Browsing by Author "Balfour, Robert John"
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The nature of experimental and quasi–experimental research in postgraduate education research in South Africa: 1995–2004
Balfour, Robert John; Goba, B.; Nkambule, T. (Unisa, 2011)It is widely known that there is a dearth of education research in South Africa which takes as its methodological basis experimentation. The emphasis has been on educators' and learners' experiential understanding in the ... -
Post–graduate supervision pratices in South African universities in the era of democracy and educational change 1994–2004
Balfour, Robert John; Pilly, G. (Unisa, 2011)Supervision might be understood as the provision usually by an academic to a student of either the expert guidance in subject knowledge or genre knowledge in relation to postgraduate thesis development. The Project for ... -
The return to reading: acquisition, reading research on narrative and the implications for a multilingual pedagogy for higher education in South Africa
Balfour, Robert John (CSSALL (UKZN), 2012)As applied linguists, we still need, given the resurgence of interest and scholarship in multilingualism, to attend to research on developing and changing language pedagogy so that it is informed by cognitive linguistics ... -
Rurality and rural education : Discourses underpinning rurality and rural education research in South African postgraduate education research 1994–2004
Balfour, Robert John; Nkambule, T.; Pillay, G; Moletsane, R. (Unisa, 2011)Historically, rurality and rural education have been marginalised bodies of knowledge in South Africa. The post-1994 era has seen an emerging government concern to address the continuing interplay between poverty, HIV/AIDS, ... -
Speaking truth to power: understanding education research and the educational turn in South Africa's new century
Balfour, Robert John; Moletsane, R.; Karlsson, J. (Unisa, 2011)Knowledge generation over the decade 1995-2004 in South Africa, and its relationship to the changing nature of socio-economic landscapes, suggests an ever closer relationship between the research produced in higher education, ... -
Students' access to digital literacy at a South African university: privilege and marginalisation
Balfour, Robert John; Kajee, Leila (Taylor & Francis, 2011)Lifelong learning has become associated with participation in the digital age, affecting everything from access to information technology, to its use in teaching and learning. It is therefore inevitable that educationists ... -
Unpacking the predominance of case study methodology in South African postgraduate education research, 1995–2004
Balfour, Robert John; Rule, P.; Davey, B. (Unisa, 2011)The Project Postgraduate Educational Research (PPER) data indicate that case study is the most popular methodology among South African education masters and doctorate students in the period 1995-2004. This article reflects ...