English: My dissertation is a reflection on the first cycle of a journey in which I seek to make my practice a living theory by answering the question: How do I improve my professional practice as a teacher educator by ...

English: Since 1994, the South African national school curriculum, from the foundation phase through to the further education and training phase, has been and still is in the process of being redesigned for the post-apartheid ...

English: This study has been undertaken against the background of a higher education environment that is changing, especially under the influence of the knowledge economy, the influx of adult learners and the impact of ...

English: This study explored identified elements of well-being of support services staff of a South African higher education institution (HEI), and ways of optimising their well-being by means of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). ...

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Access to university in South Africa has been, and continues to be, a highly contested area that is plagued with many layers of complexity rooted in the social, political and educational past and present. Situated within ...

English: The promulgation of the SAQA Act No. 58 of 1995, following the new democracy in South Africa, is regarded as the impetus for change in higher education. It was consequently recommended that higher education ...

English: Student support is extremely important in the distance mode of learning. Distance students are geographically separated from the institution that offers them tuition. The isolation from the institution and from ...

English: The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual model for a flexible undergraduate curriculum structure offered at a higher education institution, using the Appreciative Inquiry theoretical framework. Since ...

English: The shortage of high-level person power is a world-wide problem. Serious economic problems are also experienced in South Africa as a result of this. Higher education plays a central role in meeting South Africa's ...