HED4805 ASSIGNMENT 2 2025 UNIQUE NO: DUE DATE: 20 JUNE 2025

HED4805 ASSIGNMENT 2 2025 UNIQUE NO: DUE DATE: 20 JUNE 2025Unique Number: Due Date: 20 June 2025 South African History of Education Question 1 (25 marks) 1.1 Explain how global schools spread in the Global South and Global North. (10) The spread of global schools in both the Global South and Global North is rooted in historical, economic, and political developments. In the Global North, the establishment and spread of global schools were largely tied to internal developments such as industrialization, the Enlightenment, and the growth of the nation-state. Education systems were created to meet the needs of an industrializing society, emphasizing literacy, numeracy, and citizenship education to support economic growth and social cohesion. Schools became vehicles for promoting national identity and preparing citizens for participation in economic and political life. In contrast, the spread of global schools in the Global South was heavily influenced by colonialism. During the colonial era, European imperial powers established schools in their colonies primarily to serve colonial interests. These schools often promoted Eurocentric curricula that marginalized or entirely ignored indigenous knowledge systems, histories, and cultures. Education in the Global South was used as a tool of domination, focusing on producing a small elite class to assist in colonial administration rather than promoting broad-based education for the colonized populations. After decolonization, many countries in the Global South inherited these education systems, which continued to reflect Eurocentric models and values rather than indigenous realities. Efforts to reform and decolonize education have been ongoing but Page 3 of 22 have often been challenged by continued reliance on models and epistemologies developed in the Global North. Thus, while the spread of global schools in the North was internally motivated and linked to development needs, in the South it was externally imposed through colonialism, with lingering effects that still require intentional decolonization efforts today. 1.2 Outline the state of research in the Global South, and suggest what can be done to improve or encourage research in the field of the History of Education. (15) The state of research in the Global South remains underdeveloped and marginalized when compared to that of the Global North. Studies show that scholarly publications are still dominated by researchers from the Global North, who also disproportionately set research agendas and focus