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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 ... -
2007 - Opvoeder-tot-leerder seksuele teistering in sekondere skole
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns/South African Academy of Science and Arts, 2009)The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (SA 2000) describes sexual harassment as unwelcome behaviour relating to sex, gender or sexual orientation, or which is related to a person's membership ... -
A case study: cultural preferences concerning the willingness of Batswana students to use ICT in distance education at North-West University
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This investigation was conceived of as fundamentally interpretative and designed within the framework of hermeneutic phenomenology as it focuses particularly on the world as it is lived and experienced by Batswana Advanced ... -
A Community of Practice as an inclusive model to support children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in school contexts
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016)Many school children throughout the world who exhibit antisocial or destructive behaviour or have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) do not receive the support they need. As a result, they are caught up ... -
A conceptualised design-based research framework for a problem-based learning approach in a first-year engineering course
(World Institute for Engineering and Technology Education (WIETE), 2017)Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional learner-centred approach that has initially been implemented as an innovative teaching and learning strategy to achieve specific objectives. This theoretical article, is a ... -
A context Specific Framework Approach to Community Based Monitoring
(Look Academic Publishers, 2017)This paper aims to outline the development of a generic citizen science framework that can be implemented at educational institutions such as university campuses and schools. The framework was developed as a reflective ... -
A critical reflection on the multiple roles required to facilitate mutual learning during service-learning in Creative Arts education
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)In this article, I critically reflect on my own learning during a community-based, service-learning pilot project, highlighting the multiple roles that were required of me as facilitator. I provided opportunity for student ... -
A dynamic model approach of securitization and the financial crisis
(Econ Journals, 2016)Securitization involves the transformation of illiquid assets into liquid and easy to sell ones. The paper focuses on the effect of unexpected negative shocks on Low Quality-asset price and input, Collateralized Debt ... -
A journey towards self-directed writing: a longitudinal study of undergraduate language students' writing
(Stellenbosch University: Library and Information Services, 2016)Writing is key to assessment in university contexts and hence students need to be empowered to effectively function in subject-specific writing environments. In this regard, it is important that students take charge of ... -
A Laboratory Investigation on the Role of Ethylene in Seed Germination from an Indigenous Knowledge Perspective
(National Association of Biology Teachers, 2017)This article provides ideas for a laboratory investigation into the role of the plant hormone ethylene in seed germination. The role of ethylene is explored from various perspectives, namely from an indigenous knowledge ... -
A norm for an academic literacy placement test
(SAALT/SAVTO, 2016)A test series usually consists of various versions of a test. Test-takers and consumers of tests expect all these versions to be at the same level of difficulty, but this is very difficult to achieve at the test design ... -
A participatory action research approach to developing youth-friendly strategies for the prevention of teenage pregnancy
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Teenage pregnancy among school-going youth is a concern worldwide, but in socially-economically challenged environments it is a result of, and contributory factor to, a complex web of social injustice. In South Africa, ... -
A participatory approach to service-learning in creative arts education: a win-win learning opportunity for campus and community?
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2016)Service-learning has been shown to be effective in preparing students to live and work in a diverse and rapidly changing society, especially when it is based on a democratic partnership between university students and ... -
A psychoeducational perspective of discipline in schools and the abolishing of corporal punishment
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)Media reports suggest that students in many schools, especially rural schools, display arrogance, violence, rudeness, truancy and other types of misconduct. In the light of above and with the implications of the implementation ... -
A psychological assessment protocol to supplement the medical triage regarding child abuse cases admitted to emergency departments
(South African Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC), 2016)Child abuse (CA), which includes child sexual abuse (CSA), affects many children in South Africa. The true magnitude of this problem is not fully comprehended or comprehensively reported, as many of CA cases are not reported ... -
A review of HIV and AIDS curricular responses in the higher education sector: where are we now and what next?
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2016)Curriculum integration of HIV and AIDS in higher education is a strategic priority of the Higher Education AIDS programme (HEAIDS), yet little progress has been made in this area. To address this, HEAIDS is leading a project ... -
A review of quantitative studies of South African youth resilience: Some gaps
(ASSAf, 2015)Resilience (positive adjustment to hardship) relies on a socioecologically facilitated process in which individuals navigate towards, and negotiate for, health–promoting resources, and their social ecology, in return, ... -
A strategy to support educational leaders in developing countries to manage contextual challenges
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2016)The central theoretical argument of this paper is that educational leadership and organisational development and change in educational institutions in developing countries will not be effective unless school leaders are ... -
The academic profession in the third world: a comparative study
(ATWS Association of Third World Studies, 2011)Higher education, and by implication the academic profession as a core component thereof, fulfils an important function in twenty-first century society in terms of the establishment of a knowledge society. In Third World ... -
Academic Rigour Versus Social Relevance: Which Way Should the Pendulum Swing with Regard to Experiential Learning and Community Service Learning in the Social Sciences?
(Trentham Publishers, 2009)Recently there has been an intense debate amongst scholars on how to increase the practical relevance of research. Although the notion of 'relevance' is frequently mentioned in the literature, it is hardly ever defined and ...
