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The Namibian inclusive education policy’s responseto gender nonconforming learners
(Wiley, 2023)The provision of education to children is a human right that most countries including Namibia are trying to achieve. Hence, through educational inclusion, educators strive for removal of barriers within education systems ... -
A narration of a physical science teacher's experience of implementing a new curriculum
(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 ... -
Nature of Problem-Solving Skills for 21st Century STEM Learners: What Teachers Need to Know
(Springer, 2020)Since the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution which calls for a new model of learning for the twenty-first century learners, it has been argued that the nature of problems that learners must solve in science, ... -
Neither ivory towers nor corporate universities: Moving public universities beyond the "mode 2" logic
(UNISA, 2002)This article investigates the tensions in the "mode 2" thesis, which suggests the emergence of new, global trends in the production and dissemination of knowledge. I explain its influence in recent South African higher ... -
Philosophical enquiry as a pedagogical tool to implement the CAPS curriculum: Final-year pre-service teachers’ perceptions
(University of Pretoria, 2016)In this paper, we argue that philosophical enquiry, as practised using community of enquiry pedagogy, is an appropriate implementation strategy for Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) if the principles that ... -
Phyllis Ntantala: An African Woman’s Leadership in the Struggle against a Pan-Eurocentric Education
(University of Johannesburg and Unisa Press, 2022)The years 2021 and 2022 marked a significant period in the Pan-African struggle against the Pan-Eurocentric academy’s destruction of African dignity and freedom. 2021 marked the 70th anniversary of the Eiselen Commission’s ... -
The politics of e-learning in South African higher education
(University of the West Indies, Distance Education Centre, 2007)Introduction: The appearance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the intersection of competing perspectives on higher education transformation in South Africa suggests that the increasing use of ICTs ... -
Post philosophies and the doing of inquiry: Webinars and webing sessions become a special issue(s)
(SAGE Publications, 2023)In this guest co-editors’ introduction to the special issue(s) titled “Post Philosophies and the Doing of Inquiry,” the authors share the backstory to the webinar series, information about the webinars and how to locate ... -
Pre-service science teachers’ understanding of argumentation
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The study is part of a larger project concerned with addressing the problem that Eritrean science teachers face in their attempt to implement a new learner-centred science curriculum. Specifically, the study attempted to ... -
Predictors of academic performance among second-year nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)Students with low grades in high school science related subjects as well as those that obtained low grades in their first year of study should be given the necessary support to avoid the risk of unsatisfactory academic ... -
Preparing isiXhosa home language teachers for the 21st century classroom: Student teachers' experiences, challenges and reflections
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)The aim of the article is to identify the gaps between theory and practice in pre-service teacher training with special reference to the teaching of isiXhosa as a home language in the Further Education and Training (FET) ... -
Principals’ views on the implementation of the no-fee policy through the lens of capability theory
(Education Association of South Africa, 2020)The purpose of the study reported on here was to investigate the implementation of the no-fee schools policy in quintile 1 schools in the Frances Baard district of the Northern Cape province. The South African schooling ... -
Racial desegregation and the institutionalisation of ‘race’ in university governance: The case of the University of Cape Town
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2009-12)The racial desegregation of the student bodies of historically white universities in South Africa has had significant political implications for student politics and university governance. I discuss two key moments in ... -
The re-design of a fourth year Bachelor of Education programme using the constructive alignment approach
(University of Deusto, 2018)The focus of this article is on the re-design of a fourth year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Due to the changes in teacher qualifications, as outlined in the 2015 Minimum ... -
Reconceptualising teacher education for teachers of learners with severe to profound disabilities
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)This paper considers teacher education for teachers of learners withsevere to profound disabilities (SPD) in South Africa, in both formaland non-formal learning programmes within a disability studies ineducation framework. ... -
Reflecting on the global report on adult learning and education in the “post-truth society”
(SAGE, 2017)This article contextualizes and reviews the third global report on adult learning and education (ALE) released by UNESCO in 2016. The authors suggest that it is a visionary document, which is articulated through the ... -
Research resilience in the Covid era
(AOSIS, 2022)In the previous two years, we had to grapple with an unforeseen global COVID-19 pandemic and ensure our business continuity. The pandemic made us rethink a lot of what we thought we knew in the academic research field, ... -
Revisiting the role of the ‘expert other’ in learners’ acquisition of workplace competence
(UKZN, 2017)Skills development policies in South Africa and further afield consider learning in and from the workplace as critical to the training of artisans at intermediate level, bringing together theoretical learning undertaken ... -
The Rise of the University without Classrooms after COVID-19
(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 ... -
The role of Parliament in promoting active citizenship in relation to the Grade 11 Life Orientation in the South African curriculum
(AOSIS, 2019)The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa plays a pivotal role in promoting active citizenship to ensure the deepening of democracy. This article, as based on the study by Arendse, explored the extent to which ...