School of Higher Education Studies

Analysing student affairs research within higher education through Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model lens

Holtzhausen, Sophia Maria (University of the Free State, 2020-07)

Through Bronfenbrenner’s Person, Process, Context and Time (PPCT) model lens, this study identified the most important student affairs research themes for transforming student (including postgraduate students) learning and ...

Enhancing English academic literacy programmes for first year university students

Mathobela, Moodiela Victor (University of the Free State, 2015-06)

This study aims at enhancing English academic literacy programmes for first year university students at the Qwaqwa Campus of the UFS. In order to achieve this, the following specific objectives were formulated to direct ...

Challenges of pre-service teachers' classroom participation in a rurally located university in South Africa

Adebola, Oyinlola Omolara; Tsotetsi, Cias T. (Richtmann Publishing, 2022)

Despite the enriched curriculum and pedagogical practices that expose everyone enrolled to be trained as professional teachers to teaching skills, the number of incompetent teachers produced by many higher learning ...

Natural sciences pre-service teachers’ experiences and perceptions of the practical learning component of their bed curriculum

Du Plessis, Odette (University of the Free State, 2021-12)

Microteaching, as part of pre-service teachers’ preparation towards teacher effectiveness, remains a contentious issue in teacher training. This paper reports on the reflections of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) pre-service ...

Translanguaging as a pedagogical strategy to implement multilingual language policy at a South African university

Motaung, Brakpan Letsela (University of the Free State, 2021-11)

South African institutions of higher learning continue to grapple with the practical implementation of language policies. Universities have amended their policies to adhere to the language policy for higher education and ...

Integrating academic and career advising in a South African Higher Education institution

Schoeman, Monique (University of the Free State, 2021-12)

South African Higher Education has focused extensively on widening access to further inclusivity and economic development. However, it has become apparent that access alone is not enough, as students need to persist and ...

Early career women academics: a case study of working lives in a gendered institution

Lewin, Thandi (University of the Free State, 2019-09)

This study was informed by my interest in a set of inter-related policy concerns about the academic profession in South Africa. Academic staff in South African universities remain predominantly white and male at senior ...

Supporting east Asian students enrolled at a South African university

Xie, Tao (University of the Free State, 2019-01)

Over the previous 30 years, most East Asian (South Korea, China, Japan) countries have achieved remarkable economic success, and are entering the global economic market. Therefore, more and more East Asian parents support ...

Physial space and transformation in higher education: the case of the University of the Free State

Tumubweinee, Philippa Nyakato (University of the Free State, 2018-09)

The significance of space and objects in space on South African higher education campuses was brought to the fore during the 2015/16 student movements. The movements highlighted that official higher education policy and ...

The achievement of university access: conversion factors, capabilities and choices

Walker, Melanie (Cogitatio Press, 2019)

In the light both of persistent inequality of education opportunities for low income families and a wide equality gap in South Africa, this article explores students’ university access by applying Amartya Sen’s capability ...

Exploring higher education capabilities of black women graduates towards personal and professional development

Mahlaha, Nteboheng Theresia (University of the Free State, 2014-10)

English: Student success does not cease to be important after students have graduated, but extends to how employable graduates are and what they can do with their lives. Even though more than half of students enrolled in ...

The experiences of black women undertaking doctoral studies at a South African University

Ts’ephe, Lifutso (University of the Free State, 2014-10)

English: This dissertation builds on and contributes to work in the fields of higher education and the capabilities approach. Specifically, it investigates the educational biographies of a small number (n=7) of black women ...

Exploring the role of service-learning in human development: perspectives of staff, students and community members

Mtawa, Ntimi Nikusuma (University of the Free State, 2017-06)

Higher education institutions (HEIs) and particularly universities are increasingly being linked to debates about development. This perspective is dominated by two schools of thought. On the one hand, universities are ...

Improving cultural intelligence of education students through an education module

Nel, Christoffel Cornelius (University of the Free State, 2017-06)

English: The value of teacher Education programmes should be recognised as being instrumental in the development of future learners and citizens of South Africa. Furthermore, the intention of specific Education modules ...

The contribution of the institute for reconciliation and social justice to transformation at the University of the Free State

Vanneste, Lien (University of the Free State, 2017-07)

This dissertation reviews the contribution of the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice to transformation at the University of the Free State. A qualitative research approach was followed and entailed official ...