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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. ...

Blended learning, and Open and Distance Learning: implications for the best practice in higher education

Balfour, R.J.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Spamer, E.J.; Tshivhase, A.C. (Unisa Press, 2015)

The provision of higher education in South Africa and in many parts of the world is challenged by the enrolment of large numbers of students, many of whom cannot attend classes or afford conventional face-to-face tuition. ...

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, ...

Individualisation in flexible learning, from a post-post-foundationalist perspective

Van der Walt, J.L. (UNISA Press, 2015)

Most practitioners in the field of flexible learning seem to be sufficiently aware of the importance of catering to the needs of their students. However, it appears that many are rather more conscious of the needs of the ...

Die stand van Interreligieuse toleransie by 'n groep Suid Afrikaanse onderwysstudente

Van der Walt, J.L.; Potgieter, F.J.; Wolhuter, C.C.; De Muynck, B.; Broer, N.A. (AOSIS, 2015)

Religious tolerance has become one of the most important issues of the current century in view of the many atrocities perpetrated in the name of religion by extremist groups. Of great concern to teacher educators is ...

The case for an adapted community college model for South Africa to address the problem of NEETS

Wolhuter, C.C.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Potgieter, F.J. (UNISA Press, 2015)

A serious problem in South Africa is the existence of 2.8 million people we can refer to as NEETs. This term refers to youths between the ages of 18 and 24 years who are neither in employment nor in education or training ...

The management of diversity in schools - a balancing act

Van Vuuren, Herman J.; Van der Westhuizen, Philip C.; Van der Walt, J.L. (Elsevier, 2012)

The authors contend that diversity and its counter-pole universality as such cannot be managed in the normal sense of the word. What can be managed though is the balance between these two poles. Over-emphasis of the one ...

Blended learning, and open and distance learning: implications for best practice in higher education

Balfour, R.J.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Spamer, E.J.; Tshivhase, A.C. (Unisa, 2015)

Education from a post-post-foundationalist perspective and for post-post-foundationalist conditions

Van der Walt, J.L. (AOSIS, 2015)

Viewed from a Western historical-philosophical perspective, there seem to be at least three broad philosophical orientations on the basis of which Christian educators could approach their pedagogical task. The first is ...

The purpose of educating the human spirit

Van der Walt, J.L.; Wolhuter, C.C.; Potgieter, F.J. (Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)

This article explains, firstly, what spirituality as a human attribute entails, also from a Biblical perspective. It then goes on to explain that the “spirit of education” is ideally born in the interrelationship ...