ICH4801 Assignment 4
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20 August 2024
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, ICH4801 Assignment 4 2024 (390113) - DUE 20 August 2024
Question 1
Section A is based on the 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 Assignment 04 Comparative and
International Education Due date: Unique assignment number: ICH4801/101/02024 31 523 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 National provenance of authors (Global North) 1990 to 1995 1.
Netherlands: 20.2%; 2. Germany: 17.8%; 3. Belgium: 14.0%; 4 France: 10.1%; 5. US: 7.0% National
provenance of authors (Global South) 1990 to 1995 1. Only 1.6% of all authors in the Global South; 2.
South Africa: 0.8%; 3. Former Zaire: 0.8% (Source: Depaepe & Simon, 1996) Freeman and Kirke (2017)
deal with geographical foci in their analysis, although the limitation of their study is that it covers English
medium journals only. Freeman and Kirke (2017:830) found that in geographical coverage, throughout
the period 1952 to 2016, England and Great Britain dominated as geographical terrain of study. During
the decade 1980 to 1989, 43.9% of all published articles dealt with England and Great Britain; in 2016,
2024 (390113) - DUE
20 August 2024
[Company address]
, ICH4801 Assignment 4 2024 (390113) - DUE 20 August 2024
Question 1
Section A is based on the 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 Assignment 04 Comparative and
International Education Due date: Unique assignment number: ICH4801/101/02024 31 523 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 National provenance of authors (Global North) 1990 to 1995 1.
Netherlands: 20.2%; 2. Germany: 17.8%; 3. Belgium: 14.0%; 4 France: 10.1%; 5. US: 7.0% National
provenance of authors (Global South) 1990 to 1995 1. Only 1.6% of all authors in the Global South; 2.
South Africa: 0.8%; 3. Former Zaire: 0.8% (Source: Depaepe & Simon, 1996) Freeman and Kirke (2017)
deal with geographical foci in their analysis, although the limitation of their study is that it covers English
medium journals only. Freeman and Kirke (2017:830) found that in geographical coverage, throughout
the period 1952 to 2016, England and Great Britain dominated as geographical terrain of study. During
the decade 1980 to 1989, 43.9% of all published articles dealt with England and Great Britain; in 2016,
