,ICH4801 Assignment 4 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester
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HISTORY OF EDUCATION [100]
SECTION A: HISTORY OF EDUCATION [50]
Question 1
Section A is based on the given extract from chapter 2 of the
prescribed textbook (Seroto, Davids & Wolhuter 2020). Read
the extract and then answer the questions that follow.
Geographical focus of research and of authorship
Scholars, analysts, progressive scholars and academics in all
education sciences and beyond, have expressed concern that the
corpus of scholarly publications is dominated by researchers in
the global world and that their focus is lopsided in favour of the
Global North or themes favoured by the interests of the Global
North. In a content analysis of articles published in the first 50
years of the top journal in the field of Comparative and
International Education, the Comparative Education Review,
Wolhuter (2008:330-331) found that countries of the Global
North dominate the geographical focus of research. In addition,
where countries of the Global South are the subject of research,
it is dominated by researchers from the Global North (cf
Wolhuter, 2018). Of the 18 523 articles published in the total
, pool of Thomson-Reuters indexed education journals for the
year 2012, a mere 2.13% were authored by scholars in Africa
(ibid).
Depaepe and Simon (1996) do not include the geographical
terrain of articles in their research but do provide an interesting
analysis of author provenance. For the articles published during
1961 to 1989 in Paedagogica Historica, the rank-order of
national provenance of authors is illustrated in table 2.2. The
pattern for the period 1990 to 1995 does not differ much.
However, in this period, the Global South fares worse with 1.6%
of all authors (South Africa: 0.8% and Zaire: 0.8%) as shown in
table 2.3.
Table 2.2 National provenance of authors published in rank
order, 1961 to 1989
National provenance of authors (Global North) 1961 to 1989
1. Germany: 22.7%; 2. US: 21.5%; 3. UK: 10.6%; 4. France:
7.4%; 5. Belgium: 6.5%
National provenance of authors (Global South) 1961 to 1989
1. India: 1.2%; 2. Malaysia: 1.2%; 3. Nigeria: 0.6%; 4. Sri
Lanka: 0.6%; 5. Argentina: 0.3%; 6. Oman:
0.3%; 7. Pakistan: 0.3%; 8. South Africa: 0.3%; 9. Thailand:
0.3%; 10. Zimbabwe: 0.3% (Source: Depaepe & Simon,
1996:426)
Table 2.3 National provenance of authors published in rank
order, 1990 to 1995
1 2025 - DUE 2025; 100% trusted, comprehensive and
complete reliable solution with clear explanation.
ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY
HISTORY OF EDUCATION [100]
SECTION A: HISTORY OF EDUCATION [50]
Question 1
Section A is based on the given extract from chapter 2 of the
prescribed textbook (Seroto, Davids & Wolhuter 2020). Read
the extract and then answer the questions that follow.
Geographical focus of research and of authorship
Scholars, analysts, progressive scholars and academics in all
education sciences and beyond, have expressed concern that the
corpus of scholarly publications is dominated by researchers in
the global world and that their focus is lopsided in favour of the
Global North or themes favoured by the interests of the Global
North. In a content analysis of articles published in the first 50
years of the top journal in the field of Comparative and
International Education, the Comparative Education Review,
Wolhuter (2008:330-331) found that countries of the Global
North dominate the geographical focus of research. In addition,
where countries of the Global South are the subject of research,
it is dominated by researchers from the Global North (cf
Wolhuter, 2018). Of the 18 523 articles published in the total
, pool of Thomson-Reuters indexed education journals for the
year 2012, a mere 2.13% were authored by scholars in Africa
(ibid).
Depaepe and Simon (1996) do not include the geographical
terrain of articles in their research but do provide an interesting
analysis of author provenance. For the articles published during
1961 to 1989 in Paedagogica Historica, the rank-order of
national provenance of authors is illustrated in table 2.2. The
pattern for the period 1990 to 1995 does not differ much.
However, in this period, the Global South fares worse with 1.6%
of all authors (South Africa: 0.8% and Zaire: 0.8%) as shown in
table 2.3.
Table 2.2 National provenance of authors published in rank
order, 1961 to 1989
National provenance of authors (Global North) 1961 to 1989
1. Germany: 22.7%; 2. US: 21.5%; 3. UK: 10.6%; 4. France:
7.4%; 5. Belgium: 6.5%
National provenance of authors (Global South) 1961 to 1989
1. India: 1.2%; 2. Malaysia: 1.2%; 3. Nigeria: 0.6%; 4. Sri
Lanka: 0.6%; 5. Argentina: 0.3%; 6. Oman:
0.3%; 7. Pakistan: 0.3%; 8. South Africa: 0.3%; 9. Thailand:
0.3%; 10. Zimbabwe: 0.3% (Source: Depaepe & Simon,
1996:426)
Table 2.3 National provenance of authors published in rank
order, 1990 to 1995
