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A bridge over the computer science graduate skill gap
(2013)
Universities are increasingly required to respond to the ever evolving needs of an ever more sophisticated and globalised workplace, which requires well-rounded workers with more than mere technical knowledge. Employers ...
The use of emerging technologies for authentic learning: A South African study in higher education
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
It is now widely accepted that the transmission of disciplinary knowledge is insufficient
to prepare students leaving higher education for the workplace. Authentic learning has
been suggested as a way to bring the necessary ...
Transition to university: the role played by emotion
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
Students experience transition to university as challenging. Recent studies implicate emotion in university success. This paper reports on a pilot study to examine the extent to which school to university transition is ...
Mind the gap: Science and engineering education at the secondary–tertiary interface
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2013)
In the South African higher education sector, there is increasing concern about the poor retention and
throughput rates of undergraduate students. There is also concern that the participation rates in higher
education, ...
Using a disciplinary discourse lens to explore how representations afford meaning making in a typical wave physics course
(Springer Verlag, 2013)
We carried out a case study in a wave physics course at a Swedish
university in order to investigate the relations between the representations used in the
lessons and the experience of meaning making in interview–discussions. ...
Leveraging informal leadership in higher education institutions: A case of diffusion of emerging technologies in a southern context
(British Educational Research Association, 2013)
In the last decade, emerging technologies and transformative practices have diffused into
higher education social systems in ways that formal leadership styles are increasingly
stretched to both keep abreast of and to ...
The effects of an educational intervention on the early management of oral lesions in the uMgungundlovu district in KwaZulu-Natal
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)
Oral lesions that are associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are often the first clinical signs of an underlying
infection. This study aimed to test primary healthcare (PHC) nurses’ knowledge and ...
Technology-mediated learning in physiotherapy education: the social construction of practice knowledge.
(Aosis Publishing, 2013)
Clinical practice is complex, requiring practitioners to interpret a diverse range of inter-related variables in order to make clinical decisions as part of patient management. This process is often intuitive and therefore ...
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 ...
Student nurses' experiences of the common teaching platform for undergraduate nursing in the Western Cape Province, SA
(2013)
The higher education system in South Africa transformed over the last two decades in response to societal changes and the new democratic order since 1994. Nursing education programmes in South Africa’s higher education ...