Philosophies of Education and their futures, in South Africa
Dominic Griffiths (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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Philosophy of Education in South Africa during the latter half of the 20th century was characterised by three ideological strands, ‘Fundamental Pedagogics’, ‘Liberalism’, and ‘Liberation Socialism’. When apartheid ended these strands lost their impetus, arguably because of the disappearance of apartheid itself. What has replaced them, over the last 30 years, is the promise of an African Philosophy of Education. In this paper I give an overview of these various strands and then discuss some of the developments contributing to an (South) African Philosophy of Education.

Dominic Griffiths is a Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Education at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand. He completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Auckland and thereafter took up a postdoctoral fellowship in the University of Johannesburg’s Philosophy Department. His research interests are broadly in Philosophy of Education and African Philosophy of Education. His background is in Continental Philosophy, particularly Phenomenology and Hermeneutics, and he is interested in how these traditions can inform and develop Philosophy of Education. At the moment he is doing work in Inclusive Education and also Decolonisation.

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