Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho

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dc.contributor.advisorGamble, Jeanneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPenduka, Mamthembu Mamacheleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-22T13:21:03Z
dc.date.available2016-07-22T13:21:03Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDifferentiation has become a crucial policy driver in higher education systems that attempts to respond to global pressures for a highly skilled labour force, employ new technologies and adapt to unpredictable or volatile global product markets and rapid technological change. In order to be globally competitive, nations have to place knowledge production, accumulation, transfer and application at the centre of their national development strategies. This study investigates the case of Lesotho, a relatively small African country with a colonial past that has left a lasting imprint, both enabling and constraining, on many aspects of its education system. The aim of this explanatory case study was to identify differentiating trends within Lesotho's higher education system, focusing on two institutional types: the polytechnic and the university. These institutions were investigated at both institutional and programme level. The research question was "How differentiated is the polytechnic-university binary division in the public sector higher education system in Lesotho?" The sample for the study comprised two schools and two faculties at the polytechnic and the university respectively. One programme under each school or faculty was investigated.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPenduka, M. M. (2016). <i>Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20628en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPenduka, Mamthembu Mamachele. <i>"Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20628en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPenduka, M. 2016. Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Penduka, Mamthembu Mamachele AB - Differentiation has become a crucial policy driver in higher education systems that attempts to respond to global pressures for a highly skilled labour force, employ new technologies and adapt to unpredictable or volatile global product markets and rapid technological change. In order to be globally competitive, nations have to place knowledge production, accumulation, transfer and application at the centre of their national development strategies. This study investigates the case of Lesotho, a relatively small African country with a colonial past that has left a lasting imprint, both enabling and constraining, on many aspects of its education system. The aim of this explanatory case study was to identify differentiating trends within Lesotho's higher education system, focusing on two institutional types: the polytechnic and the university. These institutions were investigated at both institutional and programme level. The research question was "How differentiated is the polytechnic-university binary division in the public sector higher education system in Lesotho?" The sample for the study comprised two schools and two faculties at the polytechnic and the university respectively. One programme under each school or faculty was investigated. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho TI - Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20628 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20628
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPenduka MM. Differentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesotho. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20628en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducational Administration, Planning and Social Policy)en_ZA
dc.titleDifferentiation in higher education : a case study of Lesothoen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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