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All supervisors of doctoral research aim at guiding their students towards success on their doctoral journeys. Desired characteristics of successfully guiding doctoral studies have been widely reported in relevant literature and gave rise to various models of exemplary supervisory practice. One area within the supervisory relationship that has rece...
One critical component in doctoral theses is having the readers in mind by orienting them to ‘the story of the research’. The candidate might be writing for an audience familiar with the broader content, however, when original material is explained and put in context, exceptional emphasis on clarity might be needed. Readers would therefore apprecia...
Although some argue that acknowledgement sections should not form part of doctoral theses, others welcome such sections and are of the opinion that they reflect original and personal contributions, constituting a neglected genre. Previous research on acknowledgement texts have focused more on their linguistic characteristics as related to the acade...
The voices of university students are often absent from academic discourses on the learning of graduate attributes (GAs). Such attributes are mostly constructed and conceptualised from the viewpoint of academics, institutions, education authorities and industry. However, as students within democratic contexts are increasingly challenged to assume g...
Literature on management of professional learning in South African private higher education (PHE) institutions is limited. This may be due to incentives for professional learning in private higher education not being highly revered. Our article reports on the findings of research conducted on four campuses of a South African private higher educatio...
The participation of academics in professional learning (PL) opportunities for teaching plays an important role in promoting the desired outcomes of teaching and learning in higher education (HE). If university teachers pursuing a career in academia however perceive the environment as non-appreciative and non-supportive, in other words, “care-less”...
This article proposes that the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) collegecurriculum in South Africa needs restructuring in order for it to support more innovativeresponses to industry requirements and TVET standards. The ultimate aim of this study was todevelop a framework for leading curriculum change in the South African TVET...
The issue of investigating the style of introductory chapters in doctoral theses emerged from our joint experience in conducting doctoral workshops and encountering doctoral candidates from different disciplines, universities and countries. Questions regarding the Introduction chapter to theses that always emerge include, ‘What should the introduct...
At the end of 2015, student protests (demanding ‘free’ higher education) took place at most South African universities. An official answer from the South African government regarding ‘free higher education’ is still being awaited. In the meantime, a zero present increase in university fees for 2016 and an increase of not more than 8% for 2017 was a...
In this article, we explore the term ‘programme renewal’ and then continue to point out why programme renewal bodes an essential topic for continuous inquiry and attention. We also highlight the importance of approaching programme renewal from a sound theoretical base and point to the important issue of promoting critical citizenship with students...
Background: Patient-centredness, an approach that puts the patient at the centre of the consultation, thus focusing on patients instead of on his/her diseases, has been identified by most medical schools as a desired core competence of their graduates. Despite some curriculum initiatives, medical students often display a lack of patient-centredness...
Background: Patient-centredness, an approach that puts the patient at the centre of the consultation, thus focusing on patients instead of on his/her diseases, has been identified by most medical schools as a desired core competence of their graduates. Despite some curriculum initiatives, medical students often display a lack of patient-centredness...
Three theoretical axes, namely ‘habitus’, ‘transformational learning’ and ‘doctorateness’ informed two narrative doctoral accounts. One is from a Tanzanian public official who graduated from a research-intensive South African university – mostly away from work, family and country. The other is from his study supervisor who, for the first time, supe...
The role of governments as the exclusive social change agent and macro socio-economic problem solver is rapidly weakening. Businesses are increasingly seen as catalysts for social transformation and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practitioners are appointed as their transformation agents. With CSR practitioners being responsible for managing...
Voorgraadse residensiële studente in Suid-Afrika se studie- en leerbehoeftes verskil beduidend van dié van vorige geslagte. Dit blyk duidelik uit die onlangse studente-onrus oor aangeleenthede soos studie-bekostigbaarheid, studente-toegang tot hoër onderwys en die leermodusse in hoër onderwys. Nuwe leerbehoeftes hou ook verband met aspekte soos teg...
This research explored the emotional dimensions of learning within the ambit of social transformation and critical citizenship in a visual arts programme at South African higher education institution. Focussing longitudinally on student learning experiences, the study generated data through interviews with and reflective writing of art students and...
Being a successful doctoral supervisor and adhering to international requirements and contexts involves important qualities, for example: being knowledgeable in disciplines and understanding different methodologies; being sensitive to cultural diversity; and cultivating interpersonal relationships. As doctoral candidates and their supervisors carry...
In academia, the definition of literacy has evolved from a focus on reading and writing to encompass more inclusive and expansive perspectives. Such perspectives have come from researchers involved in exploring literacy among diverse populations and across traditional divides such as cultural, political and socioeconomic boundaries. Changing defini...
This study addresses underlying principles to interpret scholarly-based service-related teaching and learning. Such principles include addressing specific concerns of communities, transforming theoretical knowledge into lived experiences for students, making the knowledge generated within communities meaningful and forging constant growth and learn...
This article presents the results from research on community-engaged curricula using feedback from international and South African academics who teach on postgraduate programmes with a community engagement component. It also includes findings from a sample programme at a South African university. Findings suggest that at least five important issues...
In post-conflict countries such as South Africa, some university students to know anything about the conflict-ridden past. As in other parts of the world that suffered from pasts of discrimination and conflict, it is easier for some students than others to argue like this since an unfortunate past does not concretely affect them any longer. Many st...
This study investigated how candidates claimed to have made an original contribution to knowledge in the conclusion chapters of 100 PhD theses. Documentary analysis was used to discover how this was explained within theses at selected universities in three countries. No other documents were accessed and neither were candidates, supervisors or exami...
Teaching in higher education is influenced by multiple factors, including the characteristics of students and lecturers, disciplinary contexts, institutional cultures and approaches to teaching and learning. Various studies have shown that knowledge of the university lecturer attributes most closely associated with the quality of lecturers' teachin...
Clinical tests were introduced as an additional clinical assessment tool in the prosthodontics curriculum of the fourth-year undergraduate dentistry program at one South African university. This study compared the relationship between the students' performance in the clinical tests and daily clinical grades on the one hand with their theoretical pe...
The academic performance and retention of first-year students are under scrutiny worldwide. In view of the emphasis on first-year success, a support group was established in a first-year module - Financial Accounting 178 - at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The article reports on students perceptions of their participation and their pass r...
Abstract
Being a successful doctoral supervisor and adhering to international requirements and
contexts involves important qualities, for example: being knowledgeable in disciplines
and understanding different methodologies; being sensitive to cultural diversity; and
cultivating interpersonal relationships. As doctoral candidates and their supervis...
Doctoral education and supervision as an international field of scholarly inquiry and practice has been described as contributing to advance science and knowledge. Some authors point out that doctoral education represents the ‘normal’ path for entry into the international research community while others view doctoral degrees as contributing to soci...
The quality of clinical education is dependenton learning experiences. The clinical teacher plays a key role insuccessful clinical education.The aims of the study were to determine which roles and attributesof physiotherapy clinical teachers contribute to a supportiveclinical learning environment according to physiotherapy studentsand their clinica...
Constructive feedback can allow students to recognise areas of deficiency and assist them in closing the gap between actual and desired achievement. However, not all lecturer feedback stimulates learning. Rather, it would seem that students often ignore feedback or do not know how to use the feedback constructively. Given the above background, an i...
This contribution addresses three issues concerning higher education as a field of study and research in South Africa. It starts off by tracing a number of moments in the historical development of higher education studies and research in South Africa - particularly in the period prior to the 1994 transition of political power. Next, the question of...
The way in which academic literacy is acquired is described in the work of many researchers, some of whom speak of students in higher education serving an apprenticeship during which they become acculturated into the discourse of the discipline. But often weaker first-year students will miss the discipline-specific codes that characterise the disco...
Background: Clinical education forms a core component of the training of physiotherapy students. Little research on the efficacy of commonly used physiotherapy clinical learning and teaching opportunities are available. Objective: This paper sought to identify the clinical teaching and learning opportunities that undergraduate physiotherapy student...
Incl. bibl., abstract A successful transition from school to university is crucial to academic success - especially in the first academic year. Various studies have, however, shown that students are increasingly underprepared for higher education studies. Not only is the school university gap increased by the school system that produces inadequatel...
Hierdie artikel is gebaseer op ‘n studie wat onderneem
is om die behoefte vir kurrikulumontwikkeling vir verbruikersleer aan die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit van Tegnologie te bepaal. Die Verenigde Nasies het reeds in 1985 ‘n beroep
op opvoeders gedoen om verbruikersleer wêreldwyd te bevorder en toepaslike opvoedkundige programme te ontwikkel...
This article indicates how the application of a simplified version of the analytical abstraction method (AAM) was used in curriculum development for consumer learning at one higher education institution in South Africa. We used a case study design and qualitative research methodology to generate data through semi‐structured interviews with eight le...
The Higher Education Quality Committee’s definition of quality (HEQC 2001) includes standard elements familiar to other higher education systems as well as elements specific to South Africa’s own contextual priorities and purposes. These elements are fitness for and of purpose, value for money, and individual and social transformation (Singh 2006)....
The attainment of clinical competence is a key outcome of physiotherapy programmes worldwide. Clinical education forms a core component of the training of physiotherapy students.
The study on which this article is based aimed to investigate what physiotherapy students and clinical teachers at one physiotherapy training institution perceive as effec...
This chapter captures different "stages" of the development of my own journey with the field of higher education (HE) studies and research. It reflects change and development of the field from personal experiences covering five "developmental stages" and a period of almost 30 years. Stage one represents a novice position from where I knew absolutel...
At the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, a 'functional-narrative' model (FNM) to stimulate thinking, questioning and reflection is being developed with undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of subject areas. The FNM implies that a basic narrative structure operates in academic discourse, through various kinds of texts acros...
Universities find it difficult to judge the teaching of academics and are reluctant to reward them on the basis of the scholarship of teaching. Continuing tension between teaching and research, in which research-based criteria usually take precedence, compounds this reluctance. Boyer's four-tiered scholarship model assisted the understanding of the...
Transitions in an era of globalisation and universal change impact on postgraduate training of students at higher education institutions. This study aimed to determine completion rates for postgraduate programmes in Education at one higher education institution, to identify the students' needs and to investigate their experiences of postgraduate st...
The article reports on the integration of assessment and recognition of prior learning (ARPL) at postgraduate level in one South African university. An analysis of interviews with administrators, lecturers and students who have been involved in the ARPL process provides insight into the implementation practices that accompany the formal introductio...
This article concerns the efforts in a faculty of Education at a fairly large, research-oriented university to explore and develop a workload model for academic staff. Through a process of action research a set of criteria and sub-criteria was generated and tested in a departmental setting. Both literature and staff members' participation in the de...
A major contribution of higher education institu-tions towards benefitting societies, is their potential to assist students in their academic progress as well as their progress in other spheres. To be able to assess how students change progressively, particularly in respect of change in perceptions during their undergradu-ate studies, relevant pre-...
The world-wide professionalisation of sport has created an increasing need for trained sport managers. This requires that curricula and training programmes be relevant and scientifically valid. Various problem areas can, however, be identified within the field of sport management training. This article describes the methods and results of research...
Research on secondary education in Africa is urgent for several reasons. One reason is the strong link between social and economic development, on the one hand, and secondary education, on the other. Several studies have indicated this link and while African leaders are mindful of its importance, no comprehensive plan exists whereby development obj...
The s report on a project that was completed in the first semester of 2002 with the aim to enhance quality and social relevance of student learning experiences in a Bachelor of Education (BEd) programme at the University of Stellenbosch. Students in their final year of the BEd (Foundation Phase) Programme in the Faculty of Education were involved i...
In October 2000 legislation was passed by the National Assembly to amend the Higher Educa-tion Act (Act 101 of 1997). A number of the amendments were aimed at limiting the opera-tions of private and foreign higher education institutions in South Africa. Good arguments exist for the legislation as accepted, but ques-tions are also being raised as to...
The article outlines a case study whereby, in a BEd module on innovative teaching and learning strategies, students were challenged with the questionow does co-operative learning relate to social constructivist learning theory, ubuntu, outcomes-based education (OBE) and (per-haps) the African Renaissance?'' It describes how the students, through a...
The article outlines a case study of formative evaluation of a new Master's Degree Programme in Nursing Education. The programme based on a model of problem and community learning is offered at a major South African university. While the findings of the external evaluators are presented, the meta- (second order) evaluation is discussed, providing s...
A video-based method of instruction was introduced to develop students academically as well as to implement parallel medium instruction. An action research approach was followed. Lectures were video-taped beforehand and worked through with the students by a tutor in scheduled Afrikaans or English periods. Simultaneously a live class situation was h...
A video-based method of instruction was introduced to develop students academically as well as to implement parallel medium instruction. An action research approach was followed Lectures were video-taped beforehand and worked through with the students by a tutor in scheduled Afrikaans or English periods. Simultaneously a live class situation was ha...
The development of a strategic management model for internal quality assurance at universities and proposals for quality promotion are briefly outlined in the paper. A case study illustrates the criteria, structure, process and outcomes of a teaching quality exercise within a university faculty by utilising a strategic planning framework and implem...
This paper relates how the integration of general skills 1 into a medical curriculum was pursued through action research. Evidence is produced of how a critical understanding of the first author's educational practice was achieved. Changed views on the nature and purpose of knowledge production provide the background against which the authors demon...
