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Direct linkHiggs, Philip; van Wyk, Berte – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
A new philosophical perspective is suggested that would transform and Africanize curricula, teaching, and learning in South African universities.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Development, African Culture, Higher Education
van Wyk, Berte; Higgs, Philip – Higher Education Policy, 2007
In this paper, we draw on philosophy (particularly African philosophy) to analyse the call for an African university. The call for an African university may be viewed as a call that insists that all critical and transformative educators in Africa embrace an indigenous African worldview and root their nation's educational paradigms in an indigenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission, African Culture, Educational Needs
