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The HIV and AIDS epidemic and the challenge posed to university education excellence in sub–Saharian Africa
(KRE Publishers, 2014)The HIV and AIDS epidemic definitely impacts on the provision of qu ality education in universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. For the intellectual capacity and human resource development efforts of ... -
Holistic curriculum development: ?tutoring as a support process
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2009)In many programmes, tutorials have proved to be an effective way of providing both academic and personal support. The tutor's role in these involves different aspects of teaching and learning. In this article I explore the ... -
How an analysis of reviewers' reports can enhance the quality of submissions to a journal of education
(Educational Association of South Africa (EASA), 2011)Not only has the number of scholarly journals worldwide increased substantially in recent years but also the number of articles published in them. However, closer examination reveals that the percentage of articles actually ... -
How are action researchers contributing to knowledge democracy? A global perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Although action research has been widely recognized as an appropriate methodology for promoting the democratization of knowledge, it is not always conducted from an emancipatory and transformative paradigm. Using AR in ... -
How citizens with integrity can contribute to social justice in an unequal society
(Kamla-Ray Enterprises, 2011)Life in South Africa and elsewhere in the less developed world abounds with examples of social injustice, to such an extent that one could justifiably speak of unjust and unequal societies. In South Africa, a divide between ... -
'How did a white girl get AIDS?' Shifting student perceptions on HIV-stigma and discrimination at a historically white South African university
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2016)Classroom discussions with predominantly White, middle-class student teachers revealed that they still perceive HIV as a disease which Black, poor and promiscuous people bring on themselves. Unless such beliefs are ... -
How to do IT together: modeling group work for information technology
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How youth picture gender injustice: building skills for HIV prevention through a participatory, arts-based approach
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2012)Based on the existing literature on the positive relationship that exists between high instances of HIV infections and a high degree of gender injustices in southern Africa, there is clearly a need for HIV-prevention ... -
Human Rights and Sexuality Reimagining the Language of Equality towards Transformation In and Through Education
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2017)For many years, arguments in favour of sexual minorities' equality and sexuality rights have brought about legal reform worldwide. Although there are those who would contend that human rights and legal mechanisms associated ... -
Human rights literacy: Moving towards rights-based education and transformative action through understanding of dignity, equality and freedom
(Education Association of South Africa, 2015)The twentieth century has been characterised by the proliferation of human rights in the discursive practices of the United Nations (Baxi, 1997). In this article, we explore the continual process of rights-based education ... -
Human rights literacy: moving towards rights-based education and transformative action through understandings of dignity, equality and freedom
(Education Assoc South Africa, 2015)The twentieth century has been characterised by the proliferation of human rights in the discursive practices of the United Nations (Baxi, 1997). In this article, we explore the continual process of rights-based education ... -
Human rights values or cultural values? Pursuing values to maintain positive discipline in multicultural schools
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Human rights: protecting sexual minorities or reinforcing the boundaries of 'the closet'?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this article we problematise the fact that human rights legislation, whether intentionally or otherwise, reinforces binary categories such as 'heterosexual' or 'homosexual'. This form of 'othering' highlights the ... -
The human rights paradox of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in South African education
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2013)Onlangse navorsing toon duidelik aan dat benewens geslag, seksuele oriëntasie waarskynlik die volgende sleuteleienskap is wat bepaal wie ons as mense is. Seksuele oriëntasie is een van die belangrike aspekte wat ’n persoon ... -
Humanising higher education in South Africa through dialogue as praxis
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of Education, 2016)Freire (1993) premised his pedagogical theory on the assumption that humanisation is the fundamental objective of education, and he emphasised the role of dialogue as praxis in achieving this. In South Africa, race has ... -
Ideological illusions, human rights and the right to education: the in(ex)clusion of the poor in post-apartheid education
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2016)Against the background of global concern about the political and social consequences of human rights, this article uses an ideological lens to explore the (non)existence of the right to education in South Africa. We argue ... -
The (im)possibilities of teaching – learning freedom
(Unisa, 2015)Twenty years after a free and democratic South Africa was constituted, it seems as if South Africans are still in limbo. In this article I explore the essence of freedom as conceptualised by Arendt (1958, 1966; 1900; 2006) ...