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Featuring dental education research: Applying the principles of action research to improve teaching of dental prosthetics
(South African Dental Association, 2009)
This article focuses on educational research conducted at the newly merged UWC faculty of dentistry. The research emphasizes the change in teaching methods employed to address the concerns experienced in teaching large ...
The practical in theory and the theoretical in practice: Facilitating integration in teaching and learning
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
INTRODUCTION: The integration of theory and practice in student learning is a challenge faced by teachers in
health science education, where the curriculum contains large sections of learning in clinical or fieldwork
settings. ...
Teaching ethical issues in health care: Incorporating a philosophy of care into undergraduate health programs at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
CONTEXT:
There is a growing emphasis on ethics education in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula of the health professions.
Approximately five hundred and eighty two health science students participate annually on ...
Service learning in a course in children's & youth library & information services: a case study
(Community High Education Service Partnership, 2008)
The case study describes a service learning project in Library and Information
Science. In 2002, 14 students enrolled for the service learning elective – the 4th year
second semester module, Children’s and Youth Library ...
"I could go work in a factory, but this is something I want to achieve": Narratives into social action
(Routledge, 2004)
This paper is conceptually informed by a reading of Peter McLaren's work (1993). Drawing on the
relationship that he signals between identity, narrative, and social action, it sets out to examine the
ways in which identity ...
Education for actuarial quality
(Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), 2009)
This paper is located in the field of actuarial professional education. It draws on current literature
and empirical evidence to argue the need for developing generic ‘normative’ capabilities and
values in the actuarial ...
Ethics @ http://www.kewl.uwc.ac.za : The potential for e-learning to democratise the social work curriculum
(Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, 2007)
This article describes the design and implementation of a module on
Advanced Social Work Ethics using a blended learning approach and relying
substantially on e-learning as a pedagogical tool. The design is
contextualised ...
Planning lifelong professionalisation learning for actuaries
(Actuarial Society of South Africa, 2006)
This paper presents a model for what is termed Lifelong Professionalisation Learning for actuaries.
The model is grounded on the proposition that professions are dynamic, offering the public varying
quantities and qualities ...
"I feel that I get by with what I do" - Using narrative as a conceptual tool for understanding social identity
(School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2003)
Drawing on a qualitative study of a cohort of final year preprimary teacher
college students, this paper motivates for narrative analysis as a suitable tool
for accessing ‘insider accounts’ of social reality. Through an ...
"Then you get a teacher" - Guidelines for excellence in teaching
(Routledge, 2007)
Background: Current literature calls for the explicit teaching to health-science educators of the skills, knowledge and dispositions
that are required for successful teaching in higher education.
Aims: This paper draws ...