期刊名称:International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
印刷版ISSN:1931-4744
出版年度:2009
卷号:03
期号:01
出版社:Georgia Southern University
摘要:Sub-Saharan Africa, a diverse, largely impoverished and troubled region, has a
pressing need for economic and social development. Given the ever-increasing
importance of advanced knowledge and skills in the contemporary world, the
education systems in many African countries are a major concern. In particular,
it is essential that the capacity of the region’s higher education systems to
produce capable graduates should grow rapidly and strongly, in the interests of
internal development and to avoid further widening of the North-South divide.
This essay gives a brief account of the situation and some key issues in
sub-Saharan African higher education, outlines aspects of South Africa’s
experience that may prefigure developments elsewhere on the continent, and
offers a view of what kind of role SoTL might play in developing-country
contexts.