Voices from the developing nations of Asia and the Pacific: deliberations on the problematisations by the editors about the Global South

ABSTRACT

Some of the problems addressed by the editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE) refer to the issues concerning the Global South. This commentary elaborates upon the problematisations by the editors with reference to the ethical challenges arising in contexts of political turmoil; issues related to the power, or lack of it, of transnational organisations; and challenges faced by researchers from developing countries to publish their works in international journals. The commentary argues that the APJTE can, and should, contribute to solving the aforesaid issues and function as a platform for exchange of views, knowledge, and ideas among scholars from the developing nations of Asia and the Pacific and their counterparts from developed countries. In this context, substantial attention should be paid to the problems in those areas in the form of special issues, in addition to publication of articles in regular issues; an establishment of a new category for shorter pieces or commentaries should be considered; and online sessions should be organised for researchers in developing countries of Asia and the Pacific about how to publish with the APJTE.

KEYWORDS:

• Global South
• developing Asia and Pacific
• knowledge production
• research

Acknowledgement

This article is supported by the School of Education, Culture and Society, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia [grant number: ECS Research Support & Seeding Grants 2021].

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Eisuke Saito

Eisuke Saito is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Before starting to work for Monash University in Jan 2016, Eisuke, originally from Japan, used to serve as a consultant on educational development in various Asian countries, such as Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam from 2001 to 2008 and as a faculty member for National Institute of Education, Singapore from 2008 to 2015. Thus Eisuke has a range of experiences in both practice and research. Eisuke has experiences in both research and consultancy on primary and secondary schools, teacher education at the university level, adult basic literacy education, and special needs schools in those countries