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  • Directing youngsters towards teaching 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (The Teacher, 2002-08-31)
    We need to consider other imaginative ways of making teaching attractive again for young people.
  • Sluit hierdie universiteite 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Rapport, 2002-10-06)
    Vrydag moes voorleggings oor min. Kader Asmal se samesmeltingsplanne vir hoër onderwysinstelllings by hom wees, en sy finale planne sal nou binne afsienbare tyd bekend wees. Intussen kyk Jonathan Jansen nugter na die ...
  • Silent black intellectuals 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (City Press, 2002-12-08)
    Jonathan D Jansen argues that black intellectuals have been co-opted into government follies, failing to point the way forward to a truly non-racial society.
  • Nuwe kultuur en leierskap nou nodig in hoër onderwys 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Rapport, 2002-12-15)
    Die agelope week het min. Kader Asmal die finale samesmeltingsplanne vir universiteite en technikons aangekondig. Nou is die groot herskikking voor die deur en dit bring groot uitdagings vir die hele sektor. Jonathan Jansen ...
  • Failure by any name is just as sour 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Sunday Tribune, 2003-08-24)
    The latest Kader Asmal education plan targets discrimination - but can education authorities provide the back-up to make it work?
  • Higher learning faces struggle to change cultures in a new century 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (City Press, 2002-11-10)
    Higher education in a new south Africa is in the throes of transformation. Prof Jonathan Jansen looks at the challenges facing universities.
  • Revisit the Afrikaner quota 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (This Day, 2003-10-15)
    Ordinary black and white South Africans need a common occupational space to work and laugh together - an integrated civil service could provide the foundation. Many young Afrikaner males feel trapped and some act out their ...
  • Wit en swart kán leer om hul ruimtes te deel 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Rapport, 2003-11-02)
    Die histories wit unversiteite is lankal nie meer wit nie, maar wit en swart leef nog grootliks by mekaar verby. Maar daar is raad - en hoop - om waarlik gedeelde ruimtes te skep.
  • SA gaan boet vir matriek-bedrog 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2003-12-31)
    Blink uitslae verbloem donker werklikhede.
  • Stretching his wings again 
    MacFarlane, David (Mail & Guardian, 2006-05-29)
    Education’s stormy petrel Jonathan Jansen almost left South Africa this year. In an interview with David Macfarlane this week, he explained his motives and articulated his deep concerns about the country’s education system.
  • Vooroordele kon nie staande bly 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2006-06-01)
    Wit reus in swart toga word geponiesterte jeugdominee.
  • Native Club a dangerous move to deflect attention from state failings 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Sunday Times, 2006-05-28)
    Rhetoric ignores special promotion of black academics.
  • Nightmare in a Russian state hospital 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Pretoria News, 2006-05-05)
    An insurmountable language barrier between patient and medic can be painful.
  • Mag God verhoed dat jonges negativisme erf 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2004-07-28)
    Prof Jansen reflekteer oor die dood van Leigh Matthews.
  • Ras spook nog in die onderwys 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Rapport, 2004-08-15)
    Baie is al gedoen om skole en universteite te integreer, maar op vele maniere word rassediversiteit en gemeensakplikheid in dié instellings sleg hanteer.
  • Great SA university debate 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Eastern Province Herald, 2004-11-23)
    With many South African universities and technikons including UPE and the PE technikon set to merge next year under the government plan for tertiary education, the question is asked: When does a university cease to exist?
  • Staat ondermyn kritiese denke 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2004-12-28)
    Studente-werk lyk voortreflik - buiten die inhoud.
  • Los al die beleide, beplan onderwys 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2004-04-27)
    'n Ope brief aan die nuwe minister van Onderwys.
  • Onderwys-krisis word net al groter 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2004-03-09)
    Stappe nodig om jong mense na edel beroep te lok.
  • R-woord knou jong demokrasie 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Beeld, 2004-01-21)
    Rassisme 'n doeltreffende emosionele wapen.