Nimi Hoffmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 6299131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nimi Hoffmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nimi |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoffmann |
| SIGNATURE | HOFFMANN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9527-3324 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Teacher Education, Common Purpose and the Forging of Multiple Publics in South Africa
In an important scholarly intervention on African publics, Raufu Mustapha argues that the multiplicity of publics is not an obstacle but instead a creative resource that can be used to forge common purpose through public deliberation. However, he does not elaborate how common purpose operates and to what effect. In this article, we examine the dynamics of common purpose among student teachers in South Africa. Teachers inculcate the dispositions a…
Acquiring Pedagogic Authority While Learning to Teach
The quality of an education system and the quality of its teachers and teaching are interconnected. Learning to teach and teach meaningfully and equitably is a core priority of education reforms. In this article we reflect on what the process of learning to teach might mean for teachers in an education system. We ask how and to what extent initial teacher education mitigates and reduces education inequities. In particular, we examine the relation…
Involuntary experiments in former colonies
When are experiments corrupt
Between 2010 and 2011, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) funded a large-scale experiment on Kenyan schools. The policy experiment tested the effects of cutting teachers’ salaries and hiring them on short-term contracts, but the intervention failed after sustained opposition from teacher unions and parent associations. This article critically revisits the narrative of how this experiment was designed, implemented and interpr…
African perspectives on corruption
In July 2016, Fred Hendricks approached Crain Soudien, the CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) about the possibility of jointly hosting a Colloquium on African Perspectives on Global
Diagnosing neopatrimonialism
Thandika Mkandawire is a Malawian economist and public intellectual. He is currently Chair and Professor of African Development at the London School of Economics. He was formerly Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). In 2015, he published an influential critique of neopatrimonialism, ‘Neopatrimonialism and the Polit…
What Can the Capabilities Approach Learn from an Ubuntu Ethic? A Relational Approach to Development Theory
What Can the Capabilities Approach Learn from an Ubuntu Ethic? A Relational Approach to Development Theory
Involuntary experiments in former colonies
When are experiments corrupt
Between 2010 and 2011, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) funded a large-scale experiment on Kenyan schools. The policy experiment tested the effects of cutting teachers’ salaries and hiring them on short-term contracts, but the intervention failed after sustained opposition from teacher unions and parent associations. This article critically revisits the narrative of how this experiment was designed, implemented and interpr…
Diagnosing neopatrimonialism
Thandika Mkandawire is a Malawian economist and public intellectual. He is currently Chair and Professor of African Development at the London School of Economics. He was formerly Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). In 2015, he published an influential critique of neopatrimonialism, ‘Neopatrimonialism and the Polit…
What Can the Capabilities Approach Learn from an Ubuntu Ethic? A Relational Approach to Development Theory
When are experiments corrupt
Between 2010 and 2011, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) funded a large-scale experiment on Kenyan schools. The policy experiment tested the effects of cutting teachers’ salaries and hiring them on short-term contracts, but the intervention failed after sustained opposition from teacher unions and parent associations. This article critically revisits the narrative of how this experiment was designed, implemented and interpr…
African perspectives on corruption
In July 2016, Fred Hendricks approached Crain Soudien, the CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) about the possibility of jointly hosting a Colloquium on African Perspectives on Global
Diagnosing neopatrimonialism
Thandika Mkandawire is a Malawian economist and public intellectual. He is currently Chair and Professor of African Development at the London School of Economics. He was formerly Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). In 2015, he published an influential critique of neopatrimonialism, ‘Neopatrimonialism and the Polit…
Involuntary experiments in former colonies
Teacher Education, Common Purpose and the Forging of Multiple Publics in South Africa
In an important scholarly intervention on African publics, Raufu Mustapha argues that the multiplicity of publics is not an obstacle but instead a creative resource that can be used to forge common purpose through public deliberation. However, he does not elaborate how common purpose operates and to what effect. In this article, we examine the dynamics of common purpose among student teachers in South Africa. Teachers inculcate the dispositions a…
Acquiring Pedagogic Authority While Learning to Teach
The quality of an education system and the quality of its teachers and teaching are interconnected. Learning to teach and teach meaningfully and equitably is a core priority of education reforms. In this article we reflect on what the process of learning to teach might mean for teachers in an education system. We ask how and to what extent initial teacher education mitigates and reduces education inequities. In particular, we examine the relation…
Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)