Early Career Academics in Educational Research

Perspectives from Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Sectors
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-71469-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives

Neoliberal theory on higher education highlights the challenges faced by academics in the "new times" of academia. Quality-improvement programs and academic accountability mechanisms have been advocated, but the profession's precariousness and stress make early career researchers especially vulnerable. The highly competitive funding environment and increased non-research duties put academics' time and dedication at risk. Early career academics can enhance Sub-Saharan African educational research by contributing effectively to contextually relevant research, collaborating with regional colleagues, and pursuing international collaboration and financing. However, more research is needed to understand the experiences of the new generation of academics and their responses to new performativity criteria.

Contributors are: Ikechi Agbugba, Wiets Botes, Darrell de Klerk, Alan Felix, Claire Gaillard, Dean Langeveldt, Bheki Mngomezulu, Thembeka Myende, Amasa Ndofirepi, Ntombikayise Nkosi, Felix Okoye, June Palmer, Doniwen Pietersen, Percy Sepeng, Kevin Teise, Victor Teise and Yusef Waghid.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ndofirepi, Amasa

Pietersen, Doniwen

Sepeng, Percy

Fru, Raymond

Felix, Alan

Mapuya, Medson

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

1 Enhancing Early Career Research Scholarship: Unpacking the Dialogues

Amasa Ndofirepi

2 On African Philosophy of Higher Education, Infancy, Potentiality, and Becoming

Yusef Waghid

3 Navigating the Multiple Higher Education Demands: Stories of Early Career Women Academics

Thembeka Myende and Ntombikayise Nkosi

4 Levelling the Playing Fields in Global Research Partnerships toward Forging Transformative Research Collaboration

June Monica Palmer and Darrell Edwin De Klerk

5 Brain Re-Engineering Concept and Reimagination: Strategy for Early Career Academics in Agriculture and Food Systems Research

Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba

6 From Novice to Expert: Education Law for Emerging Academics

Dean Collin Langeveldt and Doniwen Pietersen

7 Early Career Academics in the Digital Transformation Age

Alan Felix and Wiets Botes

8 Can Your Marriage Survive a PhD?: Autoethnographic Reflections on a Coloured Woman s Early Career Journey into Academia

Claire Gaillard

9 Early Career Academics Development in Africa: Reflections on the Brain Re-Engineering Concept as Formal Institutionalised Mentoring Options

Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba and Felix Ifeanyichukwu Okoye

10 Reflections on the Impact of Marketisation of Higher Education on Early Career Academics at South African Universities

Bheki R. Mngomezulu

11 Resisting the Neoliberal Onslaught on South African Universities: The Potential Role of Early Career Academics

Kevin L. G. Teise and Victor Nico Teise

12 Navigating Rigidity: Challenges and Strategies for Early Career Academics in Mathematics Education

Percy Sepeng

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amasa Ndofirepi, Ph.D. (2013), Sol Plaatje University and University of Johannesburg, is Full Professor of Philosophy and History of Education. He has co-edited several books including Decolonising African University Knowledges Vols 1 & 2 (xxx, 2023) and Unyoking African University Knowledge Vol 1 (xxx, 2023).

Doniwen Pietersen, Ph.D. (2019) & Ph.D. (2023), University of Pretoria and University of Freestate respectively, is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at University of South Africa (Unisa). He has published several articles in International and DHET accredited journals.

Percy Sepeng, Ph.D. (2011), is Professor of Mathematics Education and Dean of Students at University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has published books, book chapter, articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings in Mathematics [Education]. He supervised over 30 Master and Doctoral students.

Raymond Nkwenti Fru, Ph.D. (2018), University of KwaZulu-Natal, is a senior lecturer of History and Social Science Education at the Sol Plaatje University. He is Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) fellow. He has published extensively in the areas of school textbooks and other discourses in History Education.

Alan Felix, Ph.D. (2021), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, is Geography and Social Science Lecturer in the Intermediary Phase in the Faculty of Education. His research interests are in geography education and the use of ICTs. He co-authored an article titled, A wake-up call: Equity, inequality and Covid-19 emergency remote teaching and learning (2020).

Medson Mapuya, Ph.D. (2020), Central University of Technology, Free State, is a lecturer in Accounting Education and Higher Education Studies at Sol Plaatje University. He has published several articles in Accounting Education and Higher Education and has presented his research work in local and International Conferences. His research interest is in the learning experiences of students in higher education.