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Breaking down the binary : meanings of informal settlement in southern African cities
(HSRC Press, 2013)Informality is a ubiquitous characteristic of urban life in Africa and elsewhere. Although the phenomenon of informality is loosely understood as the strategies and institutions that develop beyond the regulatory framework ... -
Centres and institutes as academic organisational units
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2016)Introduction: A complex network of factors arise when academic organisational units are established or existing units are changed. These factors include academic values, convictions about the academic standards of ... -
Conceptual clarity, scientific rigour and 'The stories we are' : engaging with two challenges to the objectivity of invasion biology
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Critical citizenship and higher education curricula : legacies and prospects
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2015)INTRODUCTION: In this chapter we explore three related issues. Firstly, we briefly refer to some of the legacies from South Africa’s colonial and apartheid past, especially as they pertain to university curricula and ... -
Critical curriculum inquiry in an undergraduate visual communication design programme : a case study approach through a complexity theory lens
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2011)INTRODUCTION: The challenge to curricula to encourage socially sustainable ways of living – environmentally, economically and socially – is a global phenomenon. An example is the Millennium Development Goals of the United ... -
Current realities and future agendas for critical citizenship education
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2015)INTRODUCTION: What have been established up to this point? Chapter 1 highlighted three main issues that involve university curricula and critical citizenship education, namely elements of the debate on international ... -
Curriculum challenges in higher education
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2015)INTRODUCTION: A decade ago and 11 years after the birth of a new democratic political dispensation in South Africa, an important contribution to inquiry into higher education curricula saw the light. But, in writing their ... -
The Doctorate in South Africa: Trends, challenges and constraints
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: We have witnessed over the past decade a renewed interest in doctoral education in South Africa. This interest has been fuelled by national as well as institutional policies that have identified the production ... -
Engaging curricula through critical citizenship education : a student learning perspective
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2015)INTRODUCTION: In the previous chapters we have shown that numerous curriculum challenges remain in higher education – not only in South Africa, but worldwide. One such challenge is to provide a critical citizenship ... -
An example of critical citizenship education in an arts curriculum
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2015)INTRODUCTION: If one considers the importance of global and local change and transformation for constructing just, sustainable and peaceful societies globally, initiatives such as the United Nations Millennium Development ... -
Henry Giroux on critical pedagogy and engaged curricula
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2015)INTRODUCTION: In Neoliberalism’s war on higher education (2014), Henry Giroux refers to neoliberalism as a central organising idea in shaping his critical view of higher education. At the time of its writing, Giroux was ... -
Human dimensions of invasive alien species in philosophical perspective : towards an ethic of conceptual responsibility
(IUCN, 2001)How can we find an appropriate language in which to formulate our concerns about, and our policy responses to, the problem of invasive alien species? This question arises from the tensions between our conventional vocabulary ... -
Institutional research in higher education in South Africa : Looking Ahead
(SUN PRESS, 2016)The fact that the Southern African Association (SAAIR) is nearing its 25th year, is evidence that Institutional Research (IR) has built a strong presence in South African higher education. Unfortunately, this is not yet ... -
Institutional research in South African higher education: Framing the contexts and practices
(SUN PRESS, 2016)Universities are among the oldest social organisations in the world. Few would doubt that universities are crucially important social organisations. The public and private good of universities is generally recognised ... -
Nuclear power
(Gale, Cengage Learning, 2009)When the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus, an enormous amount of energy is produced. When these processes of fission (division of the nucleus of an atom) or fusion (joining the nucleus of an atom ... -
On the imperative of sustainable development : a philosophical and ethical appraisal
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Project management across diverse cultures
(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012-03)INTRODUCTION: Throughout this book we have sought to develop your skills and understanding of project management and have used case studies to help your understanding from a largely UK context. This final chapter seeks to ... -
Reflecting on critical citizenship in critical times
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2016)After the first democratic elections in South Africa 22 years ago, people were in general optimistic and could imagine a better future for all. This hope slowly faded over time for many young people. Only 15% of undergraduate ... -
The state of the art in environmental ethics as a practical enterprise : a view from the Johannesburg documents
(UNESCO Publishing, 2006)In this chapter I focus more on what could be referred to as the practical task of environmental ethics, rather than on what could be described as its theoretical task. -
A strengths perspective on supervision of social workers within a social development context : a best practice vignette
(Whiting & Birch Ltd, 2013-11)INTRODUCTION: Th e emergence of new public management measures as an operationalisation of neoliberal ideas is evident in various social work contexts all over the world. Consequential changes in conditions of service ...
