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Arts-based self-study: documenting the ripple effect
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
Like all forms of inquiry, arts-based self-study research can have unexpected
consequences. Although we may start out with a fairly clear objective, the data we
generate through arts-based methods might address other ...
Values-based self-reflective action research for promoting gender equality: some unexpected lessons
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
The idea of using values as a means of guiding our research decisions and judging the
validity of our claims of knowledge is well established in literature on the self-reflective
genre of action research. Values in action ...
A pedagogy changer: transdisciplinary faculty self-study
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
In this article, I examine pedagogical understandings as captured through documented
critical incidents of a transdisciplinary faculty self-study group which was designed
and grounded in notions of sociocultural theory. ...
“Digging deep”: self-study as a reflexive approach to improving my practice as an artist, researcher and teacher
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
In this article, I show how I enhanced my understanding of my practice as an artist,
researcher and teacher using a self-study approach in my recently completed Master
of Technology (M.Tech.) dissertation in Graphic ...
Beyond metaphor drawings to envisage integration of HIV & AIDS education: a self-study in primary Mathematics teacher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
Researchers using participatory methods that are engaging, purposeful and facilitate
social change may need further pragmatic strategies to encourage the required
change. Using pencil-and-paper drawings to introduce HIV ...
The director’s ‘I’: theatre, self, and self-study
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
This article interrogates the connections between the self-study research methodology
and the making of a piece of theatre, and explores ways in which self-study can
offer a new arts-based research paradigm for theatre-makers. ...
A pedagogy changer: transdisciplinary faculty self-study
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
In this article, I examine pedagogical understandings as captured through documented
critical incidents of a transdisciplinary faculty self-study group which was designed
and grounded in notions of sociocultural theory. ...
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 ...
Setting standards and primary school teachers’ experiences of the process
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
In South Africa, very few standard-setting exercises are carried out in education and,
if they are, teachers are not involved in their execution. As a result, there is no clear
understanding of what the standard is and ...
Exploring differential science performance in Korea and South Africa: a multilevel analysis
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data with the aim of
explaining the difference in science achievement of Korean and South African learners.
The question asked by this research, i.e. which factors ...