10 - Researching the Public Good: Reflections on Experiences of Doing Research on Higher Education and he Public Good in South Africa
Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique,
Vol. 20 No 2 (2022): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro spécial sur Conceptualiser et rechercher le rôle du bien public des universités en Afrique
Résumé
Cet article traite de l’expérience de la recherche sur l’enseignement supérieur et le bien public en Afrique du Sud dans le cadre d’un projet plus vaste intitulé « Enseignement supérieur, inégalités et bien public : perspectives de quatre pays africains ». Des données qualitatives ont été recueillies au moyen d’entretiens avec des informateurs clés par une équipe de huit chercheurs qui se sont concentrés sur des groupes spécifiques d’intervenants selon les thèmes de la recherche. L’objectif des entretiens était de comprendre les perceptions des parties prenantes à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur du système universitaire sur le rôle de bien public de l’enseignement universitaire en Afrique du Sud. Cet article se concentre sur trois questions clés : situer la recherche dans le contexte de la transition démocratique en Afrique du Sud, les défis et les pièges méthodologiques, les tensions et les questions manquantes/silences. Nous avons fait nos recherches à la suite des manifestations des étudiants de 2015 et 2016, et bon nombre des parties prenantes que nous avons interrogées ont participé activement à donner un sens aux problèmes soulevés par les étudiants. L’équipe de recherche a formulé le cadre « ADN » pour analyser les données qualitatives des parties prenantes, qui fait référence aux aspects descriptifs, normatifs et analytiques des données qui indiquent une manière unique de formuler nos conclusions. En réfléchissant sur le processus de recherche et notre position dans celui-ci, l’article contribue au domaine général des études de recherche qualitatives, apportant la dynamique de la conduite de la recherche dans des projets transnationaux à grande échelle.
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- Ashwin, P., and Case, J., 2018, Introduction, in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 3–9.
- Badat, S., 2019, The Equity-Quality/Development Paradox and higher education: Transformation Post-1994, in Reynolds, J., Fine, B. and Van Niekerk, R., eds, Race, Class and the Post-Apartheid Democratic State, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 241–281.
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- Burawoy, M., 2009, The Extended Case Method: Four Countries, Four Decades, Four Great Transformations and One Theoretical Tradition, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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- Hockey, J., 1993, Research methods—researching peers and familiar settings, Research Papers in Education, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 199–225.
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- Mathebula, M., and Calitz, T., 2018, #FeesMustFall: A media analysis of students’ voices on access to Universities in South Africa, in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 177–191.
- Mercer, J., 2007, The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double-edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas, Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1–17.
- Motala, E., Vally, S., and Maharajh, R., 2018, Education, the state and class inequality: The case for fee higher education in South Africa, in Khadiagala, G. M., Mosoetsa, S., Pillay, D. and Southall, R., eds, New South African Review 6: The crisis of inequality, Johannesburg: Wits University Press, pp. 167–182.
- Mulhall, A., 2003, In the field: notes on observation in qualitative research, Journal of Advanced Training, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 306–313.
- Nduna, M., Mthombeni, A., Mavhandu-Mudzusi, A. H., and Mogotsi, I., 2017, ‘Studying Sexuality: LGBTI experiences in institutions of Higher Education in Southern Africa’, South African Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 1‒13.
- Nyamnjoh, F., 2016, #RhodesMustFall: Nibbling at Resilient Colonization in South Africa, Mankon: Langa.
- Pasque, P. A., Carducci, R., Kuntz, A. M. and Gildersleeve, R. E., 2012, Confronting Qualitative Inquiry for Equity in Higher Education: Methodological Innovations, Implications and Interventions, ASHE Higher Education Report, California: Wiley Online Publishers.
- Ragin, C. S., 1992, Introduction: Cases of ‘What is a case?’, in Ragin, C. and Becker H. C., eds, What is a case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Enquiry, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–17).
- Republic of South Africa, 2001, National Plan for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Pretoria.
- Shaw, M., 2019, Strategic instrument or social institution: Rationalized myths of the university in stakeholder perceptions of higher education reform in Poland, International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 69, pp. 1–9.
- Wangenge-Ouma, G., and Carpentier, V., 2018, Subsidy, Tuition Fees, and the Challenge of Financing Tuition Fees in South Africa, in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 40–67.
- Xing, B., and Marwala, T., 2017, Implications of the Fourth Industrial Age for Higher Education, The Thinker: A Pan African Quarterly for Thought Leaders, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 10–15.
- Vally, S., 2019, Professorial Inauguration: Prof. Salim Vally, Between the Vision of Yesterday and the Reality of Today: Forging a Pedagogy of Possibility, Lecture delivered 4 September 2019, University of Johannesburg Council Chambers."
Les références
Allais, S., 2018a, South African higher education, society, and economy: What do we know about the interrelationships? in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 44–60.
Allais, S., 2018b, Analysis must rise: A political economy of falling fees, in Khadiagala, G. M., Mosoetsa, S., Pillay, D. and Southall, R. eds, New South African Review 6: The crisis of inequality, Johannesburg: Wits University Press, pp. 152–166.
Ashwin, P., and Case, J., 2018, Introduction, in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 3–9.
Badat, S., 2019, The Equity-Quality/Development Paradox and higher education: Transformation Post-1994, in Reynolds, J., Fine, B. and Van Niekerk, R., eds, Race, Class and the Post-Apartheid Democratic State, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 241–281.
Becker, H. S., 1998, Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You are Doing It, Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
Benaquisto, L., 2008, Codes and Coding, in Given, L. M., ed., The SAGE encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods: Volumes 1 and 2, Los Angeles: Sage, pp. 85–88.
Booysen, S., 2016, FeesMustFall: Student Revolt, Decolonization and Governance in South Africa, Johannesburg: Wits University Press.
Burawoy, M., 2009, The Extended Case Method: Four Countries, Four Decades, Four Great Transformations and One Theoretical Tradition, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Cini, L., 2019, Disrupting the neoliberal university in South Africa: The #FeesMust- Fall movement in 2015, Current Sociology, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 942–959.
Cooper, D., 2019, South African University Student Trends by ‘Race’ and (Possibly) Social Class, 1988–98 and 2000–12: Further Insights into a ‘Stalled Revolution’, in Reynolds, J., Fine, B. and Van Niekerk, R., eds, Race, Class and the Post-Apartheid Democratic State, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 282–337).
Cresswell, J. W., 2009, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Czerniewicz, L., and Rother, K., 2018, Institutional educational technology policy and strategy documents: An inequality gaze, Research in Comparative and Inter- national Education, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 27–45.
Davis Tax Commission (DTC), 2016, Macro Analysis of the Tax System and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, The Davis Tax Committee.
Hellawell, D., 2006, Inside out: analysis of the insider-outsider concept as a heuristic device to develop reflexivity in students doing qualitative research, Teaching in higher education, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 483–494.
Hill, C., and Lawton, W., 2018, Universities, the digital divide and global inequality, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 598–610."
Hockey, J., 1993, Research methods—researching peers and familiar settings, Research Papers in Education, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 199–225.
Kinzie, J., Magolda, P., Kezar, A., Kuh, G., Hinkle, S., and Whitt, E., 2007, Meth- odological challenges in multi-investigator multi-institutional research in higher education, Higher Education, Vol. 54, pp.460–482.
Languille, S., 2020, African universities and the rise of public-private partnerships: Illustrations from Senegal, in Gideon, J. and Unterhalter, E., eds, Critical Reflec- tions on public private partnerships, Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 134–159.
Lofland, J., Snow, D. A., Anderson, L., and Lofland, L. H, 2006, Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis, Wadsworth: Thomson.
Mason, M., Crossley, M., and Bond, T., 2019, Changing modalities in international development and research in education: Conceptual and ethical issues, International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 70, pp. 1–10.
Mathebula, M., and Calitz, T., 2018, #FeesMustFall: A media analysis of students’ voices on access to Universities in South Africa, in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 177–191.
Mercer, J., 2007, The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double-edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas, Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1–17.
Motala, E., Vally, S., and Maharajh, R., 2018, Education, the state and class inequality: The case for fee higher education in South Africa, in Khadiagala, G. M., Mosoetsa, S., Pillay, D. and Southall, R., eds, New South African Review 6: The crisis of inequality, Johannesburg: Wits University Press, pp. 167–182.
Mulhall, A., 2003, In the field: notes on observation in qualitative research, Journal of Advanced Training, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 306–313.
Nduna, M., Mthombeni, A., Mavhandu-Mudzusi, A. H., and Mogotsi, I., 2017, ‘Studying Sexuality: LGBTI experiences in institutions of Higher Education in Southern Africa’, South African Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 1‒13.
Nyamnjoh, F., 2016, #RhodesMustFall: Nibbling at Resilient Colonization in South Africa, Mankon: Langa.
Pasque, P. A., Carducci, R., Kuntz, A. M. and Gildersleeve, R. E., 2012, Confronting Qualitative Inquiry for Equity in Higher Education: Methodological Innovations, Implications and Interventions, ASHE Higher Education Report, California: Wiley Online Publishers.
Ragin, C. S., 1992, Introduction: Cases of ‘What is a case?’, in Ragin, C. and Becker H. C., eds, What is a case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Enquiry, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–17).
Republic of South Africa, 2001, National Plan for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Pretoria.
Shaw, M., 2019, Strategic instrument or social institution: Rationalized myths of the university in stakeholder perceptions of higher education reform in Poland, International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 69, pp. 1–9.
Wangenge-Ouma, G., and Carpentier, V., 2018, Subsidy, Tuition Fees, and the Challenge of Financing Tuition Fees in South Africa, in Ashwin, P. and Case, J., eds, South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good, Cape Town: African Minds, pp. 40–67.
Xing, B., and Marwala, T., 2017, Implications of the Fourth Industrial Age for Higher Education, The Thinker: A Pan African Quarterly for Thought Leaders, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 10–15.
Vally, S., 2019, Professorial Inauguration: Prof. Salim Vally, Between the Vision of Yesterday and the Reality of Today: Forging a Pedagogy of Possibility, Lecture delivered 4 September 2019, University of Johannesburg Council Chambers."