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Direct linkTawiah, Sampson; Setlhodi, Itumeleng I. – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2020
In a contemporary world, ICT training is vital for socio-economic advancement, which is why it should be included in the curriculum that seeks to empower rural women with computer skills to enhance their livelihoods. Rural women lack access to ICTs and they do not know how to use them. A lack of knowledge and skills in ICTs can result in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Females, Information Technology
Knight, Elizabeth, Ed.; Bathmaker, Ann-Marie, Ed.; Moodie, Gavin, Ed.; Orr, Kevin, Ed.; Webb, Susan, Ed.; Wheelahan, Leesa, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2022
This book explores new and distinctive forms of higher vocational education across the globe, and asks how the sector is changing in response to the demands of the 21st century. These new forms of education respond to two key policy concerns: an emphasis on high skills as a means to achieve economic competitiveness, and the promise of open access…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Download full textdu Plooy, Lucinda; Zilindile, Mphumzi – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2014
This paper comprises a brief study of the literature about the concept epistemological access, a fairly under-researched topic in South African education. It is aimed specifically at the notion of access in the early years of the primary school. Morrow's distinction (Morrow 1992) between formal access (institutional access) and epistemological…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Espinosa, Edgar Oliver Cardoso, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The knowledge society arises from the combination of four interdependent elements: the production of knowledge through research, its transmission through education, its dissemination through information and communication technologies, and its exploitation through innovation. For this reason, higher education institutions (HEIs) are the main…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Knowledge Management, Innovation
Setswe, G. – Africa Education Review, 2013
The aim of this paper was to review the contribution of private institutions to higher education in Africa and use Monash South Africa as a case study. A literature search was conducted to gain perspective on the current situation with respect to private higher education institutions in Africa and how they are perceived in relation to public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Higher Education, Case Studies
Peer reviewedWeber, Everard – Comparative Education Review, 2002
South African development and education policy documents were analyzed to examine postapartheid government goals concerning educational equality and social justice. Documents concerning equity of educational access, quality, outcomes, and governance reveal a shift from a populist social-democratic orientation to a conservative neoliberal position,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Economics
