Readings on the Educational Context in southern Africa
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This is a place to collect readings of interest to educational researchers with an interest in equality and education. Although there is a leaning towards southern Africa, feel free to expand the list to include any readings which may be relevant to understanding educational equality (in a global context), and to improve the layout, etc..
Equality and Education
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Salim Akoojee; Anthony Gewer; Simon McGrath (eds.). 2005. Vocational Education and Training in Southern Africa: A comparative study. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Bhagwati J. 2004. In Defense of Globalisation. Oxford university Press. New York. | - |
Boudon, Raymond. 1974. Education, Opportunity, and Social Inequality: Changing Prospects in Western Society. Series in Urban Research; Translation of "L'inegalite des chances". Wiley-Interscience, New York. | - |
Linda Chisholm; Ursula Hoadley; Mbithi wa Kivulu; Heather Brookes; Cas Prinsloo; Asnath Kgobe; Dan Mosia; Hersheela Narsee; Stephen Rule. 2005. Educator workload in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Linda Chisholm (ed.). 2004. Changing Class: Education and social change in post-apartheid South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Coleman, JS. 1966. Equality of Educational Opportunity. | - |
Coleman, James (1968). The Concept of Equality of Educational Opportunity. Harvard Educational Review 38 (1): 7-22. | - |
Michael Cosser; with Jacques du Toit. 2002. From School to Higher Education? - Factors affecting the choices of Grade 12 learners. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Michael Cosser; with Jacques du Toit; Mariette Visser. 2004. Settling for Less: Student aspirations and higher education realities. Research Programme on Human Resources Development. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
John Daniel; Adam Habib; Roger Southall (eds.). 2003. State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
John Daniel; Roger Southall; Jessica Lutchman (eds.). 2005. State of the Nation: South Africa 2004-2005. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Phetsile K Dlamini. 2004. A Description Selected Interventions for the Care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe Funded by the WK Kellogg Foundation. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Johan Erasmus. 1999. Coping Strategies of the Unemployed. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Edward B. Fiske; Helen F. Ladd. 2005. Elusive Equity. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Jeanne Gamble. 2003. Curriculum Responsiveness in FET Colleges. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Friere, P. 1970. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Continuum International Publishing. New York. | - |
Friere, P.1998. Pedagogy of Freedom. Rowman and Littlefield. Lanham. Maryland. | - |
Freire, P. 2005. Teachers as Cultural Workers. Westview Press. Boulder. Colarado. | - |
Susan George. 2004. Another World is Possible If .... Berso. London/ New York. | - |
Crispin Hemson. 2006. Teacher education and the challenge of diversity in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Chaya Herman. 2005. Prophets and Profits Managerialism and the restructuring of Jewish schools in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Sean Jooste; Azwifaneli Managa; Leickness C Simbayi. 2005. A census of orphans and vulnerable children in two South African communities. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Anil Kanjee; Cas H Prinsloo. 2005. Improving Learning in South African Schools: The Qualitative Learning Project (QLP) Summative Evaluation (2000 – 2004). HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Andre Kraak (ed.). 2000. Changing Modes: New knowledge production and its implications for higher education in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Andre Kraak; Michael Young (eds.). 2001. Education in Retrospect: Policy and implementation since 1990. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Glenda Kruss. 2004. Chasing Credentials and Mobility: Private higher education in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Glenda Kruss; Gilton Klerck; Andrew Paterson; Shane Godfrey. 2006. Creating Knowledge Networks. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Rüdiger C Laugksch. 2003. South African Science Education Research: An indexed bibliography 1930-2000. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Mahlubi Mabizela. 2005. The Business of Higher Education: A study of public-private partnerships in the provision of higher education in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Simon McGrath; Azeem Badroodien; Andre Kraak; Lorna Unwin (eds.). 2004. Shifting Understandings of Skills in South Africa: Overcoming the historical imprint of a low skills regime. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Carolyn McKinney. 2005. Textbooks for diverse learners: A critical analysis of learning materials used in South African schools. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Seán Morrow; Brown Maaba; Loyiso Pulumani. 2004. Education in Exile: SOMAFCO, the ANC school in Tanzania, 1978 to 1992. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
WP Mostert; BE Hofmeyr; JS Oosthuizen; JA van Zyl. 1998. Demography Textbook for the South African student. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Sanusha Naidu; Benjamin Roberts. 2004. Confronting the Region: A profile of southern Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Mokubung Nkomo; Carolyn McKinney; Linda Chisholm (eds.). 2004. Reflections on School Integration Colloquium proceedings. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Shungu Munyati (ed); Shungu Munyati; Simbarashe Rusakaniko; Pakuromhunu F Mupambireyi; Stanford T Mahati; Peter Chibatamoto; Brian Chandiwana. 2005. A census of orphans and vulnerable children in two Zimbabwean districts. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Yvonne Muthien (ed.). 1999. Democracy South Africa: Evaluating the 1999 election. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Mokubung Nkomo; Derrick Swartz; Botshabelo Maja (eds). 2006. Within the Realm of Possibility: From Disadvantage to Development at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the North. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Emerging Voices: A report on education in South African rural communities. Researched for the Nelson Mandela Foundation by the Human Sciences Research Council; with the Education Policy Consortium. 2005. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Odora Hoppers CA. 2002. Editor. Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of knowledge Systems. New Africa Books. Claremont. South Africa. | - |
Vishnu Padayachee (ed). 2006. The Development Decade? Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2004. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
K Peltzer; O Shisana; E Udjo; D Wilson; T Rehle; C Connolly; K Zuma; L Letlape; J Louw; L Simbayi; N Zungu-Dirwayi; S Ramlagan; K Magome; E Hall; M Phurutse. 2005. Educator supply and demand in the South African public education system. Integrated report. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Vijay Reddy. 2006. Mathematics and Science Achievement at South African Schools in TIMSS 2003. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Stephen Rule. 2000. Democracy SA: Public opinion on national priority issues. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Patience Sekete; Mmamajoro Shilubane; Badiri Moila. 2001. Deracialisation & Migration of Learners in South African Schools: Challenges and implications. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Charles Simkins and Andrew Paterson. 2005. Learner Performance in South Africa: Social and economic determinants of success in language and mathematics. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Donald Skinner et al. 2004. Defining Orphaned and Vulnerable Children. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Smith, R. J. and Van der Merwe, N. J. 1960. Themes in higher education. London: Benton. | - |
Smith, R. J. 1981. Comparative themes in higher education. In Trends in higher education, J.N.Green, ed., 312-350. London: Benton. | - |
Smith, R. J. 1984. Critical theory and university transformation. D.Phil.thesis, University of South Africa, Pretoria. | - |
Smith, R. J. ed. 1985. Towards a philosophy of higher education. London: Benton. | - |
Smith, R. J. 1990. Policy studies in higher education. The South African Journal of Higher Education 3(2):51-59. | - |
Johan Snyman (ed.). 1993. Conceptions of Social Inquiry. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Roger Southall. 2003. Democracy in Africa: Moving beyond a difficult legacy. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Anna Strebel 2004. The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Interventions for the Care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. A literature review of evidence-based interventions for home-based child-centred development. | - |
GN Tsheko; LW Odirile; M Segwabe; K Bainame. 2005. A census of orphans and vulnerable children in two villages in Botswana. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Renuka Vithal; Jill Adler; Christine Keitel (eds.). 2005. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa. Perspectives, practices and possibilities. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Brian Watermeyer; Leslie Swartz; Thereza Lorenzo; Margie Schneider; Mark Priestley (eds.). 2006. Disability and Social Change: A South African agenda. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Ingrid Woolard; Chris Woolard. 2006. Earnings inequality in South Africa 1995–2003. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
Michael Young; Jeanne Gamble (eds.). 2006. Knowledge, curriculum and qualifications for South African Further Education. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
External Resources
- Writing on OER (UNESCO)