Browsing by Subject "Students"
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Constructions of students as clients or partners in knowledge creation?
(Australian Academic Press, 2013)This study explored notions of ‘the student’ within the South African higher education context. Qualitative data from interviews with twenty-three executive and senior Student Affairs staff and practitioners were collected ... -
Continuous workplace-based assessment as an indication of clinical competence in paediatric dentistry
(International Network for Higher Education in Africa, 2021)An authentic workplace setting provides the ideal opportunity for assessment of students’ clinical competence at the ‘does’ level of performance. Final-year dental students in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at ... -
A cross-sectional descriptive study of occupational therapy students’ perceptions and attitudes towards spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education
(Springer, 2016)Spirituality and spiritual care both have received increased attention over the course of this past decade from different disciplines. However, for many years, in the occupational therapy profession, the importance of ... -
Design principles for interdisciplinary collaborative learning through social, digital innovation
(Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, 2021)As academics, we are acutely aware of our responsibility in the design of our teaching and learning environment to instil principles of ethics, sustainability, agency and social justice. We are at the crossroad between ... -
Does smartphone connectivity impact on undergraduate dental students' environmental stress?
(2018)INTRODUCTION: Several studies have suggested that smartphone addiction has negative effects on mental health and academic performance and may contribute to the development of stress. AIM: To determine the prevalence of ... -
The everyday life information behaviour of visually impaired students at Stellenbosch University
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2018)This article investigated the everyday life information behaviour of students with visual impairment at Stellenbosch University (SU). Ten students with sight disabilities from various faculties completed a questionnaire ... -
Exploring occupational therapy students' perceptions of spirituality in occupational therapy groups: a qualitative study
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)An exploratory-descriptive qualitative research approach explored occupational therapy students' perceptions of spirituality in occupational therapy groups during the group fieldwork process. Four focus group discussions ... -
Influence of previous participation in physical activity on its perceptions among tertiary institution students
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation,Sport and Dance/LAM Publications Limited, 2006)Physical inactivity is one of the leading causes of the major non-communicable diseases, which contribute substantially to the global burden of diseases, death and disability. The burden of mortality, morbidity ... -
Information behaviour of Nigerian undergraduates in the World of Web 2.0
(Innovation, 2018)The purpose of the study was to investigate the information behaviour ofNigerian undergraduates in the world of Web 2.0 at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria. The study is drawn from a doctoral thesis ... -
Insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions: Perspectives on the University of the Western Cape
(SAGE Publications, 2021)This study investigated the insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions with specific reference to the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. The article argues ... -
Knowledge and attitudes of physiotherapy students towards obesity
(AOSIS, 2009)Obesity has been recognised as a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, with more than one billion adults worldwide who are overweight, of which approximately 300 million are obese. Obesity puts an individual in danger ... -
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, ... -
A mobile school-based HCT service – is it youth friendly?
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2016)BACKGROUND: Despite an increase in HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), few young people have been tested. It has been suggested that they do not test because formal health services (where HCT is provided) are often not ... -
National Colloquium on Access to Food for Students in South African Tertiary Institutions: Challenges of Hunger among Students in Higher Education in South Africa (13–14 August 2018)
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2018)Student hunger on university campuses has gained prominence ever since the #FeesMustFall movement spread across South Africa’s tertiary institutions in 2015. Although there are no definite statistics on the extent of the ... -
Obstetric violence within students’ rite of passage: The reproduction of the obstetric subject and its racialised (m)other
(UNISA Press, 2021)Building on the work of Mbembe (2019) and Silva (2007), we theorise how the obstetric institution can still be considered fundamentally modern, that is, entangled with colonialism, slavery, bio- and necropolitics ... -
Occupational therapy students’ experiences and perceptions of culture during fieldwork education
(SAJOT, 2018)Background: Understanding a client’s culture allows practitioners to consider the planning of intervention and allows for a client centred approach to be provided. During fieldwork education occupational therapy students ... -
Occupational therapy students’ perspectives of ethics in two countries: South Africa and the United States of America
(International Journal of Health Sciences, 2019)Objectives: Worldwide, health-care students, including occupational therapy students undergo ethics training. Ethics training facilitates students’ critical thinking, objective analysis and clinical reasoning skills to ... -
Perceived constraints to physical activity among students at paramedical institutions in Uganda
(LAM Publications Limited, 2006)In the developing world, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, physical inactivity along with tobacco use, poor diet and nutrition are increasingly parts of today’s lifestyle. The aim of this study was to assess the levels of ... -
Perception of risk of HIV and sexual risk behaviours among students in the United States, Turkey and South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)The aim of this study was to examine HIV sexual risk behaviours and perception of HIV risk among 1 095 students from the United States of America (US), Turkey and South Africa. Randomly selected students who were enrolled ... -
Perceptions of students and educators on the potential use of mobile devices in an undergraduate nursing module
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)Higher education is in the midst of an electronic transformative change cycle attributable to advancements in mobile technology. This transformative process took us from stationary desktop computers to laptop computers and ...