Browsing Research Articles (Education Policy Studies) by Title
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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 ... -
Pedagogical habitus engagement : teacher learning and adaptation in a professional learning community
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityPublisher's version, 2016)Situated within the context of teaching in post apartheid South Africa, this article discusses the establishment and functioning of a professional learning community (PLC) that was constituted to generate pedagogical ... -
Prioritising higher education : Why research is all that matters
(HESA, 2018)Birthdays are joyfully relative events, which, at times, become more about reflection, and at times, regret, with each passing year. As Stellenbosch University embarks on its 100th year, celebrations and commemorations ... -
Quality, dissonance and rhythm within higher education
(HESA, 2019)In this article, I argue for a position of quality in higher education commensurate with the cultivation of dissonance and rhythmic action. I focus specifically on the (South) African university and the reason why dissonance ... -
Reconceptualizing ubuntu as inclusion in African higher education : towards equalization of voice
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2016)Inclusionary higher educational practices have become a topical issue in recent debates on the Africa continent. While the idea of inclusion in communal practices is embodied in the notion of Ubuntu in Africa, a number of ... -
Reflecting on a doctoral supervision : from scepticism to friendship
(UNISA Press, 2013)In this article two colleagues are in conversation regarding doctoral supervision: The first author acted as a doctoral supervisor, while the collaborative author was a doctoral candidate during three years of study. The ... -
Reflecting on principals as managers or moulded leaders in a managerialistic school system
(Education Association of South Africa, 2007)I contend that South African school leaders perform their functions within a managerialistic school system that focuses strongly on prescribed standards, quality, and outcomes. The aim is to draw attention to the conceptual ... -
Religion, culture, and the exclusion of Muslim women : on finding a reimagined form of inclusive-belonging
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2016)Though seemingly cocooned by collective values, traditions, dress and ways of understanding, culture is inherently defined by two desires: on the one hand, to preserve that which is perceived to be unchanging, and on the ... -
Resistance and dissonance in higher education : on doing things differently
(HESA, 2018)The historical inequalities and imbalances, so deeply embedded in the institutional structures and discourse of higher education, continue to haunt university spaces as these institutions continue to veer along the precipice ... -
Responding to violence in post-apartheid schools : on school leadership as mutual engagement
(University of South Africa Press, 2016)Schools in post-apartheid South Africa appear to be under siege by violence. In turn, school leaders find themselves in the unenviable position of not only having to deal with inadequate educator professionalism and learner ... -
The role of leadership practices in establishing a curriculum policy platform at working-class schools
(Education Association of South Africa, 2018)This article focuses on the way in which the school management teams (SMTs) of three selected working-class schools have developed and implemented a range of leadership practices within their schools in order to provide a ... -
The role of professional learning communities in facilitating teachers’ pedagogical adaptation and change
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017)The role of professional learning communities in facilitating teachers’ pedagogical adaptation and change Jennifer Feldman (Received 9 March 2016; accepted 7 December 2016) Abstract This article draws on a two-year PLC ... -
The search for ecologies of knowledge in the encounter with African epistemicide in South African education
(UNISA Press, 2015)This article discusses the manufactured absence of African epistemologies, that we refer to as ‘epistemicide’, in formal education in Africa. The exemplifying case for our argument is the western hegemonic positioning ... -
Section twenty-one status and school governing bodies in rural schools
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2007)Awarding section twenty-one status to schools in South Africa was hailed as a significant milestone towards the democratisation and functioning of schools in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to examine the influence ... -
Spirituality in the workplace : a reality for South African teachers?
(Education Association of South Africa, 2008)In this article I identify the concept spirituality as an often neglected dimension of the lives of teachers in South Africa. The concept spirit is elucidated and, from the various definitions, criteria of spirituality are ... -
Struggles for teacher education in the age of the anthropocene
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017)Major shifts in the world ‘order’ – especially the urgency of climate change and biosphere destruction – pose challenges for education which require significant changes of practice in schools and universities, and thus to ... -
Students with disabilities in higher education
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2009)This study reviews and critically analyses literature from 2000 onwards to obtain a perspective of the latest research trends and interests as well as the theoretical development in the study of students with special ...
