This edited volume presents original research on discipline and disciplinary practices in various educational institutions—from schools to tertiary settings. It offers a scientific and scholarly perspective by integrating empirical and philosophical approaches—quantitative (positivist), qualitative (interpretive), and mixed methods (pragmatic)—to investigate discipline issues in contexts …
his scholarly volume addresses the low demonstrable effect of education research in South Africa and Africa, focusing on recommendations from scholars in various educational sub-fields. It revisits the history of research outcomes and offers informed recommendations based on in-depth investigations and analyses. The book aims to stimulate scholarly discussion on increasing the recording of the …
The Global South and Comparative and International Education proposes and elaborates on the construct of “Criticism against Northern Hegemony” within the field. The author, Charl C. Wolhuter, integrates diverse critical strands—including critiques of development theories, foreign aid regimes, globalization, neoliberal economics, racism, and calls for decolonization—to argue for the …
This volume was inspired by research on leadership in topperforming schools conducted by a research team in which two of the volume editors were involved. That research was in three articles published in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in 2018.