Browsing by Author "Wolhuter, C. C."

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    Comparative Education at Universities in Tanzania and in South Africa and the Expectations and Motivations of Students.
    (2009-08) Anangisye, William A. L.; Maarman, R. F.; Wolhuter, C. C.
    In view of the northern hemispheric hegemony in education and in view of contemporary curriculum theory which prescribes an input by students as clients, the authors of two Southern countries, Tanzania and South Africa, surveyed their students’ expectations of a comparative education course, in an attempt to contribute to the establishment of a more meaningful comparative education for the South. The survey revealed startling divergences regarding South African and Tanzanian students’ expectations of comparative education. South African students looked onto comparative education to enlighten the domestic education reform project, and to improve their (students’) teaching strategies. In contrast, the Tanzanian students had a more detached (from their day-today education needs) and purely intellectual view of comparative education, expecting the subjects to contribute to their intellectual moulding and development. The authors relate these differences to contextual differences between South Africa and Tanzania, and conclude that contextual factors should be taken into account when designing comparative education courses.
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    Comparative Education for Africa: Perspective from Students’ Perceptions of and Motivations for Studying Comparative Education
    (2011) Anangisye, William A. L.; Wolhuter, C. C.; O’Sullivan, M.
    In view of the North-American-Western European hegemony in education and contemporary curriculum theory, which prescribes an input by students as clients, the authors from two African countries, South Africa and Tanzania, surveyed their students about what they expected to gain from a Comparative Education course, and contrasted that with the expectations of students of a European country, Ireland. The comparison revealed startling divergences. Whereas the Irish students’ main expectation was that their Comparative Education course would prepare them for a teaching job abroad, the South African students looked to their Comparative Education course to enlighten the domestic education reform project and to improve their teaching strategies, while the Tanzanian students had a purely intellectual view of the subject— wanting Comparative Education to contribute to their intellectual moulding and development. The authors relate these differences to contextual differences between Ireland, South Africa and Tanzania, and conclude that contextual factors should be taken into account, when developing Comparative Education courses for universities in Africa.
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    Students’ Expectations of and Motivations for Studying Comparative Education: A comparative Study across Nine Countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America
    (2011-08) Wolhuter, C. C.; O’Sullivan, M.; Anderson, E.; Wood, L.; Karras, K. G.; Mihova, M.; Torres, A.; Anangisye, William A. L.; Maarman, R. F.; Al-Harthi, Hamood K.; Thongthew, S.
    The aim of this research was to determine what comparative education students expect from comparative education courses. Students from nine countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America were surveyed. These countries were the United States of America, Ireland, Greece, Bulgaria, Oman, Thailand, Tanzania, South Africa and Cuba. The results showed startling differences regarding students’ perceptions of and motivations for studying comparative education. Their diverse motivations, the study concludes, are linked to contextual factors. In conclusion the implications of these findings for comparative education course curricula, for the conceptualization of the significance of comparative education, and for the comparative education research agenda are highlighted.