Values and Purposes of a PhD : Comparative responses from South Africa and Mauritius
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Michael Anthony Samuel
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キーワード | Doctoral under-productivity in developing world contexts
the economic, national, personal and social values of PhD study
professional doctorates and PhDs
doctoral career paths; PhDs in Education
globalization and internationalization
social justice, and education
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教育
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抄録(英) | This paper compares the motivations of two developing countries, South Africa and Mauritius, in promoting doctoral education. Both are concerned about addressing their underproduction of PhDs, but is this focus a luxury in the face of prevalent societal issues, e.g., the HIV/AIDS pandemic, crime and unemployment in South Africa? Are PhDs resolving post-apartheid societal problems? Is their pursuit primarily about developing a competitive advantage? In Mauritius, alignment of the state agenda and the higher education system provides pragmatic interventions to establish itself as the knowledge hub of the Indian Ocean islands. However, the philosophically-driven PhD infuses potentially a critical disruption of “comfortable collaborations” with the state agenda. So what is the worth of a PhD, especially in the field of education? This paper suggests that the value of an educational PhD in developing world contexts has both enabling and constraining potential: to personal, institutional, social and nationalistic agendas.
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掲載誌名 |
Higher Education Forum
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巻 | 13巻
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開始ページ | 1
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終了ページ | 23
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出版年月日 | 2016-03
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出版者 | Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University
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ISBN | 978-4-902808-97-1
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言語 |
英語
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NII資源タイプ |
紀要論文
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広大資料タイプ |
学内刊行物(紀要等)
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DCMIタイプ | text
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フォーマット | application/pdf
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著者版フラグ | publisher
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部局名 |
高等教育研究開発センター
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