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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Higher Education Studies"”.
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Quality assurance mechanisms in higher education institutions in Namibia
… for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor in Higher Education Studies in the School of Higher Education Studies
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Students’ experiences : choice, hope and everyday neoliberalism in English higher education
… within critical debates about changes to higher education. This neoliberal subject is framed as an entrepreneur of the self and an investor in their human capital (Foucault: 2010). Students are urged by political policy and sector discourses to think of themselves as investors in their own …
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Towards a qualitative framework for blending equity and excellence in transforming South African higher education to achieve development
… two decades in its attempts to transform its higher education system. The key question around which major debates have revolved relates to achieving development within the context of a post-apartheid South Africa. At the heart of this question stand the twin imperatives of equity and …
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MBA student's engagement with the proposal process: implications for access
The research component of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) is often cited by MBA students and graduates as the most daunting and challenging part of the MBA programme. This thesis draws on the tools of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) (Fairclough, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2009) and …
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Writer performance ranges on the NBT Academic Literacy Test: an analysis through a Semantics lens
… of students themselves. In other words, it views educational experiences as an outcome of the dispositions brought by actors to a knowledge context, and the nature of the context itself. My dissertation research addressed the question of how LCT can be used to analyse student performance of a …
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Integrity, Researcher Identity, and Islands: An interpretive approach to exploring individual and disciplinary values through creative metaphors
… context of their disciplines at a South African higher education institution (HEI). RI is a growing field of study, to which scholars are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, from administrative or management offices in HEIs and even journal editors and publishers. In this context, …
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Fractured pedagogy: the design and implementation fault line in architectural knowledge - a conceptual and historical analysis
There appears to be a gap in architectural knowledge between design theory and implementation practice which is difficult to bridge in teaching, learning and work. As evidence of the existence of this gap two sources of data are contrasted: exhibition catalogues which convey what individual …
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Blended learning approach in the BED (foundation phase teaching) programme: strengths and challenges
Blended learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has become increasingly popular (Graham, 2006; Guangying, 2014; Win & Wyn, 2015). In 2015 and 2016 South African Higher Education Institutions struggled with the impact of the #FeesMustFall campaign, which sought to reduce and, in some …
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Blended learning approach in the BED (foundation phase teaching) programme: strengths and challenges
Blended learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has become increasingly popular (Graham, 2006; Guangying, 2014; Win & Wyn, 2015). In 2015 and 2016 South African Higher Education Institutions struggled with the impact of the #FeesMustFall campaign, which sought to reduce and, in some …
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How faith and leadership are connected: a study of Catholic women administrators in a southern public institution of higher education
Studies concerning spirituality and higher education, particularly for the college student, are beginning to appear in journals, conference papers, and presentations. However, there is little research conducted with professionals in higher education on the construct of spirituality. Spirituality …