Browsing Education by Subject "Higher education"
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Academics and the decolonial moment : in pursuit of fostering curriculum transformation
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)The South African higher education landscape was and is still facing numerous challenges. Even after the new democratic government implemented major policy reforms to address these challenges, epistemologies and knowledge ... -
Advancing scholarship of teaching and learning during professional development of new lecturers at higher education institutions
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)In this study, induction programmes and scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) at higher education institutions in Australia, America, the UK, Sweden and South Africa were explored through a literature study. The ... -
Conceptualising a reflexive framework for leaders of opposites in diversity : language complexity at higher education institutions
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)This investigation provides two new reflexive frameworks. The first is a reflexive framework of opposites which interprets the dynamics of opposites in terms of five levels of interpretation: meaning, structure, power, the ... -
Depictions of diversity in the Curriculum Studies programme of the BEdHons degree within a higher education context
(2015)In this study I explored depictions of diversity in the Curriculum Studies programme of the BEd Hons degree course at North-West University in South Africa. South Africa was and is still is facing the challenge of ... -
Guidelines for learning support needs of incarcerated open distance learning students in a changing education landscape
(North-West University, 2017)With the emergence of Technology-enhanced learning, distance education (DE) institutions increasingly print less course materials, partly due to the associated costs involved. DE institutions rely on online delivery to ... -
Mathematics teacher–students attitude towards information and communication technology across three countries
(North-West University, 2010)Low achievement in Mathematics is a problem that faces schools, colleges and universities, not only in South Africa, but worldwide. Many efforts have been made to explore different ways in which teaching and learning can ... -
The potential of a learning management system to enhance self–directed learning
(North-West University, 2012)The use of Learning Management Systems (LMSs) in higher education institutions is not a new tendency. Although this is an innovative way of implementing e-learning in the educational process, there are a few problems ... -
Promoting self-directed learning through the implementation of cooperative learning in a higher education blended learning environment
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Within higher education institutions there is currently a movement towards blended learning. Higher education institutions that were previously known for focussing on a face-to-face mode of delivery, now also move towards ... -
Student satisfaction in open distance learning in a BEd Hons programme
(North-West University, 2011)Many students in South Africa are unable to cope with the academic demands of tertiary education as they are not fully prepared for Higher Education (HE). Various inefficiencies in the South African HE system have been ...