Knowledge Flow and Capacity Development: A Case of Psychology in Papua New Guinea

Autor/inn/en	Marai, Leo; Haihuie, Samuel; Kavanamur, David
Titel	Knowledge Flow and Capacity Development: A Case of Psychology in Papua New Guinea
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 18 (2005) 3, S.271-273 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300089
Schlagwörter	Psychology; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Alienation; Poverty; Indigenous Knowledge; Critical Thinking; College Graduates; Rhetoric; Natural Disasters; Developing Nations; Self Determination; Interpersonal Relationship; National Organizations; Cultural Pluralism; Politics; Cognitive Structures; Papua New Guinea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Entfremdung; Armut; Kritisches Denken; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Rhetorik; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Selbstbestimmung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kulturpluralismus; Politik; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Papua-New Guinea; Papua-Neuguinea
Abstract	Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, higher education (HE) in Papua New Guinea remains heavily Westernized, resulting in an alienation of HE, and its students, from the development needs of the country. Taking the discipline of psychology as an example, indigenization is not a complete solution to this alienation, since many of the issues faced by countries like Papua New Guinea, from poverty to disaster relief to capacity development itself, can only be met through a combination of relatively global, Westernized forms of knowing, alongside relatively local, or indigenous forms of knowledge. Knowledge flow and capacity development in Papua New Guinea may hinge on designing more culturally pluralistic forms of HE, which will instill a greater capacity for critical thinking in the nation's graduates, including future faculty. (Author).
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