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Open Forum
First Quarter 2003
Papers
The Myths and Realities of Higher Education Globalization: A View From the Southern Hemisphere by Ishengoma,
J.M.
This paper discusses the concept of globalization and its application to the context and perspective of higher education in Developing Nations (The term Third World is has prejudicial connotations; “countries in the South would even be better). The paper argues that discussions about the globalization of higher education in the context where there is not even a conceptual framework of what globalization means is a fallacy. It is further argued that globalization of higher education in developing countries is a monumental task because of inherent problems and constraints in higher education systems in these countries. Global imbalances and inequalities in world higher education systems make the globalization of the higher education sector an elusive objective.
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Fourth Quarter 2002
Papers
Women’s Education in the Different Egyptian
Feminist Discourses of
Veil in Late 19th and
Through the 20th
Century by El-Halawany,
H.
In this paper
I am advocating the first section of Sangari’s (1999) definition
that “feminist agency consists of the organized initiatives of
women and men committed to gender justice within an egalitarian
framework: this definition excluded women committed to a
right-wing politics with its accompanying set of permissions to
'other' women and men from different religions” while I dispute
her exclusion of any activist with a religious or even
ideological agenda from the feminist list. To sustain my
argument I review different Egyptian feminist discourses that
took place in late 19th and through 20th century Egypt. In the
course of this discussion, I would like to rectify the
misconception of classifying feminists with Islamic agenda as
anti-feminist while commemorating those with Western ideology as
the sincere feminists.
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The Enculturation
of Traditional Schools-
the Significance to World
Culture
by
Howe, E.
In a world
of highly varied cultures, the rapid convergence to a common set
of forms of formal schooling is remarkable. It is commonly
asserted that these forms of formal schooling have embedded
within them the cultural assumptions of Western Europe and North
America, where they were invented, and thus create major
learning problems when transferred to cultures with differing
assumptions and understandings. However, this is not necessarily
so, as can be seen in the development of schooling in East Asia,
Latin America and elsewhere. While the enculturation of
traditional schooling has been a prevailing Westernization of
indigenous cultures, there remain pockets of hope in nations
that have managed to break the mold. Japan and the Tigers of the
East illustrate the possibility of adopting only the educational
processes that can be assimilated effectively into their own
cultures. Also, the new schools found in Latin America and other
regions provide viable alternatives to the Western traditional
schools. There remain significant lessons for the West to learn
from these cases.
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Is
Non-Formal
Education in Latin America
Good for the Poor?
by Redvers-Lee, P.
Non-formal education is considered a significant
avenue of learning for many people in Latin America and the
Caribbean. This paper gives an overview of education in the
region today and describes the history and development of
non-formal education. Reasons for the importance and growth of
non-formal education are given and the paper then discusses the
role and impact of non-formal education in the formation of
human capital. Particular attention is given to non-formal
education and the poor. The methodology for measuring human
capital has meant the neglect of contributions made by
non-formal education. In addition, these contributions have
often been contrary to expectations.
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An
Examination of the
Caribbean’s Response
to Globalisation
by
Sylvester, M.
The
phenomenon of globalisation has gained
ascendancy within the landscape of contemporary international
relations during the last decade. While the term has emerged and
absorbed great currency in the literature and in the jargon of
political economists, sociologists and other social scientists,
there has arisen a divide amongst scholars as they attempt to
date the genesis of this perspective. As the world’s polarisation
exists presently between the North and the South, it therefore
becomes crucial and critical for countries of the South of which
the Caribbean is part, to arrest their development formulae to
be more reflective of what has been posited by theorists.
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