Browsing Faculty of Education by Author "Potgieter, F.J."
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Can universities meet their mandate to be socially critical as well as constructive?
Van der Walt, J.L.; Potgieter, F.J.; Wolhuter, C.C. (HESA / Unisa Press, 2014)This article defends the claim that two conditions facilitate sustainable development, namely, a democratic citizenry, and social justice, and that in establishing these, the university is indispensable and ideally placed. ... -
Distance education as a 'we–ness': a case for uBuntu as a theoretical framework
Du Toit-Brits, C.; Potgieter, F.J.; Hongwane, V. (Unisa Press, 2012)‘Education-for-me’ could, epistemologically considered, probably be classified as a typically Western concept where the individual within distance education focuses on individualised ‘education-for-me’, thus making the ... -
Naar een integrale theorie van kernbegrippe in onderwijs en opvoeding.
Potgieter, F.J.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Wolhuter, C.C.; Valenkamp, M. (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)This paper investigates how education may be related to the needs of contemporary society as embodied in the connections and relationships between education on one hand, and spirituality/ religion, quality of life, ... -
The possible broadening of the conceptualisation of philosophy as shaping factor of education systems
Wolhuter, C.C.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Potgieter, F.J.; Steyn, H.J. (Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, 2014)This article defends the claim that the philosophical aspect has been seriously underrated in the scheme of the conceptualization of contextual societal forces shaping education systems. The rise of neo-Marxist paradigms ... -
The research output of female academics at a South African university: progress with gender equity?
Wolhuter, C.C.; Peckham, G.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Potgieter, F.J. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)Two pressing demands directed to the South African academy in the post 1994 environment, have been those of gender equity and of increasing research output. The progression of women to the higher academic ranks is a problem, ... -
Three current developments in teaching-learning and knowledge creation and the implications thereof for education: a reformational perspective
Van der Walt, J.L.; Wolhuter, C.C.; Potgieter, F.J. (Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2016)The aim of this paper is to survey the following three contemporary developments in the conceptualisation of teaching-learning and of knowledge creation and to spell out the implications thereof for education: the rise of ... -
Towards a spirituality of Open Distance Learning
Potgieter, F.J. (UNISA Press, 2015)This article suggests attention to the paideia of the soul as an educative corrective for preparing open distance learning students for living in the current technologydependent world. This world is undergirded by a ... -
Using the capabilities approach for strengthening the sense of professionalism of teaching deeming themselves surveilled through a panopticon
Potgieter, F.J.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Wolhuter, C.C. (Independent Institute of Education, 2016)According to some teachers practising their profession in some of the most advanced and privileged schools in widely different parts of South Africa, they are not allowed by their superiors to work (optimally) as professionals. ...