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Funding as a crisis for mature women students: Agency, barriers and widening participation
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Drawing on a research investigation into the learning pathways of mature women, this
chapter highlights funding as a crisis. Mature women students face barriers to access,
participation and success in higher education. ...
Designing online learning environments in higher education: Building capacity of lecturers to design and facilitate blended e-pedagogy for mature students
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Amidst the spread of COVID-19, higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa
were compelled to offer academic programmes through online learning by utilising digital
information and communication technologies (ICT) ...
Gender-based violence in adult education: The experiences of rural learners and adult educators
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Gender constitutes an integral part of both individual and collective uniqueness, and it is
distressing that gender-based violence (GBV) remains persistent in education. Gendered
violence is a scourge globally, more ...
eLearning Colloquia enhance a Community of Practice : Reflections
(2018)
In this context specific reflection on an annual eLearning Colloquia hosted by the Centre for Innovative
Education and Communication Technologies (CIECT) at the University of the Western Cape
(UWC), in Cape Town, South ...
Leadership in education: The impact of leadership on the successful implementation and support of remote teaching, learning and assessment
(2023)
The stimulus of collective leadership across all faculties is pertinent to the successful implementation
and assessment of sustainable remote teaching and learning support. This study identified the role
leadership had ...
Making sense of the transitional maelstrom of part-time students and their conceptions of learning as mediated by conceptional domains of work, family and self. A case study of undergraduate, part-time political studies students at a university in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The traditional trajectory of young students in higher education in South Africa is currently under sharp scrutiny and the general provision is considered to be inadequate in terms of quality, diversity and quantity. There ...
A realist assessment of the implementation of blended learning in a South African higher education context
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)
Opportunities for further studies by working adults came under threat as the University of the Western Cape stopped the offering of after-hours classes in most of its Faculties. Unqualified and under-qualified librarians ...
A realist assessment of the implementation of blended learning in a higher education context: the case of the Library and Information Science Department at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Opportunities for further studies by working adults came under threat as the University of the Western Cape stopped the offering of after-hours classes in most of its Faculties. Unqualified and under-qualified librarians ...
Building common knowledge: negotiating new pedagogies in Higher Education in South Africa
(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 ...
Liberation pedagogy in the South African Context
(Skotaville Publishers, 1990)
We have arrived at a time to reflect on what has been done in the field of education for liberation, alternative education or People’s Education during the last few years. We have to analyse and theorise our experience in ...