scholarly journals Theory as a verb: working with dilemmas in educational development

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Lynn Coleman ◽  
Lucia Thesen
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons

In this reflective piece, Lynn Coleman and Lucia Thesen explore dilemmas of practice and theory in light of the contested nature of knowledge and meaning-making in educational development. How to cite this reflective piece: COLEMAN, Lynn; THESEN; Lucia. Reflective piece: theory as a verb: working with dilemmas in educational development. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, v. 2, n. 1, p. 129-135, Apr. 2018. Available at: http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=53   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Jared McDonald
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
The University

Dr Jared McDonald, of the Department of History at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa, reviews As by fire: the end of the South African university, written by former UFS vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen.    How to cite this book review: MCDONALD, Jared. Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 117-119, Sep. 2017. Available at: <http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18>. Date accessed: 12 Sep. 2017.   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals Emerging response-abilities: a reflection on the 2019 SOTL in the South conference

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Shashi Cullinan Cook
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
University Of Technology

The second biennial ‘SOTL in the South’ conference was held at the Central University of Technology (CUT) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in October 2019. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) is gaining increasing traction in South African universities, and this conference was a collaboration between the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at CUT, and SOTL in the South. The theme of this conference was ‘Creating space for Southern narratives on Teaching and Learning’ and the keynote speakers were Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Joanne Vorster, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Catherine Manathunga. In this piece I reflect on the conference and identify some of the narratives that emerged from it. I share some of the discussions by keynote speakers and presenters which help to expand discourses on the interconnectedness of decolonisation, and economic, social and environmental justice, and I explain why I look to ‘Southern SOTL’ for guidance in negotiating contradictions in my teaching and learning context. In this piece I consider the response-abilities of higher educators to contribute to these urgent matters.Key words: SOTL in the South, research in teaching and learning, global South, north-south, decolonisation, 4IR, fourth industrial revolution, response-abilityHow to cite this article:Cullinan Cook, S. 2020. Emerging response-abilities: a reflection on the 2019 SOTL in the South conference. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 4, n. 1, p. 69-85. April 2020. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=135This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals Epistemic freedom in Africa: deprovincialization and decolonization by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Masixole Booi
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Politics Of Knowledge

In this review of Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni's Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization, Masixole Booi explains in detail how the book focuses on the history and politics of knowledge production and how Africa has been located on the marginal lines of such ‘knowledge production’.Key words: decolonisaiton, politics of knowledge, epistemic freedom, social justice, epistemic justiceHow to cite this article:Booi, M. 2020. Book review: Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S.J. 2018. Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 4, n. 1, p. 89-96. April 2020. Available at:https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=143This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals Understanding the uncomfortable kōkako: the challenge of applying threshold concepts in Māori studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meegan Hall ◽  
P Adds ◽  
Michael Ross ◽  
P Borell
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Threshold Concepts ◽  
Irreversible Change ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons

There are Māori studies programmes in all eight New Zealand universities and thousands of Māori studies students enrol each year. However, little research has been done on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) within the Māori studies discipline. This article investigates, through the process of an integrative literature review, the potential to apply the theory of threshold concepts (Meyer & Land 2006) – the idea that there is a set of transformational concepts that can unlock understanding in any discipline – to the Māori studies discipline. It highlights issues that arise in applying threshold concepts to a relatively new discipline that centres Indigenous knowledge and practices. The transformative elements of Māori studies and the irreversible change that Western epistemologies have caused to Māori studies’ knowledge are discussed. The bounded aspect of Māori studies is canvased, as well as the ability of Māori studies to integrate with other cognate disciplines. The troublesome nature of Māori studies content is explored, along with the discursive elements of its formal and coded curricula. Also, the idea of liminality is examined, as a way to demarcate the academic territory of Māori studies and clarify the curriculum. Ultimately, many questions emerge in this article but also opportunities to advance the SOTL research in both threshold concepts as a theory and Māori studies as a discipline.   How to cite this article: HALL, Meegan; ADDS, Peter; ROSS, Mike; BORELL, Phillip. Understanding the uncomfortable kōkako: the challenge of applying threshold concepts in Māori studies. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 91-107, sep. 2017. Available at: . Date accessed: 12 Sep. 2017. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals Kerfoot, C & Hyltenstam, K (eds.). 2017. Entangled discourses: South-North orders of visibility. Oxon: Routledge.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Catherine Manathunga
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons

Catherine Manathunga reviews Caroline Kerfoot and Kenneth Hyltenstam’s Entangled discourses: South-North orders of visibility which “explores the multiple entanglements of Northern and Southern linguistic, cultural and knowledge systems”. As a historian, Manathunga believes this edited collection offers “fresh frameworks for a wide variety of disciplinary experts seeking to grapple with the complexities of contemporary globalisation, capitalism, colonialism and imperialism”.   How to cite this book review:MANATHUNGA, Catherine. Book review: Kerfoot, C & Hyltenstam, K (eds.) 2017. Entangled discourses: South-North orders of visibility. Oxon: Routledge. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South v. 2, n. 2, p. 90-91, Sept. 2018. Available at: http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=82&path%5B%5D=27   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals “Untitled XI”

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Clelia O Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The South ◽  
Historical Injustice ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Peaceful Resolution

Clelia Rodríguez’s powerful piece speaks of pain – the pain incurred through historical injustice; the pain of disconnection, invisibility and division – the pain of the hopeful living in a world of helplessness and disconnected pedagogies. Her message is clear: tertiary education must change in order to support peaceful resolution of conflict, and to value and help preserve our precious environment.   How to cite this reflective piece:  RODRÍGUEZ, Clelia; “Untitled XI”. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 3, n. 2, p. 102-109, Sept. 2019. Available at:  https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=119&path%5B%5D=49   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals Decolonizing nature/knowledge: indigenous environmental thought and feminist praxis

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Nosheen Ali ◽  
Binish Samnani ◽  
Abdul Wali Khan ◽  
Najmi Khatoon ◽  
Barkat Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Graduate Seminar ◽  
Environmental Thought ◽  
Spiritual Intimacy ◽  
Indigenous Thought ◽  
Collaborative Article

This faculty-student collaborative article is a result of a graduate seminar on ‘Environmental Education’ taught at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development in Karachi, and it illuminates new perspectives and pedagogies of nature from the global South, specifically South Asia. Drawing inspiration from feminist and indigenous thought, the narratives of ecology shared here center the place of emotions, experience, memory and spiritual intimacy, offering one means of decolonizing environmental studies and expanding our understanding of ‘environmental consciousness’. These narratives defy ontologies of nature-human separation, capturing not just the co-existence of animals, spirits and humans but their co-constitution. Such indigenous ecologies of knowledge and wisdom, we argue, offer a timely corrective to fragmented and exploitative constructions of the natural environment as mere resource, pleasure, or commodity, while providing a profound, alternative basis for a richly layered, spirited, environmental education.   How to cite this article:  ALI, Nosheen; SAMNANI, Binish; WALI KHAN, Abdul; KHATOON, Najmi; ALI, Barkat; ASFUNDYAR, Sadia; ASLAM, Muhammad; AMIRALI, Sumaira. Decolonizing nature/knowledge: indigenous environmental thought and feminist praxis. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 3, n. 1, p. 77-91, Apr. 2019. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=80&path%5B%5D=36   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Decolonising higher education: creating space for Southern knowledge systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Manathunga
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Deep Listening

The complexity and scale of the globe’s current environmental and social problems requires genuine dialogue between all the world’s diverse knowledge systems. At present, despite decades of postcolonial, Indigenous and feminist research, higher education remains dominated by Northern, scientific knowledge. Northern knowledge continues to claim universality across time and space in many academic disciplines and continues to ignore calls for what de Sousa Santos calls ‘epistemic justice’. If we are to generate genuinely democratic approaches to knowledge production in higher education, a great deal of work needs to be done to decolonise teaching, learning and research in higher education. Decolonising higher education involves creating space for Southern knowledge systems. In this paper, I draw upon postcolonial/decolonial theories and historical transcultural understandings of deep, slow, ancient time to make a case for the importance of creating space for Southern, transcultural and Indigenous knowledge systems. I illustrate that decolonisation requires both quiet and gentle reflection as well as deep listening and courageous radical action. Finally, I highlight instances of what de Sousa Santos terms the sociology of emergences, within doctoral education from the global South.Key words:decoloniing higher educaiton, sociologies of emergence, global South, epistomologies of the South, Southern theoryHow to cite this article:Manathunga, C. 2020. Decolonising higher education: creating space for Southern knowledge systems. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 4, n. 1, p. 4-25. April 2020. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=138This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Reimagining higher education in the wake of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Zachary Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
The World ◽  
Global North ◽  
North And South

In this editorial, journal editor-in-chief, Zach Simpson, introduces the peer-reviewed articles and reflections in Volume 4, Issue 2 of the SOTL in the South journal. These papers, Zach argues, each reimagine aspects of higher education: the classroom, the curriculum, the role of SOTL and so on. In addition, the editorial addresses the current (at the time of publication) coronavirus pandemic afflicting the world, arguing that COVID-19 is not only deepening inequalities between the global North and South, but also rendering SOTL ever more important.Keywords: SOTL in the South, teaching and learning, higher educaiton, special issueHow to cite this article: Simpson, S. 2020. Reimagining higher education in the wake of COVID-19. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 4, n. 1, p. 1-3. April 2020. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=145This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Book review: Berman, KS. 2017. Finding voice: a visual arts approach to engaging social change. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Gunter
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
The South ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Ann Arbor

In this review of Kim Berman's Finding voice: a visual arts approach to engaging social change, Elizabeth Gunter explains how art-making may play a role in bringing about social change and transcending institutional norms.   How to cite this book review: GUNTER, Elizabeth. Book review: Berman, KS. 2017. Finding voice: a visual arts approach to engaging social change. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 3, n. 1, p. 111-112, Apr. 2019. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=103&path%5B%5D=37   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

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