The possibilities for university-based public-good professional education
A case-study from South Africa based on the 'capability approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monica Mclean (University of Nottingham, corresponding author), Carmen Martinez-Vargas (0000-0002-7426-0046), Melanie Walker (0000-0002-9312-0874) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 585-601 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2010.531461 |
| OpenAlex | W2098843798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
The education of professionals oriented to poverty reduction and the public good is the focus of the article. Sen’s ‘capability approach’ is used to conceptualise university-based professional education as a process of developing public-good professional capabilities. The main output of a research project on professional education in South Africa is an innovative ‘Public-Good Professional Education Index’ generated by using three knowledge sources: theory; empirical data from five university-based professional education departments in three universities in South Africa; and deliberations with stakeholders. Here the case of a Department of Engineering is selected to exemplify how the Index assists an evaluation of the development of public-good professional capabilities in universities, which allows some optimism in the spaces between realism and idealism. Attention is drawn to the relevance of the approach and arguments to contemporary university-based professional education worldwide
Engineering ethics · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Public relations · Public university · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Engineering · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Public Administration
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Sen's Capability Approach and Gender Inequality
Dimensions of Human Development
Women and Human Development
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The Idea of Justice
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |