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Data literacy on the road: Setting up a large-scale data literacy initiative in the DataBuzz projec
(University of Rhode Island, 2020)
This paper presents the DataBuzz Project. DataBuzz is a high-tech, mobile
educational lab, which is housed in a 13-meter electric bus. Its specific goal is
to increase the data literacy of different segments of society ...
Data literacy and education: Introduction and the challenges for our field
(University of Rhode Island, 2020)
Data literacy is a hot topic, which is currently discussed in many different
fields from open data initiatives, statistics, computer societies, coding
initiatives, and beyond. The resulting literature is inspiring but ...
The African intellectuals’ project
(UNISA Press, 2020)
Soon after taking the position of editor of IJARS at the beginning of 2019, I was
contacted by the dean of Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies (CGS), Prof. Lindiwe
Zungu, who informed me that the university’s principal ...
The impact of the neoliberal technological epoch and Covid-19 on the decolonization of the university curriculum
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)
In this article we will argue that South Africa’s capitalist neoliberal agenda for higher education,
where the focus is on the shift from a knowledge economy to a digital economy, will choke the life
of indigenous knowledge ...
Emerging research university in Africa: Divergent views on relevance and experiences
(2021)
This article provides an analytical literature review on the emerging research university in Africa. Specifically, we advance a deliberation of whether a research university is relevant and various experiences that denote ...
Critical human rights, citizenship, and democracy education: Entanglements and regenerations
(Springer, 2020)
My reading of this text does not come from within the field of citizenship (CE), democracy (DE) or human rights education (HRE). I am an outsider as far as the debates between CE, HRE and DE go. My interest in the problems ...
Illuminating the persistence and departures of previously disadvantaged students at an Engineering faculty
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)
The low success rate of many students from previously disadvantaged groups endangers the face
and fate of many tertiary institutions, hence an Engineering Faculty’s explorations into the causes
of these students’ persistence ...
How language challenges affect the behaviour of immigrant learners in the foundation phase at three schools in Gauteng, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)
The education of immigrant children is influenced by many factors that emanate
from global socio-economic and political issues. In the South African education system,
teachers do not have guidelines on how to include ...
21st Century competencies in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Rhetoric and reality in the wake of a pandemic
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
There is general agreement about the need for vocational education and training to embrace so-called modern
technologies in gearing up to deliver to young people a broad range of what have become known as 21st ...
21st Century competencies in technical and vocational education and training: rhetoric and reality in the wake of a pandemic
(University of KZN, 2021)
There is general agreement about the need for vocational education and training to embrace so-called modern
technologies in gearing up to deliver to young people a broad range of what have become known as 21st ...