in the region. With chapters covering Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the book critically examines the development of education provision in each country as well as local and global contexts. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this handbook will be an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623563882
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/12/2013
Series:	Education Around the World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	768 KB

About the Author

Clive Harber is Emeritus Professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Honorary Professor of Education at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Clive Harber is Emeritus Professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Honorary Professor of Education at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface, Colin Brock (University of Durham, UK)
1. Education in Southern Africa: Patterns and Issues, Clive Harber (University of Birmingham, UK and University of South Africa, South Africa)
2. Botswana: Aspects of General Education, Richard Tabulawa (University of Botswana, Botswana) and Nkobi O. Pansiri (University of Botswana, Botswana)
3. Lesotho: Organization, Structures and Challenges, Mapheleba Lekhetho (University of South Africa, South Africa)
4. Madagascar: From Political Divisionism to Unified Development, Carrie Antal (USAID, Rwanda) and Romain Kléber Ndrianjafy (Ministry of Education, Madagascar)
5. Malawi: Contemporary and Critical Issues, Gregory Kamwendo (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
6. Mozambique: Binding Quantitative and Qualitative Goals, Feliciano Chimbutane (Universidade
Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique)
7. Namibia: An Overview of System Reform, G. N. Likando (University of Namibia, Namibia) and Charl Wolhuter (North-West University, South Africa)
8. South Africa: Educational Reform - Curriculum, Governance and Teacher Education, Vusi S. Mncube (University of South Africa, South Africa) and Nomanesi Madikizela-Madiya (University of South Africa, South Africa)
9. South Africa: Making Post-Apartheid Rights into Realities, Shireen Motala (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
10. Swaziland: Access, Quality and Relevance, Edmund Zizwe Mazibuko (University of Swaziland, Swaziland)
11. Zimbabwe: From Education Reform to Political Instability, Aaron T. Sigauke (University of New
England, Australia)
Index

Editorial Reviews

Clive Harber has done his readers a real service in bringing together an array of established and new Southern African authors to provide us with new insights into both familiar and less well-documented national cases. The book is an invaluable addition to the comparative education literature.” —Simon McGrath, Director of Research, School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK

“Much has been achieved by education throughout Southern Africa in recent decades, while much also remains to be done in this diverse and rapidly changing region. This collection of well-informed and insightful analyses provides readers with valuable, carefully contextualised and locally grounded assessments of key educational achievements and challenges across the nine countries that are examined.” —Michael Crossley, Professor of Comparative and International Education, University of Bristol, UK

“This book covers a wide spectrum of issues on formal primary and secondary education in nine southern African countries, including the contexts, access and nature of provision, curriculum, teaching methods, quality of education, teacher education, school organisation, teacher professionalism, HIV/AIDS and gender. The peoples, economies, politics, cultures and education systems of these countries are interrelated. The region currently experiences increased university student mobility, particularly into South Africa as the biggest and most developed economy therein. This book will provide students and academics a rich one-stop source for comparative education purposes. The book provides a good balance of analysis between achievements that deserve to be celebrated, such as increased access and gender equalisation, and issues that still need a lot more attention, such as poor organisation, teacher unprofessionalism and uneven quality of education.” —Vitallis Chikoko, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

From the Publisher

This book covers a wide spectrum of issues on formal primary and secondary education in nine southern African countries, including the contexts, access and nature of provision, curriculum, teaching methods, quality of education, teacher education, school organisation, teacher professionalism, HIV/AIDS and gender. The peoples, economies, politics, cultures and education systems of these countries are interrelated. The region currently experiences increased university student mobility, particularly into South Africa as the biggest and most developed economy therein. This book will provide students and academics a rich one-stop source for comparative education purposes. The book provides a good balance of analysis between achievements that deserve to be celebrated, such as increased access and gender equalisation, and issues that still need a lot more attention, such as poor organisation, teacher unprofessionalism and uneven quality of education.

Vitallis Chikoko

Much has been achieved by education throughout Southern Africa in recent decades, while much also remains to be done in this diverse and rapidly changing region. This collection of well-informed and insightful analyses provides readers with valuable, carefully contextualised and locally grounded assessments of key educational achievements and challenges across the nine countries that are examined.

Michael Crossley

Clive Harber has done his readers a real service in bringing together an array of established and new Southern African authors to provide us with new insights into both familiar and less well-documented national cases. The book is an invaluable addition to the comparative education literature.

Simon McGrath