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"I could go work in a factory, but this is something I want to achieve": Narratives into social action
(Routledge, 2004)
This paper is conceptually informed by a reading of Peter McLaren's work (1993). Drawing on the
relationship that he signals between identity, narrative, and social action, it sets out to examine the
ways in which identity ...
Education for actuarial quality
(Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), 2009)
This paper is located in the field of actuarial professional education. It draws on current literature
and empirical evidence to argue the need for developing generic ‘normative’ capabilities and
values in the actuarial ...
Planning lifelong professionalisation learning for actuaries
(Actuarial Society of South Africa, 2006)
This paper presents a model for what is termed Lifelong Professionalisation Learning for actuaries.
The model is grounded on the proposition that professions are dynamic, offering the public varying
quantities and qualities ...
"I feel that I get by with what I do" - Using narrative as a conceptual tool for understanding social identity
(School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2003)
Drawing on a qualitative study of a cohort of final year preprimary teacher
college students, this paper motivates for narrative analysis as a suitable tool
for accessing ‘insider accounts’ of social reality. Through an ...
"Then you get a teacher" - Guidelines for excellence in teaching
(Routledge, 2007)
Background: Current literature calls for the explicit teaching to health-science educators of the skills, knowledge and dispositions
that are required for successful teaching in higher education.
Aims: This paper draws ...
"Quality is bound up with our values" - Evaluating the quality of mentoring programmes
(Routledge, 2005)
This paper discusses quality evaluation of health sciences mentoring programmes. The
discussion highlights the way in which perceptions of what constitutes quality shape evaluative
purposes. Potential tensions between ...
"We are not in the least bit used to these ways of studying": Developing academic competence in all students
(American Association of Dental Schools, 2005)
This article is located in the field of academic development in oral health science education. Specifically, it examines
the academic difficulties experienced by oral hygiene students in their transition from high school ...
Finding a method to analyse qualitative data: using a study of conceptual learning
(American Association of Dental Schools, 2009)
There is increasing awareness in the health sciences of the potential of qualitative research to address questions that quantitative research cannot satisfactorily answer. While a growing number of studies in health sciences ...
Who teaches the teachers? Identity, discourse and policy in teacher education
(Elsevier, 2006)
In this article we argue that understanding the identities that teacher educators construct for themselves is central to
effecting innovation within a changing policy environment. The article begins with a theoretical ...
Understanding diversity as a framework for improving student throughput
(Maastricht University, 2007)
INTRODUCTION: Literature suggests that a diverse body of healthcare graduates could extend health service delivery. However, the
literature also indicates that the throughput of minority, working class, and historically ...