Blog Special Issues
This BERA Blog special issue highlights educational topics in the Global South that require urgent attention if we want to reach the goal of quality education for all. The contributions illustrate local challenges in relation to social inequality, pedagogy and decolonisation in China, Tanzania, Peru and India.
The special issue is the result of a collaboration between Antonia Voigt and Deepti R Bhat, two doctoral researchers at the School of Education, University of Bristol. In their definition, Global South encompasses countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania. These countries tend to be, relatively to other countries in the world, less economically affluent, while countries in the Global North are usually financially wealthier. However, looking beyond this predominately economic differentiation, these disparities exist within a broader context of global social inequalities and power imbalances (Martins, 2020). Within this world of asymmetric opportunities, this special issue reminds us that country-specific education systems are impacted by local inequalities as well.
The contributions in the issue explore:
This special issue of the BERA Blog is the result of a collaboration between Antonia Voigt and Deepti R Bhat, two doctoral researchers at the School of Education, University of Bristol. Although...
As of 2023, an estimated 6.7 million students were enrolled in about 13,600 international schools globally. Over the past decade, the global sector of international schools grew by a third, and...
In Global South countries, the issue of students’ freedoms to learn in a language they know well has been a subject of discussion for many decades. In Tanzania, there is an ongoing debate...
For two decades between 1980 and 2000, Peru experienced a significant internal conflict, primarily involving the government and the ‘Shining Path’ terrorist group. This tragic period resulted...
Decolonisation is a continuous struggle for many countries in the Global South, yet it is often overlooked within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among other ambitions,...
PhD Student at University of Bristol
Antonia Voigt is a third-year doctoral researcher at the School of Education, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. One of her main areas of research is secondary education in the Global South. She developed this interest through her master’s...
PhD Student at University of Bristol
Deepti R Bhat, a second-year PhD researcher, is based at the School of Education, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. She is interested in understanding how students from an indigenous Adivasi community in India experience secondary education....
In Global South countries, the issue of students’ freedoms to learn in a language they know well has been a subject of discussion for many decades. In Tanzania, there is an ongoing debate...
Continue reading blog postDecolonisation is a continuous struggle for many countries in the Global South, yet it is often overlooked within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among other ambitions,...
Continue reading blog postFor two decades between 1980 and 2000, Peru experienced a significant internal conflict, primarily involving the government and the ‘Shining Path’ terrorist group. This tragic period resulted...
Continue reading blog postAs of 2023, an estimated 6.7 million students were enrolled in about 13,600 international schools globally. Over the past decade, the global sector of international schools grew by a third, and...
Continue reading blog postThis special issue of the BERA Blog is the result of a collaboration between Antonia Voigt and Deepti R Bhat, two doctoral researchers at the School of Education, University of Bristol. Although...
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