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Readings on the Educational Context in southern Africa
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This is a place to collect readings of interest to educational researchers with an interest in southern Africa. Feel free to expand the list to include any readings which may be relevant and to improve the layout, etc..
Equality and Education
| Reference | Comments |
| Salim Akoojee; Anthony Gewer; Simon McGrath (eds.). 2005. Vocational Education and Training in Southern Africa: A comparative study. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Bhagwati J. 2004. In Defense of Globalisation. Oxford university Press. New York. | - |
| Boudon, Raymond. 1974. Education, Opportunity, and Social Inequality: Changing Prospects in Western Society. Series in Urban Research; Translation of "L'inegalite des chances". Wiley-Interscience, New York. | - |
| Linda Chisholm; Ursula Hoadley; Mbithi wa Kivulu; Heather Brookes; Cas Prinsloo; Asnath Kgobe; Dan Mosia; Hersheela Narsee; Stephen Rule. 2005. Educator workload in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Linda Chisholm (ed.). 2004. Changing Class: Education and social change in post-apartheid South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Coleman, JS. 1966. Equality of Educational Opportunity. | - |
| Coleman, James (1968). The Concept of Equality of Educational Opportunity. Harvard Educational Review 38 (1): 7-22. | - |
| Michael Cosser; with Jacques du Toit. 2002. From School to Higher Education? - Factors affecting the choices of Grade 12 learners. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Michael Cosser; with Jacques du Toit; Mariette Visser. 2004. Settling for Less: Student aspirations and higher education realities. Research Programme on Human Resources Development. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| John Daniel; Adam Habib; Roger Southall (eds.). 2003. State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| John Daniel; Roger Southall; Jessica Lutchman (eds.). 2005. State of the Nation: South Africa 2004-2005. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Phetsile K Dlamini. 2004. A Description Selected Interventions for the Care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe Funded by the WK Kellogg Foundation. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Johan Erasmus. 1999. Coping Strategies of the Unemployed [no pdf online]. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Edward B. Fiske; Helen F. Ladd. 2005. Elusive Equity. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Jeanne Gamble. 2003. Curriculum Responsiveness in FET Colleges. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Friere, P. 1970. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Continuum International Publishing. New York. | - |
| Friere, P.1998. Pedagogy of Freedom. Rowman and Littlefield. Lanham. Maryland. | - |
| Freire, P. 2005. Teachers as Cultural Workers. Westview Press. Boulder. Colarado. | - |
| Susan George. 2004. Another World is Possible If .... Berso. London/ New York. | - |
| Crispin Hemson. 2006. Teacher education and the challenge of diversity in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Chaya Herman. 2005. Prophets and Profits Managerialism and the restructuring of Jewish schools in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Sean Jooste; Azwifaneli Managa; Leickness C Simbayi. 2005. A census of orphans and vulnerable children in two South African communities. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Anil Kanjee; Cas H Prinsloo. 2005. Improving Learning in South African Schools: The Qualitative Learning Project (QLP) Summative Evaluation (2000 – 2004). HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Andre Kraak (ed.). 2000. Changing Modes: New knowledge production and its implications for higher education in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Andre Kraak; Michael Young (eds.). 2001. Education in Retrospect: Policy and implementation since 1990. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Glenda Kruss. 2004. Chasing Credentials and Mobility: Private higher education in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Glenda Kruss; Gilton Klerck; Andrew Paterson; Shane Godfrey. 2006. Creating Knowledge Networks. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Rüdiger C Laugksch. 2003. South African Science Education Research: An indexed bibliography 1930-2000. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Mahlubi Mabizela. 2005. The Business of Higher Education: A study of public-private partnerships in the provision of higher education in South Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Simon McGrath; Azeem Badroodien; Andre Kraak; Lorna Unwin (eds.). 2004. Shifting Understandings of Skills in South Africa: Overcoming the historical imprint of a low skills regime. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Carolyn McKinney. 2005. Textbooks for diverse learners: A critical analysis of learning materials used in South African schools. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Seán Morrow; Brown Maaba; Loyiso Pulumani. 2004. Education in Exile: SOMAFCO, the ANC school in Tanzania, 1978 to 1992. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| WP Mostert; BE Hofmeyr; JS Oosthuizen; JA van Zyl. 1998. Demography Textbook for the South African student. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Sanusha Naidu; Benjamin Roberts. 2004. Confronting the Region: A profile of southern Africa. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Mokubung Nkomo; Carolyn McKinney; Linda Chisholm (eds.). 2004. Reflections on School Integration Colloquium proceedings. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Shungu Munyati (ed); Shungu Munyati; Simbarashe Rusakaniko; Pakuromhunu F Mupambireyi; Stanford T Mahati; Peter Chibatamoto; Brian Chandiwana. 2005. A census of orphans and vulnerable children in two Zimbabwean districts. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Yvonne Muthien (ed.). 1999. Democracy South Africa: Evaluating the 1999 election. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Mokubung Nkomo; Derrick Swartz; Botshabelo Maja (eds). 2006. Within the Realm of Possibility: From Disadvantage to Development at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the North. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Emerging Voices: A report on education in South African rural communities. Researched for the Nelson Mandela Foundation by the Human Sciences Research Council; with the Education Policy Consortium. 2005. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Odora Hoppers CA. 2002. Editor. Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of knowledge Systems. New Africa Books. Claremont. South Africa. | - |
| Vishnu Padayachee (ed). 2006. The Development Decade? Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2004. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| K Peltzer; O Shisana; E Udjo; D Wilson; T Rehle; C Connolly; K Zuma; L Letlape; J Louw; L Simbayi; N Zungu-Dirwayi; S Ramlagan; K Magome; E Hall; M Phurutse. 2005. Educator supply and demand in the South African public education system. Integrated report. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Vijay Reddy. 2006. Mathematics and Science Achievement at South African Schools in TIMSS 2003. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Stephen Rule. 2000. Democracy SA: Public opinion on national priority issues. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Patience Sekete; Mmamajoro Shilubane; Badiri Moila. 2001. Deracialisation & Migration of Learners in South African Schools: Challenges and implications. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. [No PDF on-line] | - |
| Charles Simkins and Andrew Paterson. 2005. Learner Performance in South Africa: Social and economic determinants of success in language and mathematics. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Donald Skinner et al. 2004. Defining Orphaned and Vulnerable Children. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Smith, R. J. and Van der Merwe, N. J. 1960. Themes in higher education. London: Benton. | - |
| Smith, R. J. 1981. Comparative themes in higher education. In Trends in higher education, J.N.Green, ed., 312-350. London: Benton. | - |
| Smith, R. J. 1984. Critical theory and university transformation. D.Phil.thesis, University of South Africa, Pretoria. | - |
| Smith, R. J. ed. 1985. Towards a philosophy of higher education. London: Benton. | - |
| Smith, R. J. 1990. Policy studies in higher education. The South African Journal of Higher Education 3(2):51-59. | - |
| Johan Snyman (ed.). 1993. Conceptions of Social Inquiry. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. [no pdf available online] | - |
| Roger Southall. 2003. Democracy in Africa: Moving beyond a difficult legacy. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Anna Strebel 2004. The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Interventions for the Care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. A literature review of evidence-based interventions for home-based child-centred development. | - |
| GN Tsheko; LW Odirile; M Segwabe; K Bainame. 2005. A census of orphans and vulnerable children in two villages in Botswana. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Renuka Vithal; Jill Adler; Christine Keitel (eds.). 2005. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa. Perspectives, practices and possibilities. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Brian Watermeyer; Leslie Swartz; Thereza Lorenzo; Margie Schneider; Mark Priestley (eds.). 2006. Disability and Social Change: A South African agenda. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |
| Ingrid Woolard; Chris Woolard. 2006. Earnings inequality in South Africa 1995–2003. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. [no pdf on-line] | - |
| Michael Young; Jeanne Gamble (eds.). 2006. Knowledge, curriculum and qualifications for South African Further Education. HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. | - |

