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Psychosocial factors affecting the adoption of technology in an institution of higher education
(University of the Free State, 2004)
English: This study investigated the psychological and social factors pertinent to the adoption of information and communication technology within a tertiary education institution. A conceptual model grouped the independent ...
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 ...
Psychological resources as predictors of academic performance of first-year students in higher education
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: This article aims to determine whether psychological resources (hope, optimism and resilience) can be potential predictors of academic performance. A cross-sectional survey design was used and the sample consisted ...
Generic competences in Higher Education: studying their development in undergraduate social science studies by means of a specific methodology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)
Research into the acquisition of generic competences was carried out with the undergraduate social science programmes offered by the Ramon Llull University, Barcelona (Spain). For these programmes an innovative methodology ...
‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculum
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: The South African Higher Education Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS tasks universities to address HIV and AIDS in teaching, research and community engagement. In a global economy, integration in academic disciplines ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Race, gender and sexuality in student experiences of violence and resistances on a university campus
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)
With the dismantling of apartheid in 1994, significant changes were made to higher education in South Africa. Access to higher education has expanded and student bodies are now more representative in terms of gender and ...
Theorising a capability approach to equal participation for undergraduate students at a South African university
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)
This article applies a capability approach to the problem of unequal participation for working-class, first-generation students at a South African university. Even though access to higher education institutions is increasing ...