Browsing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by Title
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A cross-sectional survey to compare the competence of learners registered for the Baccalaureus Curationis programme using different learning approaches at the University of the Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)The purpose of the study was to compare the extent to which the different teaching approaches applied in the Baccalaureus Curationis programme adequately prepare graduating learners for professional competence. -
Debriefing interviews and coaching conversations: strategies to promote student reflexivity and action
(UNISA Press, 2011)Without conscious will and engagement in critical reflexivity as a process of growth and learning in research, students remain unaware of their subjective biases and the effect of bias on the inquiry. A qualitative, ... -
Demystifying research methods: everyday experiences as socio-cultural co(n)texts for effective research methods in teaching and learning in institutions of higher learning in Africa
(University of Johannesberg, 2017)The aim of the paper is to demonstrate how everyday knowledge can be incorporated into the classroom practices of institutions of higher learning to inform inclusive outcomes for linguistically and culturally diverse ... -
Dental clinical teachers' perceptions of their teaching role
(South African Dental Association, 2018)Introduction: Clinicians often occupy a clinical teaching role without being adequately prepared for or orientated to the associated demands. Aim: Explore perceptions of clinical teachers at the Faculty of Dentistry ... -
Designing a course model for distance-based online bioinformatics training in Africa: the H3ABioNet experience
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Africa is not unique in its need for basic bioinformatics training for individuals from a diverse range of academic backgrounds. However, particular logistical challenges in Africa, most notably access to bioinformatics ... -
Designing the project: theoretical approaches
(HSRC Press, 2012)Education in South Africa is in crisis. Low literacy and numeracy rates, poor discipline, and a sense of despair pervade the education landscape. At the same time, educators are called upon to achieve more, with universities ... -
Developing graduate attributes in an open online course
(Wiley, 2016)In an increasingly connected world where solving complex problems is not possible by solitary experts, educators and learners need opportunities to develop ways of thinking that allow them to engage with the dynamic and ... -
Developing scholarship of teaching and learning through a community of enquiry
(UWC, 2017)A growing interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in higher education requires the seeking of opportunities for its development within and across disciplines and institutions. However, rewards for ... -
Developing the language of thinking within a classroom community of inquiry: pre-service teachers’ experiences
(Education Association of South Africa, 2012-08)We argue that the “community of inquiry” approach, using reading materials modelled on Lipman’s Philosophy for Children programme, is a theoretically justified and teacher-friendly means of promoting effective thinking ... -
The development of an implementation framework for service learning during the undergraduate nursing programme in the Western Cape Province
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)BACKGROUND: Service-learning (SL) is a contested field of knowledge and issues of sustainability and scholarship have been raised about it. The South African Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) has provided policy ... -
Development of students’ academic literacies viewed through a political ethics of care lens
(South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)This article explores insights which the political ethics of care (Tronto 1993; 2013) offers to academic literacies development of students. Research on ethics of care has been conducted in contexts ranging from micro to ... -
Different journeys: Supervisor perspectives on disciplinary conceptual threshold crossings in doctoral learning
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This article offers insights into supervisor awareness of conceptual threshold crossings in doctoral learning nuanced by researcher disciplines. First explored in undergraduate learning, threshold concepts highlight ... -
Diffracting learning/teaching entanglements: A South African vice-chancellor’s perspective
(Routledge, 2016)This chapter considers data from interviews conducted with eight vice-chancellors from both historically advantaged and disadvantaged higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa, as part of a larger national project ... -
Diffracting reflection: a move beyond reflective practice
(UNISA Press, 2017)Reflective practice has become a core component in higher education studies. In the health sciences, reflective tasks are required throughout the undergraduate programmes, yet many students struggle to find value in these ... -
Diffracting socially just pedagogies through stained glass
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)This article emerges from our relationship with Theo Combrinck, a colleague, a passionate social and academic activist, a recovering addict and a PhD student, who left our living space during 2014 - a death that was ... -
Diffraction or reflection? Sketching the contours of two methodologies in educational research
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Internationally, an interest is emerging in a growing body of work on what has become known as ‘diffractive methodologies’ drawing attention to ontological aspects of research. Diffractive methodologies have largely been ... -
A diffractive exploration of affect: Learning, research and teaching in obstetrics
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)Instances of abuse, neglect and disrespect to women in labour are not uncommon in South Africa's public health birthing facilities. These social injustices are surrounded by a pervasive silence that confronts undergraduate ... -
A diffractive reading of dialogical feedback through the political ethics of care
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)With regard to improving higher education feedback practices, there is an increasing interest in using the efficacy of dialogue rather than the more traditional unidirectional approaches. We build on this impetus by ... -
Dissent, disruption, decolonization: South African student protests 1968 to 2016
(Center for Economic Research and Social Change, 2018)Fifty years after student protests shook much of the Cold War world, in the “West” and in the “East,” “Global 1968” has become the catchword to describe these profound generational revolts. We hear a lot about West Berlin, ... -
Editorial: Massive open online courses (MOOCs): Disrupting teaching and learning practices in higher education
(Wiley, 2015)Although the higher education sector is currently facing economic austerity measures globally, with the threat of closure for some, higher education institutions are simultaneously being driven to increase intake, as well ...