Human Development and the University in Sub-Saharan Africa

Insights from Tanzania
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-38368-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

This book utilises a human development and capability approach to examine the role of higher education in the context of Tanzania. The author considers decolonisation debates as they relate to African concerns in order to make a case for systems design and implementation implications for decolonising higher education institutions. The book will be of interest to students, scholars and policymakers in the field of higher education.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kibona, Bertha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Higher education and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A general overview.- 2. Contextualising the role of higher education in Tanzania.- 3. Human development and the capability approach: A conceptual framework.- 4. Towards the human development and public good university: Students’ perspective.- 5. Towards the human development and public good university: Graduates’ perspective.- 6. Towards a human development and public good university in Tanzania

Über Autor(innen)

Bertha Kibona is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the SARCHI Chair in Higher Education and Human Development (HEHD) Research Programme at the University of the Free State, South Africa.