De-Westernising Research Methodologies: Alternative Approaches to Research for Higher Education Curricula in Developing Countries
Evangelia Papoutsaki
Abstract
This paper looks at research quality from a society's or a region's specific knowledge needs, placing attention on external factors such as the value of western education, knowledge and research methods and the role of foreign research training. The paper, theoretically informed through emerging literature from different parts of the world, examines the existence of or the potential for developing alternative ways of learning and distinctive understandings of local knowledge and the need to make them part of formal educational curricula.
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