Two master’s students’ perspectives on higher education studies in pursuit of scholarship

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dc.contributor.authorKoen, Marietteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBester, Marianneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-29T14:16:07Z
dc.date.available2017-06-29T14:16:07Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionCITATION: Koen, M. & Bester, M. 2009. Two Master's Student' Perspectives on Higher Education Studies: In Pursuit of Scholarship, in E. Bitzer (ed.). Higher Education in South Africa: A Scholarly Look behind the Scenes. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 283-303. doi:10.18820/9781920338183/13.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available from AFRICAN SUNMeDIA - www.sun-e-shop.co.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis chapter reviews how higher education studies can hold much promise for improving lecturers’ professional development by exploring the journey of two master’s students under the same supervision. The intention of this chapter is to provide a concise description of two journeys against the background of self-discovery, identity development and professional growth. First the authors argue that new expectations, knowledge, globalisation and demands engulf almost all aspects of academics’ lives in the changing world of higher education in South Africa today. As a result academics, like other professionals, need to update themselves and be engaged in professional development, a lifelong engagement that allows them to expand, develop and deepen their understanding of teaching and learning. In the subsequent section the authors explain that in higher education studies the line between epistemological and ontological realities becomes blurred when a student acquires new knowledge and skills while joining the quest for new ways of being a teacher, researcher and scholar. In the final section the authors describe how higher education studies allowed them to enhance and transform their ways of being as higher education teachers and they highlight the way that higher education studies challenged them to embrace scholarship. They share with the reader the idea that as a result, engaging in higher education studies did not only influence and/or change some of their perceptions and conceptualisations, but they also acquired new skills and knowledge as they developed as teacher, researcher and scholar. They conclude that becoming scholars in teaching and learning is an ongoing process of professional development that requires integrity, persistence, enthusiasm, passion and courage.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationKoen, M. & Bester, M. 2009. Two Master's Student' Perspectives on Higher Education Studies: In Pursuit of Scholarship, in E. Bitzer (ed.). Higher Education in South Africa: A Scholarly Look behind the Scenes. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 283-303. doi:10.18820/9781920338183/13.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-920338-14-5en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn978-1-920338-18-3en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.18820/9781920338183/13en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101888
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAFRICAN SUN MeDIAen_ZA
dc.relationHigher Education in South Africa: A Scholarly Look behind the Scenesen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartHigher Education as a Field of Study and Researchen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartImprovement-Oriented Evaluation of Undergraduate Science Programmes and the Quality of Student Learningen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartInstitutional Governance in SA Higher Education: For the Common Good or Politcal Power-Playen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartJourneying with Higher Education Studies and Research: A Personal Perspectiveen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartResearch Within the Context of Community Engagementen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartThe Professional Developments of Academics: In Pursuit of Scholarshipen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartThe University in a Contemporary Era: Reflections on Epistemological Shiftsen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartTowards a Pedagogy of Possibility: Teaching and Learning From a 'Social Justice' Perspectiveen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartTowards Integrated Assessment in South African Higher Educationen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartUniversities and Public Goods: In Defence of Democratic Deliberation, Compassionate Imagining and Cosmopolitan Justiceen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartUniversities as Organisations or Institutions?: The Culture Debate and One Instituteen_ZA
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dc.rights.holderSUN MeDIAen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectDegrees, Academic -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectScholarships -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleTwo master’s students’ perspectives on higher education studies in pursuit of scholarshipen_ZA
dc.typeChapters in Booksen_ZA
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