Editorial: The need for South African (higher) education institutions to be attuned to Education 4.0

  • Z. Waghid Cape Peninsula University of Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20853/33-5-3670

Abstract

Higher education institutions in South Africa continue to face uncomfortable positions. These uncomfortable positions started with the #fallist movement – an alter-globalisation movement that argues for the decolonisation of the knowledge spheres in South African higher education to place African knowledge at the centre of learning. With the #fallist movement’s rhetoric forcing university academics to adapt the curriculum, content, methodologies and pedagogies aligned to the African experience through research and various platforms, the global context has already begun to shift towards the fourth industrial revolution. This shift towards the fourth industrial revolution thus places South African higher education institutions in an uncomfortable position of having to adapt teaching methodologies and pedagogies in line with the global context (Waghid, Waghid & Waghid 2018).

References

Waghid, Z. 2014. (Higher) education for social justice through sustainable development, economic development and equity. South African Journal of Higher Education, 28(4): 1448-1463.

Waghid, Z. 2016. A pedagogical approach to socially just relations in a Grade 11 Economics class. South African Journal of Education, 36(2): 1- 18.

Waghid, Z., & F. Waghid. 2018. [Re]examining the role of technology in education through a deliberative decision-making approach: In the quest towards democratic education in South African schools. In: Waghid, Y. & Davids, N (Eds.), African Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 133-156.

Waghid, Y., F. Waghid & Z. Waghid. 2018. Rupturing African Philosophy of Teaching and Learning: Ubuntu Justice and Education. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.

Published
2019-11-26
How to Cite
Waghid, Z. 2019. “Editorial: The Need for South African (higher) Education Institutions to Be Attuned to Education 4.0”. South African Journal of Higher Education 33 (5), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.20853/33-5-3670.
Issue
Vol. 33 No. 5 (2019): Special Issue of the 45th Annual South African Society for Education Conference
Section
Part 1 : Special Section

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