Centering "Ukama" Ethic (Relatedness) in the COVID-19 Pandemic 'New Normal' in African Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Hungwe, Joseph Pardon; Ndofirepi, Amasa. P.
Titel	Centering "Ukama" Ethic (Relatedness) in the COVID-19 Pandemic 'New Normal' in African Higher Education
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 10 (2021) 5, S.112-120 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; African Culture; Educational Change; Distance Education; Higher Education; Social Isolation; Individualism; Social Bias; Social Values; Caring; Foreign Countries; Educational Philosophy; Communities of Practice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Bildungsreform; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziale Isolation; Individualismus; Sozialer Wert; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Ausland; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Community
Abstract	This conceptual article examines the "ukama" ethic concerning the COVID-19 pandemic-induced 'new normal' in African higher education. In so doing, we endeavor to appropriate "ukama" which is a communally oriented value system to militate against socially isolated individualism in Remote Learning and an Ethic of Care that combats social prejudices occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic in African higher education. Our central argument is that "Ukama" ethic is contextually appropriate in the COVID-19 pandemic-induced 'new normal in African higher education. This article does two important things. Firstly, in light of the demands for local thought traditions in African higher education, it advances the social values of relatedness that constitute "Ukama" ethic to normatively underline the Remote Learning and Ethics of Care. In this regard, a question that is important to us is; if not now in the 'new normal, then when can local thought traditions be fully incorporated into African higher education? Secondly, in the attempt to appropriate local thought traditions into African higher education, the article offers a critical reflection of "Ukama." Despite its limitations, we conclude that the "Ukama" ethic is important in the COVID-19 pandemic induced 'new normal' in African higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01