Centre for Higher and Adult Education: Recent submissions
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Architects of recovery from alcohol misuse : narrative exploration of coaching employed professionals
(Oxford Brookes University, 2020-08)Recovery coaching is a lesser-recognised support service to individuals who pursue recovery from addiction. This narrative inquiry research explored the experiences of recovery coaches working with employed professionals ... -
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of academic identity development in part-time lecturers at a private higher education institution in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The origins of this study lie in a personal struggle to define my academic identity. My frame of reference is that of part-time lecturer that later moved to a full-time academic manager position in a ... -
The vulnerable insider : navigating power, positionality and being in educational technology research
(Routledge, 2021)This article reflects on the tensions I encountered as an insider researcher during a qualitative study exploring academics’ integration of educational technology in a South African higher education institution. While ... -
Negotiating co-ownership of learning in higher education : an underexplored practice for adult learning
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Adults who enrol in higher education institutions (HEIs) often have contributions that could serve in enhancing the planning and implementation of their programmes. Importantly, while terms such as active learner engagement ... -
The invisible support networks of doctoral candidates : what acknowledgement sections of doctoral theses reveal
(HESA, 2021)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 ... -
Spaces, journeys and new horizons for postgraduate supervision
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2018)After centuries of barely visible incremental development, postgraduate education has experienced twenty years of considerable turbulence as governments recognise its latent power, some responding more quickly than others ... -
Residence heads as intentional role‑players in promoting student success
(African Minds, 2019)Research evidence suggests that approaches to promote student success in higher education are becoming more holistic and integrated in nature. This implies that not only classrooms and laboratories, but also residences, ... -
Interrogating patient-centredness in undergraduate medical education using an integrated behaviour model
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)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 ... -
Cultivating African academic capital - intersectional narratives of an African graduate and his PhD study supervisor
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)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 ... -
The professional development of academics: In pursuit of scholarship
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2009)In this chapter we explore the development of academic staff as an area or theme for study and research in the field of higher education – from both a theoretical and a practical stance. We start by providing a broad ... -
Journeying with higher education studies and research: A personal perspective
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2009)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 ... -
Threshold crossings and doctoral education: learning from the examination of doctoral education
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2016)Introduction: Doctoral supervision has been identified as a key factor in timely PhD completion. Therefore, this chapter sets out to explore what can be learned from doctoral examinations to support doctoral education ... -
Academic literacy as a graduate attribute: implications for thinking about curriculum
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2011)INTRODUCTION: This chapter is set within the current focus on graduate attributes. These are qualities which students require in order to study at university, as well as and more typically, the attributes that students ... -
A small-scale classroom research approach to curriculum renewal
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2011)INTRODUCTION: Ross argues that the term curriculum can be interpreted as the organisation of desired learning experiences and that it represents a guide to lecturers of what is to be taught in specific institutions (Ross ... -
Conceptualising risk in doctoral education: Navigating boundary tensions
(SUN PRESS, 2014)Introduction: If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn Risk-taking is an important form of human behaviour, but can be conceptualised in different ways (Byrnes, ... -
Candidates, supervisors and institutions: pushing postgraduate boundaries: an overview
(SUN PRESS, 2014)INTRODUCTION: Academic boundaries are in some ways similar to national boundaries – they are set up to colonise and govern, but at the same time are constantly challenged to reaffirm their authority and meaning. The ... -
The ‘creative-minded supervisor : gatekeeping and boundary breaking when supervising creative doctorates
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: Research into what examiners value in a PhD (Kiley & Mullins 2002) identified some characteristics which might surprise supervisors who seek to ensure that, as well as contributing to knowledge, their students ... -
PHD by publication : an institutional analysis
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: PhD1 theses generally follow one of two different formats. Firstly there is the (more traditional) monograph, which is written as a unified and coherent work, and which is most commonly found in non-laboratory ... -
The role of doctoral education in early career academic development
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)POINT OF DEPARTURE: The social and economic significance of the doctorate is recognised across the world, as doctoral candidates are considered to be key contributors to the knowledge society by contributing to socio-economic ... -
The rationale, challenges and benefits of joint degrees as a new form of doctoral education
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: The phenomenon of international joint doctoral degrees where two (or more) higher education institutions across national borders assume joint responsibility for the offering, examination and award of a ...
