Rurality, Social Justice and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Volume II: Theory and Practice in Higher Education
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Part I: Access, Participation and Achievement -- 1: Rurality in Higher Education in Zimbabwe: Access, Participation and, Achievement -- Introduction -- Rurality: A Conceptualisation -- Rurality in the Zimbabwean Context -- The Plight of Rural High School Students: Challenges and Opportunities -- Rural High Schools: Challenges and Opportunities -- State of Preparedness for University Education -- Responsiveness of Universities to Students' Backgrounds -- Rethinking Student Enrolment Criteria -- Bridging Programmes -- Restructuring Teacher Education -- Summary and Some Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2: Relational Spaces: A Possibility for Enhancing First Year Undergraduate Rural Student Experiences on Campus -- Introduction -- Theoretical Review: Foregrounding Theory and Empirical Research -- Rurality and Rural Education Phenomena -- Rural Education and Education in Rural Schools -- Challenges of Access to Urban Universities by Rural Students -- Methodological Considerations -- Selection of Vignettes of Students -- Data Analysis -- Emerging Issues and Discussions -- Relational Spaces -- Domain of Friends: The Bond -- Interaction with Peers: The Bridge -- The Role of Friends and Peers -- The Mute Spaces -- Interaction with Staff: The Link -- Sources and Dimensions of Mute Spaces -- Student-Staff Interactions- Expectations Unmet or Enhancing the Link? -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3: The Ruzevha/Ekhaya Coloniality Neologisms and Access to Higher Education in Zimbabwean Universities -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Historiography of Rurality in Zimbabwe -- Towards the Conceptualisation of Rurality in Zimbabwe -- Mapping Zimbabwean Higher Education -- Rural Stereotypes -- Methodology -- Findings and Discussion.