عنوان

Transforming Humanities and Social Sciences in the East African Community Universities:

شماره

LA127256

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Transforming Humanities and Social Sciences in the East African Community Universities:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

From Endangerment to Sustainability

نام نخستين پديدآور

Abubakar Kateregga, Telesphore Ngarambe, Charline Mulindahabi, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This study was conducted in eight universities within the East African Community (EAC). Its objective was to investigate the endangerment situation of the Humanities in order to suggest some lessons for Rwanda in transforming the teaching of these subjects. The endangerment was measured in terms of stakeholder salience, declining student enrolment, government budget-cuts as well as the devalorisation of these disciplines and negative society perceptions towards them. The study investigates the causes and consequences of this endangerment and shows how the embattled disciplines can be helped to survive. It draws on the stakeholders' theory of salience to argue that less salient stakeholders in universities can have their saliency strengthened through policy. Humanities are disciplines holding the key towards solving a set of complex social problems in the current globalised world because they offer a sure channel of imparting analytical and critical thinking skills, effective argumentation and negotiation skills. It is argued that if left unchecked, the current devalorisation of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) in favour of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) will eventually lead to a non-holistic education with inadequate skills for all categories of students, including science ones. Graduates need these skills to cope with challenging social demands in their workplace. This study was conducted in eight universities within the East African Community (EAC). Its objective was to investigate the endangerment situation of the Humanities in order to suggest some lessons for Rwanda in transforming the teaching of these subjects. The endangerment was measured in terms of stakeholder salience, declining student enrolment, government budget-cuts as well as the devalorisation of these disciplines and negative society perceptions towards them. The study investigates the causes and consequences of this endangerment and shows how the embattled disciplines can be helped to survive. It draws on the stakeholders' theory of salience to argue that less salient stakeholders in universities can have their saliency strengthened through policy. Humanities are disciplines holding the key towards solving a set of complex social problems in the current globalised world because they offer a sure channel of imparting analytical and critical thinking skills, effective argumentation and negotiation skills. It is argued that if left unchecked, the current devalorisation of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) in favour of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) will eventually lead to a non-holistic education with inadequate skills for all categories of students, including science ones. Graduates need these skills to cope with challenging social demands in their workplace.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

1-24

عنوان

Utafiti

شماره جلد

12/1-2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2683-6408

اصطلاح موضوعی

African Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Arts

اصطلاح موضوعی

critical thinking skills

اصطلاح موضوعی

endangerment

اصطلاح موضوعی

HASS

اصطلاح موضوعی

holistic education

اصطلاح موضوعی

Humanities

اصطلاح موضوعی

job opportunities

اصطلاح موضوعی

Sociology & Anthropology

اصطلاح موضوعی

stakeholders' theory of salience

اصطلاح موضوعی

STEM

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Abubakar Kateregga

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Canisius Ruterana

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Charline Mulindahabi

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Telesphore Ngarambe

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/26836408-0120102002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y