Browsing Research publications - DLL by Author "Walters, Shirley"
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Building common knowledge: negotiating new pedagogies in Higher Education in South Africa
Walters, Shirley; Daniels, Freda; Weitz, Vernon (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Discussions in this chapter are located within an action research-based study which aims at supporting the integration of enhanced pedagogies in one university in South Africa. The study recognises that even full-time ... -
The Cape Town statement on characteristic elements of a lifelong learning higher education institution
Walters, Shirley; Werner, Mauch (University of Western Cape, UNESCO, Lifelong learning, 2001)This statement grew out of a need recognised by adult and higher educators, scholars and specialists in the area of adult and lifelong learning to build on previous work focusing on transforming institutions of higher ... -
Eleventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture in 2014
Popular Education South Africa; Walters, Shirley (University of the Western Cape, 2015)The event included a live performance by Jana Natya Manch (The People’s Theatre Group), also known as Janam (Birth). Janam has created original plays for the past 40 years; they have performed more than 8000 times in over ... -
Flexible learning and teaching: Looking beyond the binary of full-time/part-time provision in South African higher education
Walters, Shirley; Jones, Barbara (University of the Western Cape, 2015)This paper engages with literature on flexible learning and teaching in order to explore whether it may be possible, within the South African context, to have flexible learning and teaching provide a third way which goes ... -
Keeping the doors of learning open for adult student-workers within higher education
Walters, Shirley; Witbooi, Sally; Abrahams, Mark (University of the Western Cape, 2015)The Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC), the triumphant South African liberation movement, proclaims that ‘the doors of learning shall be open’ for all. Twenty years since coming to power, the doors of ... -
Lifelong learning and professional development in 'Residential Universities': Implementing the 'White Paper on post-school education and training'
Walters, Shirley (University of the Western Cape, 2015)This is a compilation of key documents from the four year action research project between the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) which seeks to implement ... -
Working the ‘in-between-spaces’ for transformation within the academy
Walters, Shirley (South African Journal of Education, 2018)This paper considers the importance of ‘in-between spaces’ within the academy for challenging dominant institutional culture and hegemonic power relations towards a ‘de-colonised’ university. It questions ‘mainstreaming’ ...