Glo-ubuntu as an extension of Global Citizenship Education: Cultivating the notion of an African university

  • J. Terblanche Milpark Education
  • Y. Waghid Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20853/37-2-5427
Keywords: Glo-ubuntu, global citizenship education, African university, ubuntu

Abstract

In previous work (Waghid et al. 2023) we offered an account of ubuntu and its implications for South African higher education. The main thrust of our argument is constituted by understanding that ubuntu involves interdependent-cum-autonomous human relations that impact university education in expansive ways: independent and collaborative with the possibility of being forward-looking. Yet, what we have not done hitherto, is to examine ubuntu in the realm of global citizenship education, considering the latter seems to intertwine with constitutive aspects of ubuntu. In this article, we reconsider ubuntu with global citizenship education (GCE) and its implications for higher education. Firstly, we proffer an understanding of GCE about pedagogical praxis; secondly, we show how ubuntu can advance GCE within higher education; and thirdly, we examine some of the implications of a glo-ubuntu for higher education in South Africa.

Author Biographies

J. Terblanche, Milpark Education

Head: BCom Development at Milpark Education

Y. Waghid, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch

Department of Education Policy Studies

Distinguished Professor

Yusef Waghid, a leading African philosopher of education, holds three doctorates in education, policy, and philosophy from the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University in South Africa respectively. 

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Published
2023-05-20
How to Cite
Terblanche, J., and Y. Waghid. 2023. “Glo-Ubuntu As an Extension of Global Citizenship Education: Cultivating the Notion of an African University”. South African Journal of Higher Education 37 (2), 272-82. https://doi.org/10.20853/37-2-5427.
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Vol. 37 No. 2 (2023)
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General Articles

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