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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. ...

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, ...

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 worldwide expansion of education since the middle of the Twentieth Century: reconstruction and assessment

Wolhuter, C.C.; De Wet, Corene (Kamla Raj Enterprises, 2015)

This paper has a dual purpose, namely to reconstruct the defining moments in the global history of developments in education, and to assess the outcomes and consequences of the expansion of education. In this paper, the ...

1994: new academic profession for a new South Africa?

Wolhuter, C.C. (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 ...

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 ...

The scholarly impact of doctoral research conducted in the field of education in South Africa

Wolhuter, C.C. (Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2015)

The aim of this study is to investigate the scholarly impact of knowledge generated as part of doctoral studies in the field of education in South Africa. The transition rate of the 97 doctoral theses completed in the ...

Weaknesses of South African education in the mirror image of international educational development

Wolhuter, C.C. (Education Association of South Africa, 2014)

The aim of this article is to present a systematic, holistic evaluation of the South African education system, using international benchmarks as the yardstick. A theoretical model for the evaluation of a national education ...

Research on HE in South Africa: stocktaking and assessment from international comparative perspectives

Wolhuter, C.C. (Unisa, 2014)

Abstract The aim of this article is to compare higher education (HE) research in South Africa with developments in the field of HE research internationally. This will be done by means of a content analysis of HE scholarly ...