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Investigating the significance of the 2008 Matric curriculum on first-year Economics performance
(UNISA Press, 2011)
The academic success of first-year Economics students has been the focus
of many South African studies in Economic Education. Many used the last
school examination (Matric) results as a proxy for students’ academic ...
Pre-service science teachers’ understanding of argumentation
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
The study is part of a larger project concerned with addressing the problem that Eritrean science teachers face in their attempt to implement a new learner-centred science curriculum. Specifically, the study attempted to ...
An exploration of learning styles used by social work students: a systematic review
(UNISA Press, 2017)
Social work educators are faced with the challenge of ensuring that students from diverse backgrounds are fully equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills. However, to be effective social work educators, the educator ...
Teacher as learner: a personal reflection on a short course for South African university educators
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Higher education is understood to play a critical role in ongoing processes of
social transformation in post-apartheid South Africa through the production
of graduates who are critical and engaged citizens. A key challenge ...
Foundation provision - a social justice perspective
(Unisa Press, 2015)
The article uses data gathered during monitoring and evaluation work at two institutions, policy documents, published articles, correspondence with key role-players at South African higher education institutions and other ...
The potential of authentic learning and emerging technologies for developing graduate attributes
(Unisa Press, 2014)
Graduate attributes, such as critical thinking and problem-solving in real-world
contexts, are increasingly being recognised as crucial for students to develop in higher
education for employability and critical citizenship. ...
Power, democracy and technology: the potential dangers of care for teachers in higher education
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2015)
Internationally, there is a growing interest in the potential of care ethics as a
useful normative framework to evaluate teaching and learning in higher
education. However, to date there has been little engagement with ...
The use of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) to facilitate authentic learning: experiences of South African social work educators
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)
Pedagogies incorporating technology-enhanced learning (TEL) are growing in social work education. However, there have been few explorations of the effectiveness of use of particular pedagogical designs based upon authentic ...
The use of synchronous videoconferencing teaching to increase access to specialist nurse education in rural Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
(KM&EL, 2010)
ABSTRACT: In KwaZulu-Natal more than 50% of the population lives in the rural area but most of the health workers are based in urban centres where teaching hospitals and high incomes are common. Nursing provides the backbone ...
A framework for effective collaboration: a case study of collaboration in nursing education in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2012)
A fundamental purpose of mergers between higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2002 was to enable
sharing of scarce resources between more advanced universities and those historically disadvantaged by the apartheid ...