Overview

Neoliberal theory on higher education highlights the challenges faced by academics in the ""new times"" of academia. The highly competitive environment and increased non-research duties put academics' time and dedication at risk. This is especially true for early career academics. However more research is needed to understand the experience of new generation academics that find themselves in this space.

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Author:   Amasa Ndofirepi ,  Doniwen Pietersen ,  Percy Sepeng ,  Raymond Fru
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   18
Weight:   0.446kg
ISBN:  

9789004714694

ISBN 10:   9004714693
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   06 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Enhancing Early Career Research Scholarship: Unpacking the Dialogues  Amasa Ndofirepi 2 On African Philosophy of Higher Education, Infancy, Potentiality, and Becoming  Yusef Waghid 3 Navigating the Multiple Higher Education Demands: Stories of Early Career Women Academics  Thembeka Myende and Ntombikayise Nkosi 4 Levelling the Playing Fields in Global Research Partnerships toward Forging Transformative Research Collaboration  June Monica Palmer and Darrell Edwin De Klerk 5 Brain Re-Engineering Concept and Reimagination: Strategy for Early Career Academics in Agriculture and Food Systems Research  Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba 6 From Novice to Expert: Education Law for Emerging Academics  Dean Collin Langeveldt and Doniwen Pietersen 7 Early Career Academics in the Digital Transformation Age  Alan Felix and Wiets Botes 8 Can Your Marriage Survive a PhD? : Autoethnographic Reflections on a Coloured Woman s Early Career Journey into Academia  Claire Gaillard 9 Early Career Academics Development in Africa: Reflections on the Brain Re-Engineering Concept as Formal Institutionalised Mentoring Options  Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba and Felix Ifeanyichukwu Okoye 10 Reflections on the Impact of Marketisation of Higher Education on Early Career Academics at South African Universities  Bheki R. Mngomezulu 11 Resisting the Neoliberal Onslaught on South African Universities: The Potential Role of Early Career Academics  Kevin L. G. Teise and Victor Nico Teise 12 Navigating Rigidity: Challenges and Strategies for Early Career Academics in Mathematics Education  Percy Sepeng Index

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Amasa Ndofirepi, Ph.D. (2013), Sol Plaatje University and University of Johannesburg, is Full Professor of Philosophy and History of Education. He has co-edited several books including Decolonising African University Knowledges Vols 1 & 2 (xxx, 2023) and Unyoking African University Knowledge Vol 1 (xxx, 2023). Doniwen Pietersen, Ph.D. (2019) & Ph.D. (2023), University of Pretoria and University of Freestate respectively, is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at University of South Africa (Unisa). He has published several articles in International and DHET accredited journals. Percy Sepeng, Ph.D. (2011), is Professor of Mathematics Education and Dean of Students at University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has published books, book chapter, articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings in Mathematics [Education]. He supervised over 30 Master and Doctoral students. Raymond Nkwenti Fru, Ph.D. (2018), University of KwaZulu-Natal, is a senior lecturer of History and Social Science Education at the Sol Plaatje University. He is Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) fellow. He has published extensively in the areas of school textbooks and other discourses in History Education. Alan Felix, Ph.D. (2021), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, is Geography and Social Science Lecturer in the Intermediary Phase in the Faculty of Education. His research interests are in geography education and the use of ICTs. He co-authored an article titled, A wake-up call: Equity, inequality and Covid-19 emergency remote teaching and learning (2020). Medson Mapuya, Ph.D. (2020), Central University of Technology, Free State, is a lecturer in Accounting Education and Higher Education Studies at Sol Plaatje University. He has published several articles in Accounting Education and Higher Education and has presented his research work in local and International Conferences. His research interest is in the learning experiences of students in higher education.

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