Browsing Journals by Subject "Education"
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Between norms and facts: the constitutional court's commitment to pluralism in South Africa's radically heterogeneous public schools
(2015)The recognition of pluralism constitutes a golden thread that runs through the Constitutional Court’s entire oeuvre of work. This ‘right to be different’ finds its initial footing in Gauteng Education Bill, Prince, and ... -
Beyond the academic’s dilemma: Transdisciplinary and existential perspectives of re-enchantment
(2015)The purpose of this article is to stimulate debate about the developing paradoxes and dilemmas facing the university academic. This article argues that academics are increasingly being steeped in an inauthentic existence ... -
Climate change knowledge, concerns and experiences in secondary school learners in South Africa
(OASIS, 2022)Climate change poses a major threat to the future of today’s youth. Globally, young people are at the forefront of climate change activism. Their ability to engage, however, depends on the level of knowledge of climate ... -
Colonial administrators, indigenous leaders, and missionaries: Contesting the education of the Swazi child, 1921-1939
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The study of Swazi historical affairs in the colonial period has remained patchy. The historian is confronted by numerous gaps that make it difficult to get a comprehensive view of the development of the history of the ... -
Considering the Basotho indigenous education and school system as resources for peace-building education in Lesotho
(AOSIS, 2022)Lesotho faces political, economic, social, cultural, religious, institutional and interpersonal violence, a situation that prompted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to introduce ... -
Constitutional values, therapeutic jurisprudence and legal education in South Africa: shaping our legal order
(2016)Law schools have a responsibility to remind law students that by studying law they have the power to transform thoughts, policies and lives, and that practising law is not just about financial rewards, but that its greatest ... -
Dialogue among pre- and post-genetic revolution civilisations
(2006)The genetic revolution will have a profound impact on human society and therefore on the public policy environment. This article aims to describe the public policy paradigms and paradigm shifts that will determine the ... -
Early roots of “coloured” poverty: How much can 19th century censuses assist to explain the current situation?
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The coloured population comprises almost 10 per cent of the South African population, earning only a slightly smaller proportion of national income. The average income of this group hides, however, startlingly large ... -
The epistemology of (m)other tongue(s): What does this mean for language in education?
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: The promotion of ‘mother tongue’ is at the core of the global education agenda. Aim: This article explored the problematic nature of the mother tongue concept, and the subsequent effects it has on language ... -
First-year History Education students’ personal narratives of the history of South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)This article is based on a free writing exercise given to 31 first-year History Education students in which they were, asked to write ‘The history of South Africa according to me’. Using narrative enquiry, the stories of ...