Browsing Research Articles (Education Policy Studies) by Title
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Educational leadership as action : towards an opening of rhythm
(HESA, 2016)Nowadays, its seems as if higher education institutions have unobtrusively adopted leadership styles that seem to be in consonance with neoliberal, managerialist approaches to leadership in education. It has become apparent ... -
Educational theory as rhythmic action : from Arendt to Agamben
(HESA, 2017)Traditionally, educational theory has been couched as modes of human action through concepts such as poiesis and praxis. Inasmuch as poiesis and praxis have significantly shaped educational theory, we argue that such modes ... -
Embodying pedagogical habitus change : a narrative-based account of a teacher’s pedagogical change within a professional learning community
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2018)Situated in the context of teaching in South Africa, this article narrates the journey of pedagogical change and adaptation of one teacher who participated in a professional learning community (PLC). It discusses the ... -
Examining digital technology for (higher) education through action research and critical discourse analysis
(HESA, 2016)The public understanding of scientific, economic, political and ethical issues is becoming increasingly important as students are confronted with socio-economic issues impacting their everyday lives. Grappling with these ... -
Exploring the educational engagement practices of disadvantaged students at a South African university
(CSSALL, 2016)This article discusses the educational engagement practices of disadvantaged first-generation students at a South African university. Based on qualitative research conducted in the interpretive tradition and using interviews ... -
A faith that does justice : the public testimony of Oliver Tambo
(Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa, 2018)Throughout the 20th century, mission-educated black men rose to prominence in the African National Congress while simultaneously holding leadership positions in the church. Yet, less is written about the faith of these ... -
Geweld in post-apartheid skole – waar lê die oplossing?
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2015-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die meerderheid staatskole in Suid-Afrika het voortdurend met geweldige hoë vlakke van geweld te kampe. Die toenemende aantal insidente van fisiese geweld tussen leerders sowel as tussen leerders ... -
Historical continuities in the education policy discourses of the African National Congress, 1912-1992
(Education Association of South Africa, 2015-02)This article considers the nature and trajectory of the African National Congress’s (ANC) education policy discourses from its founding in 1912, until its repatriation from exile by 1992. The broad issue that this article ... -
Indigenous rights, indigenous epistemologies, and language : (re)construction of modern Khoisan identities
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2016)There has been a revival of indigenous Khoisan identities in democratic South Africa, and it arises from the Afrocentric paradigm. Located within Khoisanistics, the study of indigenous Khoisan peoples, their language and ... -
Interrogating a cosmopolitanism of African higher education
(HESA, 2019)The immensity and inevitability of global interconnectedness have necessitated higher education to be cosmopolitan in its epistemological, and skills and attitudes development scope. Much has been written about the urgency, ... -
Knowledge(s), culture and African philosophy: an introduction
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2016)In a previous work, entitled African Philosophy of Education Reconsidered: On Being Human (Waghid, 2014), a defense is offered for the notion of African philosophy as a reasoned and culture-dependent concept on the basis ... -
Leadership in education transformation as reshaping the organisational discourse
(Education Association of South Africa, 2007)The restructuring of South African education poses continuous challenges for educational leaders to contribute towards constituting a just and equitable society. Competing discourses, however, create ongoing tensions that ... -
Die leerpraktykvorming van hoërskoolleerders op 'n plattelandse werkersklasdorp
(LitNet, 2016-05-17)Gegrond op etnografiese metodes bespreek hierdie artikel die leerpraktykvorming van plattelandse werkersklasleerders in en oor hul leerruimtes heen. Ons huldig die mening dat alhoewel die invloed van armoede op die ... -
Die leerpraktykvorming van plattelandse werkersklasleerders gegrond op hulle fondse van kennis
(LitNet, 2017)Hierdie artikel handel oor hoe vyf landelike werkersklasleerders hulle fondse van kennis (FvK) gebruik vir die vestiging van hulle leerpraktyke. Met fondse van kennis verwys ons na die noodsaaklike kulturele praktyke en ... -
Legitimising critical pedagogy in the face of timorous, mechanistic pedagogy
(UNISA Press, 2015)The literature on critical pedagogy is awash, on the one hand, with notions of emancipatory pedagogy that liberate students and teachers from the snares of capitalist ideological hegemony. On the other hand, claims abound ... -
A model of the pre-assessment learning effects of assessment is operational in an undergraduate clinical context
(BioMed Central, 2012-03)Background No validated model exists to explain the learning effects of assessment, a problem when designing and researching assessment for learning. We recently developed a model explaining the pre-assessment learning ... -
Die navigasiepraktyke van leerders uit arm, landelike gebiede
(LitNet, 2017)Hierdie artikel handel oor ’n groep arm, landelike leerders se belewing van hulle skoling in ’n landelike woongebied. Dit beskryf die hoërskoolleerders se aanpassings- en navigasiestrategieë in eendimensionele eendersmakende ... -
On the polemic of academic integrity in higher education
(HESA, 2019)Academic integrity is integral to credible scholarship. Yet, the escalation of publications and the desire to publish, even in this journal – South African Journal of Higher Education – often bring into play the important ... -
On the problematique of decolonisation as a post-colonial endeavour
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Inasmuch as postmodernism has enjoyed commonalities and convergences with post-colonialism, the relationship between the two has been a somewhat uncomfortable one. Does the demise of postmodernism, therefore, open the path ... -
Opvoederwees te midde van die realiteite van landelike geenskoolfondslaerskole
(LitNet, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : At the dawn of democracy in South Africa in 1994 the new government was faced with the challenge of participating in a global neoliberalist world while at the same time having to address historical ...
