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Writing biology, assessing biology: The nature and effects of variation in terminology
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2016)
There has been substantial research into terminology as an issue in learning science, especially against the backdrop of concerns over school literacy in science and as sometimes reflected in the poor performance of high ...
Multilingual examinations: towards a schema of politicization of language in end of high school examinations in sub-Saharan Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
In many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the release of each year’s results for the end of high school examinations heralds an annual ritual of public commentary on the poor state of national education systems. However, ...
Epistemological access through lecture materials in multiple modes and language varieties: the role of ideologies and multilingual literacy practices in student evaluations of such materials at a South African University
(Springer, 2016)
This paper seeks to address the ways in which ideology and literacy practices shape the responses of students to an ongoing initiative at the University of the Western Cape aimed at diversifying options for epistemological ...
Theorising terminology development: Frames from language acquisition and the philosophy of science
(UNISA Press, 2016)
The manner in which our conceptualisation and practice of terminology development can be informed by processes of knowledge change in child language development and a paradigm shift in disciplines, has been relatively ...
Enhancing an international perspective in public health teaching through formalized university partnerships
(Frontiers Media, 2017)
Teaching in the field of public health needs to employ a global perspective to account for the fact that public health problems and solutions have global determinants and implications as well. International university ...
Speaking with a forked tongue about multilingualism in the language policy of a South African university
(Springer Netherlands, 2018)
As part of a broader student campaign for ‘free decolonized education’, protests
over language policies at select South African universities between 2015 and 2016
belied widespread positive appraisals of these policies, ...
The interaction of text and visual in specialized dictionary definitions
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2013)
Although visuals have been co-deployed with text in specialized dictionaries as far back as the European Renaissance, the interaction of both representational modalities is relatively under-researched. As a consequence, ...
Epistemological access through lecture materials in multiple modes and language varieties: the role of ideologies and multilingual literacy practices in student evaluations of such materials at a South African University
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This paper seeks to address the ways in which ideology and literacy practices shape the responses of students to an ongoing initiative at the University of the Western Cape aimed at diversifying options for epistemological ...