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Moving beyond description: research that helps improve teaching and learning
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010)
This paper is premised on the assumption that education research, in order to be relevant, needs to generate explanations that have educational significance and applicability. It argues that much of the health sciences ...
Analysing the professional development of teaching and learning from a political ethics of care perspective
(Routledge, 2014)
This paper uses Tronto’s political ethics of care as a normative framework to evaluate
a model of teaching and learning professional development. This framework identifies
five integrated moral elements of care – ...
Transforming teaching with emerging technologies: Implications for higher education institutions
(SUN, 2013)
A gulf is widening between the technologies used by students, those used by educators and those provided by institutions. However, knowledge about the impact of so-called emerging technologies on learning or the readiness ...
Authentic learning for teaching reading: Foundation phase pre-service student teachers’ learning experiences of creating and using digital stories in real classrooms
(AOSIS, 2016)
Teaching and learning, an evolving endeavour, is associated with many factors, with
advancements in technology, playing an ever-growing role in the classroom. It is therefore
important to include the use of interactive ...
Lecturers’ perceptions: the value of assessment rubrics for informing teaching practice and curriculum review and development
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)
The assessment rubric is increasingly gaining recognition as a valuable tool in teaching and learning in higher education. While many studies have examined the value of rubrics for students, research into the lecturers’ ...
Reflections on clinical practice whilst developing a portfolio of evidence: Perceptions of undergraduate nursing students at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2015)
BACKGROUND: In order to develop clinical judgement, nurses should be encouraged to become analytical and critical thinkers. Development of a portfolio of evidence (PoE) of reflection on clinical experiences is one of the ...
ePedagogy as a threshold concept: a reflection on a programme for Science Teaching Assistants
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
A Science Teaching Assistant (TA) Programme, at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), focused on preparing promising lecturers. A key component of this programme was the contribution by the Centre for Innovative Education ...
Using the human capabilities approach as a normative framework to evaluate institutional teaching and learning interventions at UWC
(UNISA, 2013)
This article uses the human capabilities approach to evaluate an institutional approach
to teaching and learning at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The human
capabilities framework makes it possible to examine ...
A pedagogy of critical hope in South African Higher Education
(Routledge, 2013)
How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching, learning and social practices that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege and access across different contexts? At this ...
Technology enhanced teaching and learning in South African higher education – A rearview of a 20 year journey
(Wiley, 2016)
In the last 20 years, the South African higher education has changed significantly, influenced by global trends national development goals and pressure from local educational imperatives, in the context of a digitally ...