Browsing Research Output by Subject "higher education"
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1994: new academic profession for a new South Africa?
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)Since 1994, the eyes of the world have been on South Africa, observing with interest the societal reconstruction project, upon which the country had embarked. In this project, higher education is both the terrain and the ... -
Action research for the 21st century: exploring new educational pathways
(Unisa, 2014)Twenty years into democracy in South Africa, poverty and disease continue to limit the life prospects of the majority of people. Researchers in higher education have an opportunity, not to mention a moral obligation, to ... -
Challenges and opportunities related to quality distance higher education in Zimbabwe
(UNISA Press, 2016)Zimbabwe has managed to respond to the movement in support of UNESCO'S lifelong learning concept and strategy that seeks to widen and deepen access to higher education through distance education initiatives. Despite the ... -
Community-engaged curricula in higher education: the case of a master's programme in play therapy
(2015)This article presents the results from research on community-engaged curricula using feedback from international and South African academics who teach on postgraduate programmes with a community engagement component. It ... -
Discipline-specific versus generic academic literacy intervention for university education: an issue of impact?
(South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT) / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig (SAVTO), 2013)In a context where progressively more underprepared students gain access to higher education, South African universities are obligated to offer appropriate support to such students that may reduce their risk in being ... -
Education reform in southern Africa since the 1960s: what progress has been made?
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2014)The investigation reported in this paper centred on the socially relevant question of whether a number of countries in Southern Africa, particularly their education systems, had not only succeeded to shrug off their ... -
Eerste taal as onderrigmedium in hoër onderwys: 'n Internasionale perspektief
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)The purpose of this article is to illuminate the issue of home language as a language of learning and teaching (LOLT) at university level in South Africa, in view of international historical and comparative perspectives. ... -
Enhancing postgraduate learning and Development: a participatory action learning and action research approach through conferences
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)As supervisors who advocate the transformational potential of research both to generate theory and practical and emancipatory outcomes, we practice participatory action learning and action research (PALAR). This paper ... -
Enhancing postgraduate learning and development: a participatory action learning and action research approach through conferences
(Routledge, 2017)As supervisors who advocate the transformational potential of research both to generate theory and practical and emancipatory outcomes, we practice participatory action learning and action research (PALAR). This paper ... -
Ethics as commodity in higher education of South African natural science and engineering students
(Scriber Editorial Systems, 2012)The fields of the natural sciences are increasingly shying away from purely theoretical approaches to knowledge and are instead looking toward real-world applications and products to be derived from research projects. This ...