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Editorial: Massive open online courses (MOOCs): Disrupting teaching and learning practices in higher education
(Wiley, 2015)
Although the higher education sector is currently facing economic austerity measures globally, with the threat of closure for some, higher education institutions are simultaneously being driven to increase intake, as well ...
The meaning of self-leadership for nursing academics in the context of a leadership programme at a higher education institution in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2015)
A self-leadership development programme was created in 2012 for ten nursing academics with the aim of empowering them to embark upon research projects, write for subject matter publications, and develop as leaders at a ...
Exploring participatory parity in higher education: Experiences of social work students
(Stellenbosch University, 2017)
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 ...
Technology enhanced teaching and learning in South African higher education – A rearview of a 20 year journey
(Wiley, 2016)
In the last 20 years, the South African higher education has changed significantly, influenced by global trends national development goals and pressure from local educational imperatives, in the context of a digitally ...
The menstruation experience: Attitude dimensions among South African students
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
This study aimed to investigate the attitudes and experiences regarding menstruation among undergraduate women at a historically disadvantaged South African university. A total of 255 women participated in the study. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Community paediatrics and child health
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2015)
TO THE EDITOR: In 2012, the Postgraduate Education Committee
of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
supported the accreditation of Community Paediatrics and Child
Health (CPCH) as a paediatric ...
Ideology, policy and implementation: Comparative perspectives from two African universities
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)
This paper provides an exposition and interpretation of the language policies of two African
universities, namely the University of Yaound in Cameroon and the University of the
Western Cape in South Africa. It does so ...