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Authentic professional development: Key to quality sevice delivery
(Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), 2014)
The Actuarial Society of South Africa ('Actuarial Society') requires its members to honour their
professional promise to deliver specialist and up-to-date actuarial expertise that is ethical and
subject to professional ...
The role of questioning in writing tutorials: a critical approach to student-centered learning in peer tutorials in higher education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Peer tutoring in higher education aims to enhance student learning, and confidence. In writing centres, peer writing tutors use critical questioning to make the tutorial sessions student-focused and productive. The nature ...
Learning styles among nursing students, the implications for higher education institutions: A systematic review
(Unisa Press, 2014)
Understanding the learning styles of nursing students has been highlighted as an area in
the scholarship of teaching that needs attention. The aim of this review was to determine
the common learning styles of nursing ...
Diffracting reflection: a move beyond reflective practice
(UNISA Press, 2017)
Reflective practice has become a core component in higher education studies. In the health sciences, reflective tasks are required throughout the undergraduate programmes, yet many students struggle to find value in these ...
Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they
are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use ...
Being and becoming a university teacher
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This study examined how one academic framed the enablements and constraints to her project of being and becoming an academic. Complexity facilitated reflection in that it provided a visual representation of data, which was ...
Effect of active learning techniques on students’ choice of approach to learning in Dentistry: a South African case study
(Unisa Press, 2011)
The purpose of this article is to report on empirical work, related to a techniques module,
undertaken with the dental students of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. I
will relate how a range of different ...
Ownership and attitudes towards technology use in physiotherapy students from seven countries
(Elsevier, 2017)
PURPOSE: To assess differences in prerequisites to blended learning such as technology use and Internet access in an international sample of physiotherapy students from Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Luxembourg, Sudan, ...
Student accounts of space and safety at a South African university: implications for social identities and diversity
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
Transformation efforts in South African higher education have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the last years of student activism and calls for decolonization of universities. This article ...
Towards tailored teaching: using participatory action research to enhance the learning experience of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship students in a South African rural district hospital
(Spinger Nature, 2016)
Background: The introduction of Stellenbosch University’s Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) model as part of
the undergraduate medical curriculum offers a unique and exciting training model to develop generalist ...