Transforming higher education delivery in South Africa, lessons and experiences of CIDA City Campus
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2007-12
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Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
Abstract
Some aspects of South African higher education transformation have been bleak, indicating that the trajectory of innovative teaching and affordability requires attention for the foreseeable future. At CIDA we have seen a different picture of this, in other institutions there may be other milestones yet to reveal other gains of transformation.
Briefly, this paper tells the CIDA transformation story; other institutions of higher learning in South Africa can learn from its approach and share in the remarkable sense of determination and commitment demonstrated by CIDA.
The purpose of this work is to reflect on CIDA’s pattern breaking that can aid better student equity transformation in the South African higher education system. A limitation of the study is that we examine only one factor at a time and it may not adequately account for what happens when all the factors interact at the same time.
It emerged from the discussion that CIDA innovative teaching involves awareness of students’ educational needs, views and emphasis on the physical experience of emotions and reasoning. Students are encouraged to be self-confident and feel good about themselves and others through participation and opportunities for spirituality and diversity.
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Thesis (MPhil (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
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Dissertations -- Public management and planning, Theses -- Public management and planning, Assignments -- Public management and planning, Education, Higher -- South Africa, Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- South Africa, Educational change -- South Africa