Significance of Colonial education
Colonial education in India involved dismantling traditional sciences like Sanskrit astral science while prioritizing limited scientific instruction to serve British interests. In Health Sciences, colonial education created power imbalances between students and teachers, a legacy impacting postcolonial South African higher education. This influence extends to physiotherapy curricula, posing ongoing challenges for the profession as it grapples with decoloniality.
Synonyms: Western education, Eurocentric education, Missionary education
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The concept of Colonial education in local and regional sources
Colonial education undermined Sanskrit astral science by prioritizing British interests and limiting scientific instruction. This disrupted the integration of foreign perspectives within the traditional system.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) An educational system established by the British that primarily focused on limited scientific instruction to serve colonial interests.[1]
From: History of Science in South Asia
(1) A factor that is discussed, which arguably contributed to the destruction of Sanskrit astral science by removing its adaptations to coexistence with foreign views.[2]
The concept of Colonial education in scientific sources
Colonial education in South Africa has left a legacy of asymmetrical power dynamics between students and teachers, influencing physiotherapy curricula and hindering decoloniality efforts in higher education.
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) A major feature of this is the asymmetrical power imbalance between students and teachers, which is where the issue of decoloniality arises, and it is unfortunately still to a large extent confronted by the legacy of this in higher education in postcolonial South Africa.[3] (2) This is the legacy that the physiotherapy curricula in South Africa, like the majority of higher education disciplines, are still influenced by, which is a challenge for the profession.[4]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) This promoted gender inequalities where women (especially black women) were regarded as a weaker species in all facets of South African socio-economic life.[5]