Browsing Research Articles (Education Policy Studies) by Title
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Teaching strategies to support isiXhosa learners who receive education in a second/third language
(Education Association of South Africa, 2017)There are a number of challenges related to teaching in a multi-linguistic classroom. Despite the literature clearly indicating how learners acquire learning, there is still a dearth of material on descriptions of current ... -
Tolerance as an imperative for higher education and democracy
(HESA, 2019)Beyond the noise and din of the numerous #feesmustfall campaigns, there arose deeper concerns of the lack of regard on display not only between protesters and institutional authorities, but between protesting and non-protesting ... -
Towards a humanising pedagogy through an engagement with the social–subjective in educational theorising in South Africa
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016)This article is an attempt to bring the social complexity of education into a conversation with what is referred to as a humanising pedagogy. In the article, I work with a definition of humanising pedagogy based on a ... -
A university without ruins : some reflections on possibilities and particularities of an African university
(HESA, 2017)Ron Barnett’s (2016) Understanding the university announces that 'the university is a task without end … [and] since the university is always on the move, always moving in its spaces – economic, social, political, cultural, ... -
The value of large-scale randomised control trials in system-wide improvement : the case of the Reading Catch-Up Programme
(Education Association of South Africa, 2017)This article illustrates the value of large-scale impact evaluations with counterfactual components. It begins by exploring the limitations of small-scale impact studies, which do not allow reliable inference to a wider ... -
Die verhewe simboliese kapitaal van skoolhoofde op 'n plattelandse dorp
(LitNet, 2014-12)Hierdie artikel fokus op die inwerking van ’n plattelandse-dorp-konteks op skoolhoofde se leierskappraktyke. Skole in Suid-Afrika verskil drasties van mekaar ten opsigte van konteks, en skoolhoofde se leierskappraktyke is ... -
Waarde-uitklaring : Trojaanse perd in Suid-Afrikaanse skole?
(Scriber Editorial Systems, 2000)This article entails an analysis of and a critical reflection on the value clarification approach to value-education. Questions that need to be answered are inter alia: Is value clarification perhaps an approach that offers ... -
Writing centre consultants as critical friends
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2019)“Critical friend” is a term widely used in professional development, teacher education, and evaluation contexts. It is defined by Costa and Kallick (1993) as a trusted person who asks the researcher provocative questions, ... -
Writing centres as dialogic spaces : negotiating conflicting discourses around citation and plagiarism
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2019)Citation is fundamental in successfully constructing academic discourse. There has been much discussion concerning the considerable difficulties tertiary students experience when writing using sources, especially for those ... -
Xhosa as medium of instruction in higher education : pie in the sky?
(Stellenbosch University, 2010)This article debates the possibility of introducing Xhosa as a Medium of Instruction (MoI) at tertiary level. It should be seen as an argumentative contribution that comprises the following methodological steps: (a) a look ... -
You cant write in Kaapse Afrikaans in your question paper ... the terms must be right : race- and class-infused language ideologies in educational places on the Cape Flats
(Faculty of Education, Nelson Mandela University, 2018-04)Language is integral to educational processes because it forms the basis for classroom communication and the medium for knowledge transfer. However, language is imbued with race- and class-related ideologies: ideas about ... -
'Youth amplified' : using critical pedagogy to stimulate learning through dialogue at a youth radio show
(University of South Africa Press, 2017)In this paper I describe and analyse how critical pedagogy, an approach to teaching and learning that encourages students to reflect on their socio-political contexts, may stimulate critical consciousness and dialogue at ...
