Browsing Faculty of Education by Author "Koopman, Oscar"
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The body as blind spot: Towards lived experience and a body-specific philosophy in education
Koopman, Oscar; Koopman, Karen Joy (UNISA Press, 2018)What do the philosophies of phenomenological scholars such as Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty tell us about education in South Africa? How can we use the philosophies of these scholars to develop the minds of our ... -
A curriculum of inclusivity: Towards a “lived-body” and “lived-experience” curriculum in South Africa
Koopman, Oscar; Koopman, Karen (Taylor & Francis, 2019)Drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s “lived body” theory, we argue for a shift towards a lived-experience and body-specific curriculum in South Africa. Such a curriculum would view learning as a lived, embodied, social and culturally ... -
A narration of a physical science teacher's experience of implementing a new curriculum
Koopman, Oscar; Le Grange, Lesley; de Mink, Karen Joy (UNISA Press, 2016)This article narrates the lived experiences of a Physical Science teacher named Thobani (pseudonym) in implementing a new curriculum in South Africa. Drawing on the work of Husserl and Heidegger, the article describes the ... -
The Rise of the University without Classrooms after COVID-19
Koopman, Oscar; Koopman, Karen, J (CSSALL, 2020)In this chapter we argue that university face-to-face teaching will gradually be replaced in the future with online teaching. In particular, we argue, this will happen in the light of the Fallist movement that has affected ... -
Science Teachers’ Views and Applications of Technology-Based Teaching
Koopman, Oscar; Van Wyk, Micheal, M; Koopman, Karen, J (Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, 2020)This paper investigates the following research questions: i) What are South African Further Education and Training physical science teachers’ views about the use of WhatsApp, Facebook, and YouTube in the classroom? and ii) ...