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Racial desegregation and the institutionalisation of ‘race’ in university governance: The case of the University of Cape Town
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2009-12)The racial desegregation of the student bodies of historically white universities in South Africa has had significant political implications for student politics and university governance. I discuss two key moments in ... -
The re-design of a fourth year Bachelor of Education programme using the constructive alignment approach
(University of Deusto, 2018)The focus of this article is on the re-design of a fourth year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Due to the changes in teacher qualifications, as outlined in the 2015 Minimum ... -
Reconceptualising teacher education for teachers of learners with severe to profound disabilities
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)This paper considers teacher education for teachers of learners withsevere to profound disabilities (SPD) in South Africa, in both formaland non-formal learning programmes within a disability studies ineducation framework. ... -
Reflecting on the global report on adult learning and education in the “post-truth society”
(SAGE, 2017)This article contextualizes and reviews the third global report on adult learning and education (ALE) released by UNESCO in 2016. The authors suggest that it is a visionary document, which is articulated through the ... -
Reframing listening for belonging and participation in early childhood care and education settings: a case in South Africa
(Routledge, 2023)This study is part of larger South African project funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training and EU which focused on how practitioners listen to young children in early childhood care and education to ... -
Research resilience in the Covid era
(AOSIS, 2022)In the previous two years, we had to grapple with an unforeseen global COVID-19 pandemic and ensure our business continuity. The pandemic made us rethink a lot of what we thought we knew in the academic research field, ... -
Revisiting the role of the ‘expert other’ in learners’ acquisition of workplace competence
(UKZN, 2017)Skills development policies in South Africa and further afield consider learning in and from the workplace as critical to the training of artisans at intermediate level, bringing together theoretical learning undertaken ... -
The Rise of the University without Classrooms after COVID-19
(CSSALL, 2020)In this chapter we argue that university face-to-face teaching will gradually be replaced in the future with online teaching. In particular, we argue, this will happen in the light of the Fallist movement that has affected ... -
The role of Parliament in promoting active citizenship in relation to the Grade 11 Life Orientation in the South African curriculum
(AOSIS, 2019)The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa plays a pivotal role in promoting active citizenship to ensure the deepening of democracy. This article, as based on the study by Arendse, explored the extent to which ... -
The roles of higher education in the democratization of politics in Africa: survey reports from HERANA
(CODESRIA, 2012)Against the theory on the nexus of higher education and citizenship, this article brings together the main findings and conclusions of three related studies with African mass publics, parliamentarians from African ... -
RPL as cognitive praxis in linking higher education, the African Renaissance and lifelong learning
(Taylor & Francis, 2003)This article argues that one can use the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to conceptualise the project of bridging the articulation gap between further and higher education in South Africa by framing the cognitive praxis ... -
A schizoanalytical praxis for social justice education
(University of Johannesburg and UNISA Press, 2017)This paper uses Deleuzoguattarian schizoanalysis to interrogate concepts of social justice in relation to the crisis of neo-liberal capitalism by referring to the work of the Situationist International movement, the posthuman ... -
Science Teachers’ Views and Applications of Technology-Based Teaching
(Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, 2020)This paper investigates the following research questions: i) What are South African Further Education and Training physical science teachers’ views about the use of WhatsApp, Facebook, and YouTube in the classroom? and ii) ... -
Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
(AOSIS, 2016)This article reports on a systematic review conducted to inform the development of a professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase of schooling. The research question was: What do quality research ... -
Service-learning as a higher education pedagogy for advancing citizenship, conscientization and civic agency: A capability informed view
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2020)Universities are criticised for overemphasising instrumental values. Instrumental values are important but universities risks undermining cultivation of humanity, critical consciousness and civic agency. Service-learning ... -
Sexual diversity and the role of educators on a South African teacher education module
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2017)This article is a reflection on a 5-credit, 50 hour stand-alone module titled ‘Sexual Diversity and the Role of Educators’ for final-year pre-service education students at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. ... -
Shifting assessment paradigms in South African higher education: Evolving towards transformative approaches to policy development
(University of Johannesburg, 2023)Assessment policies facilitate the optimisation of learning and academic performance through the provision of fair, equitable, and standardised criteria for evaluation. In recent years, the assessment policies of three ... -
Signposting foundation phase teachers’ professional identities in selected Western Cape primary schools, South Africa
(Education Association South Africa, 2018)The aim of this article is to report on the Foundation Phase (FP) teachers’ professional identities in two primary schools in the Western Cape. This is meant to serve as a basis for understanding teachers’ identities with ... -
Skills development and structural change: possibilities for and limitations of redressing structural racial inequalities in South Africa
(Springer, 2013)Improving structural racial equality for historically-disadvantaged Black South Africans, including low-skilled and unemployed adults and youths, is a pertinent challenge for the South African government during the ongoing ... -
Skills for sustainable development: Transforming vocational educationand training beyond 2015
(Elsevier, 2016)There have been recent calls to transform VETand to transform development. This double call leads us toask how can skills development best support development that is sustainable for individuals,communities and the planet, ...