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The role of questioning in writing tutorials: a critical approach to student-centered learning in peer tutorials in higher education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Peer tutoring in higher education aims to enhance student learning, and confidence. In writing centres, peer writing tutors use critical questioning to make the tutorial sessions student-focused and productive. The nature ...
Exploring participatory parity in higher education: experiences of social work students
(Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University, 2018)
This study uses the principle of participatory parity (PP) espoused by Fraser (2008, 2009) for exploring social work students’ experiences of enabling and constraining factors in advancing their engagement with and involvement ...
Gender equality is a human problem’ Teaching men and masculinities in a South African undergraduate classroom’
(SUN press, 2018)
What is transformation in contemporary South African higher education? How can it be facilitated through research and pedagogic practices? These questions are addressed in this edited collection by established academics ...
A collaborative auto-ethnographic exploration of socially just practices by new academics in two South African higher education institutions
(South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)
Challenges experienced in the higher education context require new academics to engage with issues of social justice in their pedagogical practices. This article focuses on such challenges and how these are met by the ...
The mismatch between first-year students’ expectations and experience alongside university access and success: A South African university case study
(African Sun Media, 2018)
The widening of access into higher education institutions in South Africa has rapidly transformed the
student population to become more diverse. Students vary in age, race, culture, backgrounds, educational
experiences, ...
Development of students’ academic literacies viewed through a political ethics of care lens
(South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)
This article explores insights which the political ethics of care (Tronto 1993; 2013) offers to academic literacies development of students. Research on ethics of care has been conducted in contexts ranging from micro to ...
Reflecting on the process of teaching reflection in higher education
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)
Higher education plays an important role in nurturing life-long
learning and critical citizenry. One way to foster these is through
developing a reflective practice. Given the importance of reflection, this article ...