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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 ...
African history in context: Toward a praxis of radical education
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)
This chapter reflects on the context, process, and challenges of the Know Your Continent (KYC) popular education course which we ran in Cape Town in the second half of 2015. KYC brought together people from local high ...
Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning?
(BMC, 2017)
Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use of traditional ...
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’ ...
Student learning at the interface of university and industry relating to engineering professionalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The engineering profession is challenged with ensuring engineering students are prepared
to work within industry in a professional and ethical manner. Reflection on the experience of
professional practice is a key element ...
Lessons learnt from teachers’ perspectives on mobile learning in South Africa with cultural and linguistic constraints
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
South Africa’s classrooms are characterised by a wide variety of cultural and linguistic differences, providing teachers with educational challenges, particularly in mathematics and science subjects. In response, various ...
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 ...
Philosophical enquiry as a pedagogical tool to implement the CAPS curriculum: Final-year pre-service teachers’ perceptions
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
In this paper, we argue that philosophical enquiry, as practised using community of enquiry pedagogy, is an appropriate implementation strategy for Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) if the principles that ...
Embedding academic literacy skills into the mainstream curriculum: the case of information systems 131/132
(Central University of Technology, Free State, 2016)
This paper reports on collaborative teaching between two academic literacy
(AL) specialists and two lecturers teaching first-year students Information
Systems (IFS) 131/132 during the 2012 and 2013 academic years in ...
Posthumanist and new materialist perspectives as navigational tool in art education research: A diffractive analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
An art project conducted with twelve Grade 10 learners at an art centre in Cape Town from April
2016 to June 2016 was analysed diffractively using perspectives of posthumanism and new
materialism. This post-qualitative ...