Globalisation and international compatibility - a challenge to learning within the context of application
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Authors
Wessels, J.S.
Issue Date
2002
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Globilisation , International compatibility , Learning challenge
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Abstract
The contexts of institutions for higher education
are in flux with consequent learning challenges.
One of these challenges is that of globalisation
and the need for international compatibility.
Another challenge is that Mode 2 learning
programmes, material and methods need to be
relevant to the specific context in which they are
applied. The purpose of this article is therefore to
determine whether it is possible for offerings of
learning to be relevant to the country-specific
context of learners and simultaneously prepare
learners to be internationally competitive and
globally compatible. This article argues that
learning that has occurred in a country-specific
context does not necessarily equip learners with
only country-specific knowledge and skills.
Problems that are investigated may be country-
specific, but the transferrable knowledge, skills
and competencies that are produced from reflec-
tion on a problem in one context can be used to
solve similar problems in other contexts.
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Citation
Publisher
Unisa Press