The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has created opportunities and challenges for secondary education, particularly in resource-constrained contexts. This study examines the integration of ChatGPT in classroom learning through a qualitative instrumental case study conducted in a public secondary school in Indonesia. Data were collected through semi...
The increased investment in enhanced research capacity is grounded in the belief that meaningful research is associated with several economic, social, and environmental benefits. South African universities are on a quest to remain competitive in global rankings. One avenue to achieve improved rankings is to increase the quality and quantity of research and the capacity of those...
Mitigating social inequality is essential for sustainable human development. This study, drawing on data from the World Inequality Report, UNICEF, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and Chinese policy documents such as the Plan for Education Modernisation by 2035, explores the role of critical pedagogy in addressing disparities affecting marginalised groups in China. Despite...
This article is written while witnessing the world's first live-streamed genocide, the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. It centres the Gaza Genocide as an exemplar of the failures of liberal education systems. At the same time, it positions the Genocide in Gaza as a catalyst for rethinking education in/with Gaza to create fairer educational presents and futures. Such...
BOOK REVIEWGu Mingyuan's Educational Thought: Educational Philosophy through China's Reform and Opening Up, edited by Yingjie WangZizhao XiongI; Yang YaoII; Qiujun SuIIIISchool of Foreign Languages (International School), Southwest Forestry University, China. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4426-5827 II(corresponding author); School of Foreign Languages...
African universities face challenges regarding retaining postdoctoral research fellows (postdocs) within the continent and their inclusion in the academic research profession. However, there exists a scarcity of research addressing the disparity between policy and practice. Acknowledging this gap, the present study poses significant questions about how universities with...
The precarity of postdoctoral research fellows (postdocs) has become endemic since the 1990 Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility and the Dar es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics. This article seeks to clarify why postdocs seem to be facing extreme forms of precarity and vulnerability in South African...
As global security dynamics intensify in the post-Cold War era, the ideological foundations of military education diverge sharply between China and the West. This article analyses the Chinese model in universities through the lens of the Marxist theory of war, arguing that its military education system, rooted in the proletariat's revolutionary tradition, transcends the Western...
This commentary critically examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into music education through two guiding questions: Whose intelligence is encoded within these systems? Whose music is legitimised and reproduced through them? While often promoted as neutral and innovative, AI systems are shaped by cultural biases, economic logics, and epistemological assumptions...
This article critically investigates the structural and experiential dimensions of precarity among postdoctoral researchers within the German higher education system. Drawing on the conceptual lens of neoliberalism, precaritisation, and intersectionality, the study examines how institutional policies, particularly the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (Academic Fixed-Term Contract...
With the increasing penetration of neoliberalism into higher education, the level of competition has intensified. Postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) have assumed increasingly significant roles within global higher education systems, contributing to scientific research, teaching, and societal service. However, instead of becoming the core force in research as intended, postdocs...
Scholarly debate on South Africa's unique research publication value chain focuses mainly on the Department of Higher Education's incentive scheme, which financially rewards universities for accredited publications. However, this arrangement has sparked contradictions that have prompted a system review. Over the past decade, the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and...
This study challenges the technologically optimistic narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) naturally promotes educational democratisation by delving into systemic inequalities in AI education across urban, suburban, and rural primary schools in China. Utilising a constructivist grounded theory approach, the research conducted six months of qualitative fieldwork, including...
BOOK REVIEWLanguage in Culture: Lectures on the Social Semiotics of Language, by Michael Silverstein, edited by E. Summerson Carr, Susan Gal, and Constantine V. Nakassis / Language Debates: Theory and Reality in Language Learning, Teaching and Research, edited by Ana de Medeiros and Debra KellyLijuan HuI; Yi LiuIIIZhejiang Academy of Social Science, China. [email protected]...
This study examines the current state of primary education in Kazakhstan, where traditional teaching methods may be insufficient for comprehensive student development. The purpose is to develop proposals for improving the educational system of primary schools in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The study employs a mixed-methods approach combining systematic analysis, deduction...
BOOK REVIEWWorld Yearbook of Education 2025: The Teaching Profession in a Globalizing World: Governance, Career, Learning, edited by Xavier Dumay, Lynn Paine, and Tore Bernt SorensenJincheng MaI; Qiang WanIIIDaegu Catholic University, Republic of Korea. [email protected]. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6832-4454 IIHanseo University, Republic of Korea. [email protected]. https...
Female postdoctoral researchers in China's higher education system face persistent gender-based barriers that hinder their career advancement. This study investigates these challenges through the lens of the glass ceiling theory. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 female postdoctoral researchers, aged 28 to 40, from diverse disciplines and institutions across China...
INTRODUCTORY NOTEIntroductory Note to Special Issue: "Scholars in the Margins: The Complex Lives of Postdocs in Higher Education"Na-iem DollieChief Editor. Education as Change. University of Johannesburg. [email protected]. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-6978, https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/EAC/indexThis special issue of Education as Change is a...
This article explores the challenges of implementing a humanising pedagogy in South Africa's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, with a focus on barriers to fostering critical consciousness and student empowerment. While grounded in Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy, the study extends this framework by incorporating the capabilities approach, which...
Despite the inability of the higher education sector to address colonial apartheid, relegating the associated indigenous cultures and traditions to a submissive space, the fight for a more legitimate and transformed higher education system continues. The study examines how biography and institutional context deepen how co-authors engage pragmatically in a collective project and...
This study, conducted in a low-resource region of western China, examines the role of emotional intelligence in low-resource schools, where socio-economic challenges and limited resources hinder student engagement and academic achievement. Despite extensive research on emotional intelligence, its impact on educational equity in these contexts remains underexplored. Drawing on...
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between ideological and political education and students' social responsibility. Methodologically, the study involves 76 first-year Chinese undergraduate students who received ideological and political education. The study offers a theoretical substantiation of the features of students' formation of social responsibility...
This study explores the experiences of students using a multimodal dialogue system to engage with sensitive historical content, specifically focusing on the challenges they face and how these challenges are addressed. Data were collected from 35 participants across six public and private schools in Semarang utilising qualitative methods, including interviews and focus group...
This article documents curriculum and assessment policy changes over four years (2020 to 2024) in South Africa in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures. Early on, some changes were made to the national CAPS curriculum documents in the form of trimming content (2020), identifying "fundamental" knowledge (2020), and reviewing subject content (2022). The focus was on...
Education is seen as a key vehicle to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Teacher educators play a pivotal role in training teachers and UNESCO advocates that Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is mainstreamed through teacher education to contribute towards achieving the SDGs. For education to contribute to a more sustainable future, a focus on root...