Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "higher education"
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Discipline-specific versus generic academic literacy intervention for university education: an issue of impact?
(South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT) / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig (SAVTO), 2013)In a context where progressively more underprepared students gain access to higher education, South African universities are obligated to offer appropriate support to such students that may reduce their risk in being ... -
Ethics as commodity in higher education of South African natural science and engineering students
(Scriber Editorial Systems, 2012)The fields of the natural sciences are increasingly shying away from purely theoretical approaches to knowledge and are instead looking toward real-world applications and products to be derived from research projects. This ... -
Towards a responsible agenda for academic literacy development: considerations that will benefit students and society
(South African Association of Language Teaching (SAALT), 2013)The transition from secondary to higher education (HE) requires a change of cultural mindset (cf. Darlaston-Jones et al., 2003; Leki, 2006). It is widely accepted that the academic performance and motivation of first year ... -
Using readability, comprehensibility and lexical coverage to evaluate the suitability of an introductory accountancy textbook to its readership
(University of Stellenbosch, 2016)At universities, textbooks are still a primary source of course content. However, this can only be efficacious if the intended readers are able to comprehend the content of the textbooks adequately. This study investigated ...