Table of Contents
Introduction
Prof. Johann Steyn, Chairperson, Department of Education Policy Studies, University of Stellenbosch
Opening Remarks
Dr Michael Lange, Resident Representative, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Johannesburg
Education in an Age of Rising Transnationality
Prof. Wolfgang Mitter, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Balancing Quality and Equality in Educational Transformation
Prof. Johann Steyn, Department of Education Policy Studies,
University of Stellenbosch
Education for Democracy: Revisiting Rortyan Pragmatism
Dr Yusef Waghid, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Policy Studies, University of Stellenbosch
The Values Underlying Quality and Equality in Educational Transformation
Dr Jeanette de Klerk, Department of Education Policy Studies, University of Stellenbosch
Quality Education and Equal Opportunities in Education: A Current Discussion in Germany
Dr Hans Döbert, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Berlin
Rhetoric and Language Issues in Education in the South African Democracy
Prof. Stanley Ridge, University of the Western Cape
Dealing with the Principle of Equality in East Germany from 1945 to 1990
Dr Gert Geißler, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Berlin
Official Policy Related to Quality and Equality in Education: A Documentary Study
Dr Willem du Plessis, Department of Education Policy Studies, University of Stellenbosch
Educational Research as Democratic Praxis
Lesley le Grange, University of Stellenbosch
Quality Indicators for South African Schools Against the Background of International Practices
Dr Heinie Brand, Eversdal Primary School
Assessment: Transforming Policy into Practice
Dr Riana Hall & Ms Wilma Rossouw,, University of Stellenbosch
A Case for Human Rights Education in an African Context: The Concept and the Practice
Tarcisio Nyatsanza, African University, Mutare, Zimbabwe
Implications of Culturally Based Assumptions of Leadership for the Process of Educational Transformation
Dr Johan Schreuder, University of Stellenbosch
The Need for the Transformation of Religion in Education: Towards an Understanding of Democratic Values
Dr Cornelia Roux, Department of Didactics, University of Stellenbosch
Democratic Values and Content-Specific Language Teaching and Learning: Experiences in the Northern Cape
Dr Carol Puhl, Centre for Education Development, University of Stellenbosch & Dr Jeanette de Klerk, Department of Education Policy Studies, University of Stellenbosch
Language and Democracy
Dr Elaine Ridge, University of Stellenbosch
Can Devolution of Power Enable Transformation in South African School Systems?
Chris Reddy, Faculty of Education, University of Stellenbosch
Shaping and Sizing: Proposed Transformations of the Higher Education Landscape in South Africa
Prof. Eli Bitzer, University of Stellenbosch