Amasa P. Ndofirepi & Alfred Masinire 
Rurality, Social Justice and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Volume II [PDF ebook] 
Theory and Practice in Higher Education

This book explores rurality and education in sub-Saharan Africa through a lens of social justice. The second volume of a two-volume project, this book explores possibilities and constraints of rural social justice in diverse educational contexts, with particular emphasis on higher education. Drawing on contexts from across sub-Saharan Africa, this volume examines such topics as student-teacher preparation, post-colonialism and access and participation. In doing so, these volumes reflect the need to shift conceptions of rurality from colonial and conservative stereotypes to an appreciation of rurality as locations in space and time. Focusing on inclusivity and intersectionality, these books raise important questions into rurality and social justice, and champion openness for education in rural communities who may be excluded.

Inhoudsopgave

Chapter 1: Problematizing the concept of rurality within the context of higher education

Jabulani Sibanda.- Chapter 2: Social justice reconsidered: making a defence for a university of critique again Yusef Waghid, Faiq Waghid, and Zayd Waghid.- Chapter 3: Accessing, participation, achievement and rurality in higher education Simon Nenji & Amasa P. Ndofirepi.- Chapter 4: Relational spaces: a possibility for enhancing first year undergraduate rural student experiences on campus Elizabeth S. Ndofirepi and Felix Maringe.- Chapter 5: The ruzevha/ekhaya coloniality neologisms and access to higher education in Zimbabwe universities Joseph Hungwe.- Chapter 6: African Rurality and African Epistemology: Lessons for African Universities Ephraim T. Gwaravanda.- Chapter 7: The Rural gaze: Access, participation, and success in higher education. Hellen Agumba.- Chapter 8: The Rural Graduate and Endemic Challenges: Responses by African universities Mngomezulu B. R.- Chapter 9: Student teacher preparation for rural education: an issue of social justice in a post-apartheid South Africa Thabisile Nkambule.- Chapter 10: Parallels and Divergences in Decentralised Training Approaches: Reflecting on the experiences of two schools in a South African university Ntsiki Mapukata, Alfred Masinire & Thabisile Nkambule.- Chapter 11: Gender, rurality and higher education: Implications for generational inequality in Nigeria. Adepeju Aderogba-Oti.- Chapter 12: University lecturers as agents of change and social justice within a rural South African context Phefumula Nyoni.- Chapter 13:  Rurality and Social justice in multiple contexts: deliberations revisited Amasa, P Ndofirepi and Alfred Masinire.

Over de auteur

Amasa P. Ndofirepi is Associate Professor at the School of Education, Sol Plaatje University, South Africa. His research focuses on social justice and epistemologies in African higher education, critical thinking, African philosophy of education and Philosophy for Children.
Alfred Masinire is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research focuses on rural education, as well as gender and teacher development in rural schools. At the core of his work, he maintains a strong commitment to rurality and social justice.