Browsing COM 2012 Special Edition by Issue Date
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Social communication and inclusive teaching practices: an action research case study
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)This article reports on how social communication was used to enhance a network for the development of inclusive teaching practices within the framework of an action research project. A team of 15 teachers at a Free State ... -
Effective and empowering communication as an aspect of the training and development of principals
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)A school manager (principal, administrator, leader) should be keenly aware of the power relations and structures in a school, and also able to apply several communication skills effectively in a range of management contexts ... -
Teacher narratives on the teaching of sexuality and HIV/AIDS education
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)This article interrogates two questions: what do teachers believe about their training and preparation to teach sexuality education, and how do teachers reconcile their own identities and beliefs with the content of sexuality ... -
The conversational dimensions of classroom and social media learning interactions
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)The focus of this article is on learning conversations in school classrooms, what they are about, and how they form the basis of pedagogical activities and social communication in schools. The purpose is to develop an ... -
Towards sustainable learning environments: deconstructing discourse of social justice in the english home language class room
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)Internationally there have been calls for the creation of sustainable learning environments. Education is seen as a key tool for building a sustainable community and society. A key issue in these debates is that the school ... -
Social communication towards sustainable physical science learning environments
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)This article documents how social communication among actors in one of the projects in our academic network creates sustainable learning environments at a school and its local community. Social communication is understood ... -
Mobiles for sustainable learning environments: mobile phones and Mxit within a South African school context
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)This article reports on a pilot study harnessing mobiles for sustainable learning environments (M4SLEs) in the context of school learning. The notion of M4SLEs in this case has to do with leveraging mobile technologies ... -
Interrogating the current imagination of early childhood teacher education through dialogical processes
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)In order to reconceptualise and redesign initial teacher education programmes it is imperative to critically examine what exists. The aim of this article is to shed light on the dialogical processes a team of early childhood ... -
Can social communication be used as a strategy to enhance teaching and learning of life sciences? Perceptions of student teachers
(Department of Commnication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)Social communication in the current context of an informational and technological society has become indispensable globally and in South Africa. This article examines how social communication can be used as a strategy to ... -
Power relations: exploring meanings in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement 2011
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)Power relations are seldom one-sided. Those who exercise power are caught up in and subjected to its functions equally as those over whom power is exercised. Educational institutions as social structures with a mandate of ... -
Discourse as social communication: implications for gender equitable learning environments
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)This article focuses the battle for sustainable gender equitable learning environments on discourse as social communication. Based on a critical review of feminist research and critical men’s studies, the article foregrounds ...