Present-Day Dillemas And Challenges Of The South African Tertiary System

Mouton, Nelda; Louw, G.P.; Strydom, Gert L.

doi:10.19030/iber.v12i3.7672

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“…Confirming the notion that cultural change does not necessarily happen because of political change, Mouton, Louw and Strydom (2013) observed that while mergers and restructuring in higher education accentuated quality and raised academic levelling, but still the process included resistance. The introduction and the implementation of democratic policies cannot lead to the complete eradication of inequality in education on their own.…”

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Democratization and Cultural Resistance in South African Teacher Education

Diko

2014

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Democratization and Cultural Resistance in South African Teacher Education

Diko

2014

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“…Ives and Rowley (2007:546) report that when the supervisor "was not sufficiently close to the subject area", he/she was unable to advise students adequately and that he/she "can go off on a tangent". This brings into consideration whether supervision outside the field of expertise reaches its full potential, firstly, by providing applied research to serve industries (Kraak (2006) in McKenna and Powell, 2009) and, secondly, the supervisors' personal mastery and progress towards publications and possible promotion (Ntshoe and de Villiers (2008) in Mouton, Louw and Strydom, 2013).…”

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Finding a supervision niche: The importance of disciplinary focus

Singh¹

2017

Strengthening Postgraduate Supervision

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Instructional contexts have enormous bearing on the postgraduate environment. Moutlana argues that the fact that research in a University of Technology (UoT) provides a "solutions driven approach to society's problems … towards commercialisation, technology transfer application and possible patents" creates an exciting space for supervision, where the fruits play a role in the upliftment of the economy and society (Dell, 2014).The focus of this article is the influence research supervision at a UoT has had on my career. The account is framed in three sections: the first section discusses the doctoral terrain in South Africa and outlines the context of a UoT; the second section presents my perspective of supervision; and the third section deliberates on discussions with participants at the Strengthening Postgraduate Supervision course and explores, via a survey, the experiences of supervisors and PG research students from a selected UoT.

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“…Language and the mastery of English as a medium of instruction is a significant barrier for many black students for whom English is a second or third language and (Mouton, Louw and Strydom 2013).…”

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Spacialities of widening participation: Narrative of first year students receiving financial aid

Sader¹,

Gabela²

2017

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The National Student Financial Aid Scheme Act of 1999 led to the establishment of a national financial aid scheme which aimed to redress past inequities and to ensure representativity and equal access for those historically excluded from accessing higher education (Republic of South Africa 1999). A significant body of research on legislation and policy on widening participation in South African higher education exists. This article aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on widening participation by drawing on a recent study which aimed to investigate the higher educational experiences of students from low socio-economic backgrounds. The purpose of the study was to gain insight on the spatialities of widening participation as experienced by students receiving financial aid from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This was achieved by exploring their experiences of access to and participation at one university in KwaZulu-Natal, a province with a large rural population. To this end, the study sought to investigate the educational geographies of participation and success through narrative inquiry.The study identified both academic and non-academic factors that influence students' access to the curriculum and participation in higher education.

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Present-Day Dillemas And Challenges Of The South African Tertiary System

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Cited by 21 publications

References 22 publications

Democratization and Cultural Resistance in South African Teacher Education

Democratization and Cultural Resistance in South African Teacher Education

Finding a supervision niche: The importance of disciplinary focus

Spacialities of widening participation: Narrative of first year students receiving financial aid

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