Browsing by Author "Collett, Karen"
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A collaborative auto-ethnographic exploration of socially just practices by new academics in two South African higher education institutions
Collett, Karen; Von der Heyden, B; Pott, R; Stander, J (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)Challenges experienced in the higher education context require new academics to engage with issues of social justice in their pedagogical practices. This article focuses on such challenges and how these are met by the ... -
Incubating a slow pedagogy in professional academic development: An ethics of care perspective
Collett, Karen; van den Berg, Carolien; Verster, B; Bozalek, Vivienne (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)The current neoliberal impetus in higher education has effects on all aspects of academic life, including professional academic development. These effects include increasing workloads and more casualisation of academic ... -
Sympoiesis ‘becoming with and through each other’: Exploring collaborative writing as emergent academics
Collett, Karen; van den Berg, Carolien; Verster, Belinda (Critical Studies in Teaching & Learning, 2020)This paper explores our journey as three female academics as we collaboratively engage in the process of writing for scholarly publication. We read our experience through a Political Ethic of Care, Slow scholarship, and ... -
Teaching thinking in South African schools: Selected school leaders’ perceptions
Green, Lena; Collett, Karen (South African Journal of Education, 2021)In this article we argue that school leaders should ensure that teachers experience a supportive professional learning community committed to collaborative, thoughtful inquiry and be enabled to create similar communities ... -
“Walking the talk”: The influence of an introduction to cognitive education on school leaders
Collett, Karen; Green, Lena (University of Pretoria, 2017)The current emphasis on curriculum leadership implies the need to update school leaders’ pedagogical knowledge. This paper will interest local and international readers because it highlights both essential content and the ...