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Developing national standards for the accreditation of undergraduate medical education and training in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2004)
English: In this study, quality assurance and accreditation in higher education were investigated, and standards for the self-evaluation of medical schools and the accreditation of medical education in South Africa were ...
The social needs and problems of higher education students with impairments
(University of the Free State, 2004)
English: There has been a huge influx of students with impairments into higher education, mainly as a result of legislation in this regard. In the light of this development, research was undertaken to determine the social ...
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 ...
A quantitative literacy course for Humanities and Law students: the challenges of a context-based curriculum
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012)
This article examines some aspects of the effectiveness of a first-year course in quantitative literacy
for Humanities and Law students at a South African university. This intervention is necessary to assist
students in ...
Pathways through the education and training system: do we need a new model?
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
Analyses conducted by the Education, Science and Skills Development (ESSD) research programme
at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) reveal major areas of misalignment in the South
African education pathway system. ...
The drivers of student enrolment and retention: a stakeholder perception analysis in higher education
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2013-03)
This study identified the drivers of student participation in the academic programmes of a South African
university department. First, it explored the determinants of student enrolment and retention from
earlier research ...
The potential of critical feminist citizenship frameworks for citizenship and social justice in higher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012-12)
There is a paucity of South African literature that uses feminist critical approaches as a conceptual
tool to examine intersections of social justice and citizenship. This article aims to address this gap by
examining ...
Mathematics: a powerful pre- and post-admission variable to predict success in engineering programmes at a University of Technology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013)
Although student attrition and retention are researched all over the world, there is no
final formula available to ensure academic success for selected students. The purpose
is to share research undertaken at the Tshwane ...
Conceptualising transformation and interrogating elitism: the Bale scholarship programme
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013)
In this article, we consider the extent to which a scholarship programme at the University of
the Witwatersrand (Wits) engages with the challenges of transformation. This scholarship
programme highlights the transformative ...
Education researchers as bricoleurs in the creation of sustainable learning environments
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
Higher education has, to date, been unable to provide effective and lasting solutions
to challenges of education, because large sections thereof continue to search for
knowledge for its own sake. At best, they conduct ...