ICH4801
Assignment 4 2024
(390113) - DUE 20
August 2024
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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)
Assignment 4 2024
(390113) - DUE 20
August 2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
[DATE]
[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)
