The major educational policies, models and ideas that have influenced Botswana’s education system

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi

Botswana’s education system, like many other African systems, is greatly influenced by western educational ideas and models. This article reviews Botswana’s education system by examining the policies, models and ideas that have influenced its development. Specifically, the review involves tracing the development of the education system of Botswana from the pre-colonial era to the present and highlighting the educational ideas and models in use at each stage. Since most of the educational ideas are based on western models, the article seeks whatever Platonic underpinnings that might belie these ideas. This is because Plato is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of all time whose ideas on education are pervasive. His ideas have influenced western education systems as well as modern intellectual and educational thinking.

Author(s):  
Maluleka Khazamula Jan

The main issue that bothers indigenous people is an unequal and unjust representation of their knowledge in relation to the formalized Western education system. Despite the affirmation of indigenous knowledge by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Western formal education system defines what knowledge and teaching methods are authentic or not. The purpose of this chapter is to determine the value of the indigenous knowledge and their pedagogic methods for preschool and school teachers. The data collected has been critically analyzed through John Rawls' theory of social justice. There is an agreement between authors and teachers that indigenous people had education systems that sustained them for years. This chapter provides some recommendations on how these valuable methods of teaching can be incorporated into the mainstream education systems.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mila Hasanah

ABSTRACTThe development of Islamic educational thinking, has sketched ideas varied, ranging from the classic to the modern era. Thought modern Islamic education is a critical response on global Western secular civilization. The negative influence is the dualism of the education system that applies to Muslims, namely the Western education system and the system of Islamic education. Western education system is so powerful that its influence is a threat to Islamic education. Therefore, efforts are integral formation system is a must. Al-Faruqi and Al-Attas trying to bargain a solution in the form of Islamization of science, which differ in terms of strategy Islamization of science, if Al-Faruqi in social sciences while Al-Attas on the humanities. Typology thought al-Faruqi and Al-Attas is inseparable from social background and cultural nuances where both activity and appreciate their ideas. Key Word: Modern Islamic Educational Thought, Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi and Syed Muhammad Al-Attas Naquif


Author(s):  
Maluleka Khazamula Jan

The main issue that bothers indigenous people is an unequal and unjust representation of their knowledge in relation to the formalized Western education system. Despite the affirmation of indigenous knowledge by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Western formal education system defines what knowledge and teaching methods are authentic or not. The purpose of this chapter is to determine the value of the indigenous knowledge and their pedagogic methods for preschool and school teachers. The data collected has been critically analyzed through John Rawls' theory of social justice. There is an agreement between authors and teachers that indigenous people had education systems that sustained them for years. This chapter provides some recommendations on how these valuable methods of teaching can be incorporated into the mainstream education systems.


Ta dib ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Kasmuri Selamat

The early twentieth century Islamic education was not firmly looking into the aspect of knowledge. What the Islamic world have seen for centuries is the practice of separation between faith, knowledge and intellectualism. In other words, the education system professed a dualism which was without precedence in the Islamic world. Both of the education systems had their own weakness. Under the western education systems the Islamic World practiced a type of education which more emphasized the aspects of intellectualism, which is more towards materialism rather than faith. While the other which is more traditional, developed the aspect of faith and eternity. The Islamic faith suggest its followers to have such belief that if great efforts are made, they will gain bliss and happiness in life and in hereafter. These orientations and basic foundations are also being practiced in the Islamic World. Fulfilling the above aspiration, K.H. Ahmad Dahlan (1923 AD) and his Muhammadiyah organization moved ahead aiming their goals at developing and innovating the education system of Indonesia in particular. He integrated the teaching of Islam and its culture, with the inclusion of the acquisition of knowledge according to the Islamic way.


Author(s):  
Charlene Tan

This article challenges the dominant notion of the ‘high-performing education system’ and offers an alternative interpretation from a Daoist perspective. The paper highlights two salient characteristics of such a system: its ability to outperform other education systems in international large-scale assessments; and its status as a positive or negative ‘reference society’. It is contended that external standards are applied and imposed on educational systems across the globe, judging a system to be high- or low- performing, and consequently worthy of emulation or deserving of criticism. Three cardinal Daoist principles that are drawn from the Zhuangzi are expounded: a rejection of an external and oppressive dao (way); the emptying of one’s heart-mind; and an ethics of difference. A major implication is a celebration of a plurality of high performers and reference societies, each unique in its own dao but converging on mutual learning and appreciation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Seral Özturan ◽  
Didem İşlek

In this study; It is aimed to compare the pre-school education systems in South Korea and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus comparatively. The horizontal and descriptive approach used in comparative education studies for this purpose were used together. Using document analysis in the research; Pre-school education objectives, similarities in education system and similarities in the education system, from the Ministry of Education of  South Korea and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from the Ministry of Education, the laws of countries, official pre-school education reports, education systems, articles and online databases, data on differences, skills desired to be acquired in the curriculum and educational status of teachers working in preschool institutions were obtained.  


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Grzywacz ◽  
Grażyna Miłkowska ◽  
Magdalena Piorunek ◽  
Lech Sałaciński

This report is a part of the results of the international project entitled “Studium in Osteuropa: Ausgewählte Aspekte (Analysen, Befunde)” conducted in the years 2013-2015 under supervision of Prof. Wilfried Schubarth and Dr Andreas Seidl from the Potsdam University, Department of Education Science, and Prof. Karsten Speck from the University of Oldenburg, Germany. The project was conducted jointly by representatives of academic centres from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia. Its general aim was a comparative analysis of the effects of implementation of Bologna Process directives into the higher education systems of the individual countries. The changes introduced into the higher education systems in the countries involved in the project were described and evaluated, discussed was in particular the problems of education of teachers at the university level. The following text is the result of the contribution of the Polish group participating in the project. The report will be presented in two parts. The first part is focused on the macro-societal context of transformations in the higher education system in Poland. The implementation of selected aspects of Bologna Process directives is described and supplemented by empirical comments. The second part deals with selected aspects of university level education of teachers, followed by a polemic against the assumptions and execution of the target transformations of higher education system.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diksha Yadav ◽  
Rajdeep Dey ◽  
Piyush Gupta

The literature on the limitations on the current archaic education system is limitless, the consequences of which have only been exacerbated in the current lockdown scenario. The timed evaluations have not only failed as an assessment tool during these times but research has shown there are increased rates of using unfair means and proctoring as a result. Not only was the system faulty to begin with, it is failing miserably under current lockdown situations. Simultaneously the current literature keeps positing that since technology has become an integral part of our life already, it would not be long before technology integrates with education and assessments. Taking into consideration the need and potential of an integrative system, this paper aims to explore how artificial intelligence can be effectively introduced into education and improve learning outcomes. The paper performs a Comprehensive Literature Review (CLR), and analyses data based on the framework developed by Onwuegbuzie and Frels (2015). The paper thus reviews literature with the aim to explore current models of AIEd and relevant psychological concepts relating to learning and career outcomes. 


2022 ◽  
pp. 003804072110724
Author(s):  
Kerby Goff ◽  
Eric Silver ◽  
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

Researchers have studied academic orientation—students’ valuing of and commitment to education—as in part a function of a cultural fit between students’ cultural capital, competencies, identity, and the institutional culture of the education system. Recent research on students’ aspirations and commitment highlights the moral undertones of such cultural fit. Scholars have identified the perceived moral connotations of becoming “an educated person” and illustrated how students’ academic orientation may be intertwined with the unique moral culture of the education system. Neoinstitutional scholars have examined modern education systems’ emphasis on an individualizing type of moral culture, that is, an institutional moral culture emphasizing individual autonomy, rights, and achievement over traditional mores, knowledge, and social hierarchies. Scholars have yet to bridge these streams of research by examining the link between students’ personal moral culture and the institutional moral culture of education systems. In this study, we consider whether students whose moral orientation matches the individualizing moral culture of education systems are more academically oriented. We conceptualize this link as moral fit, and we use moral foundations theory to identify students’ personal moral culture. Analysis of a unique sample of students drawn from all secondary schools in Iceland (N = 10,525) shows (1) individualizing moral intuitions (those that emphasize the individual as the basic moral unit) are associated with a greater academic orientation, net of parental involvement, cultural capital, and other important controls, and (2) this association is only lightly moderated by differences in the school structure.


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