Globalisation in Africa
Reflecting on Peter Jarvis’s superstructure and substructure model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11423711 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Preece (0000-0002-3209-5935, Adult Education, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 195-209 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Lifelong Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-1370 • E-ISSN: 1464-519X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02601370.2016.1248194 |
| OpenAlex | W2536882647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper reflects on Peter Jarvis’ book Globalisation, lifelong learning and the learning society, volume 2 – in which he describes human learning within a global context and factors contributing to globalisation. He describes the relationship of power between countries manifested as the superstructure and sub structure. The paper explores to what extent this model reflects the current situation in selected southern African countries such as Tanzania, Lesotho and South Africa and how the global forces have influenced adult learning in these African contexts. The paper adopts a postcolonial lens to critique the ways in which learning opportunities in African situations are facilitated and manipulated through the globalisation process and provides a speculative commentary on how adult and lifelong learning policy in South Africa is evolving as a political gesture towards positioning the country as a global player. It concludes by suggesting that the core substructure is perhaps not as impenetrable as first appears and that more recent superstructure responses may have had some impact on the core
Context (archaeology · Geography · Globalization · Lifelong learning · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Learning Practices · Law
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Globalisation and Education in the Postcolonial World
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Beyond the learning society
Educational reform in Japan for lifelong learning
Lifelong learning, lifelong education and adult education in higher institutions of learning in Eastern Africa
Development and the 'New' Imperialism
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |