The South African Engineering Education Model with a European Perspective: History, Analogies, Transformations and Challenges
Résumé
South Africa, with its national cultural diversity and post-apartheid challenges and commitments, finds echoes in the European context, especially considering the imperatives of openness and non-discrimination in higher education. With an historical tradition of excellence in engineering education, the emphasis on supporting educationally disadvantaged learners was a notable characteristic, especially in the period of democratic transition from the late 1980s. This evolved into extended curriculum programmes - where the engineering degree is spread out so that it should take an extra year to complete - which are now in place at all universities across the country. This article draws some analogies with the French model and discusses the source and drivers of transformation of engineering education and training. It examines the potential for structural transformation of engineering education and raises the questions of conservatism and interoperability of programmes at an international level.
Mots clés
Engineering education
Evolution
France
South Africa
Training models
Change
Bourdieu
History
Transformation
Curriculum
Challenge
Includion
Internationalisation
Erasmus Mundus
Diversity
Post-apartheid
Non-discrimination
Higher education
Disadvantaged learners
Extended curriculum
Structural transformation
Conservatism
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