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On the Limits of Cosmopolitanism and a "Curriculum of Refuge"
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Waghid, Y. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
In a recent essay entitled "Ex and the City": on cosmopolitanism, community and the "curriculum of refuge", Molly Quinn (2010) introduces her readers to a poetic exploration of cosmopolitanism and curriculum change. She begins and inconclusively ends her essay with poetic language and affirmation of cosmopolitan justice through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Moral Values, Ethical Instruction
Living the Future Now: "Race" and Challenges of Transformation in Higher Education
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Erasmus, Z. E. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Drawing on research among medical students at the University of Cape Town's Faculty of Health Sciences, this article explores two questions: How do students and staff work with "race" in their relations to one another? What challenges do these relations pose for transformation? Data was gathered using in-depth interviews with forty-one…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Racial Relations, Interpersonal Relationship
Education, Responsibility and Democratic Justice: Cultivating Friendship to Alleviate Some of the Injustices on the African Continent
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Waghid, Yusef – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2007
In South Africa there is widespread recognition amongst university educators that the new outcomes-based education (OBE) system can prevent instrumental thinking, particularly in view of OBE's agenda to encourage critical learning. However, what these educators do not necessarily take into account is that many students are not always ready to deal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcome Based Education, African Culture, Racial Segregation