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Participation in higher education: experiences of students with disabilities
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: Higher education institutions are required to promote equal access to all qualifying students, including those with disabilities. These institutions are expected to create environments that accommodate the diverse ...
Validating a test of academic literacy at a South African university of technology
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: The advent of a democratic dispensation in South Africa in 1994 officially made it possible for historically disadvantaged groups, Black students in particular, to gain access to higher education at historically ...
Evolution of doctoral education in Pakistan: challenges and successes of doctoral students of education in a public sector university of Pakistan
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
This paper presents a part of the findings from a larger study undertaken to explore the experience of graduate students in education in Pakistan. Analysis of a smaller slice of data collected from students who were enrolled ...
Revisiting planning education at the University of Pretoria
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)
English: This article discusses the way in which the Department of Town and Regional Planning at
the University of Pretoria is using three sets of projects in which it has participated over the
past twelve years in ...
Psychological mindedness and academic achievement of psychology students in a higher education environment
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: This article aims to determine the relationship between psychological mindedness
and academic achievement and whether there are differences in demographic variables
in relation to both psychological mindedness ...
Enkele voorspellers van die akademiese prestasie van eerste- jaarstudente in drie- en vierjaar- kurrikulums
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: Low success rates at South African higher education institutions instigated renewed interest in the predictors of academic performance. This study article investigates academic and psychosocial predictors of ...
Higher education and the public good: precarious potential?
(University of the Free State, 2014)
Concerns about, and critiques of neo liberal policy regimes in higher education have
heightened the search for alternative normative and organisational models, many
of which have coalesced around the necessity to re ...
An online multiple-choice microbiology game for undergraduate medical students: a case study
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: Educational games are increasingly used in medical curricula to enhance the process of mastering subject content. Students experience medical microbiology as an exceptional challenge because of unfamiliar terminology ...
Teaching for transformation: the use of narrative metaphor to develop reflexive professionals
(University of the Free State, 2010)
English: This article emphasises the importance of developing critical reflexivity in professionals. Higher education in South Africa is still shaped by socio-economic and political inequalities. This article suggests that ...
Learning potential and academic literacy tests as predictors of academic performance for engineering students
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: Students who obtain senior certificates in the South African schooling system cannot be assumed to be adequately prepared to meet the demands of tertiary education. This study aims to determine the criterion-related ...