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3 mars 2019

Why embracing indigenous languages could have major benefits for Kenya

Kenya is a multilingual country with over 42 different indigenous languages. In addition, foreign languages are used by minorities in major towns and in some learning institutions. The most dominant foreign language is English which is an official language alongside Kiswahili. More...

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3 mars 2019

It’s time to rethink how foreign languages are taught at universities

Many people underestimate the difficulty involved in learning a language. This is because language acquisition goes beyond comprehension. It also involves socialisation and emotion. The high level of personal engagement this requires is even more challenging at South African universities, where students are struggling to meet the demands of academic life.
This situation has compelled many educators such as myself, teaching in the field of French and Francophone studies at Witwatersrand University, to reflect on our teaching practice. More...

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3 mars 2019

South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health

Is South Africa regularly denying children their right to access education as well as health care on the grounds either of petty bureaucracy or by a misinterpretation of the country’s laws and international obligations. More...

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3 mars 2019

Why 'The Future Is Asian' Should Inform Your University's Strategy

By Joshua Kim. Can books start campus conversations?
What is your university’s Asian strategy. More...

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3 mars 2019

7 Reasons Why I Now Have More Web-Based Than Face-To-Face Meetings

By Joshua Kim. To be sure, I still participate in lots of face-to-face meetings. There is no substitute for some in-person conversations. And not everyone wants to meet on their computers with webcams and microphones. More...

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3 mars 2019

Guest Post: A Definition of Academic Innovation

By Joshua Kim. For most of the past 2500 years innovation was understood with a modifier: political innovation, social innovation, technological innovation, etc. The concept of innovation in general is, more than any other in the 21st Century, the dominant ideology behind educational policy and praxis change. More...

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3 mars 2019

Thinking About 'Massification of Higher Education Revisited’

By Joshua Kim. Why we may be at peak U.S. college, but we are decidedly not at peak global higher education. More...

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3 mars 2019

Is 'Empty Planet' Too Little Worried About the U.S.?

By Joshua Kim. Climate change? The concentration of wealth and growing inequality? Robots taking all the jobs? Our crumbling infrastructure? Public disinvestment from higher education. More...

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3 mars 2019

'Merchants of Truth', Journalism, and Higher Ed

By Joshua Kim. Are there lessons from newspapers and new media companies that our colleges and universities should be looking to learn?
Will today’s tuition-dependent residential colleges suffer the same fate as yesterday’s local newspapers. More...

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3 mars 2019

Elite High Schools and Online Education

By Joshua Kim. How an online high school may help us rethink the traditional “college” experience for undergrads who can’t live on campus. More...

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