• Neurophobia : the inconvenient truth 

  Venter, Gerda; Bosman, Marius C.; Lubbe, Johanna (Spanish Association of Anatomy, 2023-09)

  Medical schools have implemented strategies in response to neurophobia to counteract the negative perception and improve neuroscience experiences for undergraduate medical students. In this study, we explored the attitudes, ...
• Using a social justice lens to explore the possibilities and limitations of flexible learning provision in a South African TVET college 

  Van Wyk, Gertrude; Huang, Cheng-Wen; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Ann (African Minds, 2022-03)

  In its preamble, the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) strategic plan for 2015 to 2020 identified ways to expand access to education and training. However, in South Africa, Technical and Vocational ...
• Introducing open learning as a means towards social justice in post-school education and training 

  Mayisela, Tabisa; Govender, Shanali C.; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Ann (African Minds, 2022-03)

  This volume investigates the uptake of ‘open learning’ in South African Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and higher education institutions. Comprised of 16 studies focused on activities at a range ...
• A reflexive lens on preparing and conducting semi-structured interviews with academic colleagues 

  Buys, Tania Lee; Casteleijn, Daleen; Heyns, Tanya; Untiedt, Hannelie (Sage, 2022-11)

  In qualitative research, researchers often conduct semi-structured interviews with people familiar to them, but there are limited guidelines for researchers who conduct interviews to obtain curriculum-related information ...
• Ensemble averaging using remote sensing data to model spatiotemporal PM10 concentrations in sparsely monitored South Africa 

  Arowosegbe, Oluwaseyi Olalekan; Roeoesli, Martin; Kuenzli, Nino; Saucy, Apolline; Adebayo-Ojo, Temitope Christina; Schwartz, Joel; Kebalepile, Moses Mogakolodi; Jeebhay, Mohamed Fareed; Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel; De Hoogh, Kees (Elsevier, 2022-10)

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• Engaging Open Science Key Stakeholders in South Africa’s Higher Education Institutions: Report 2022 

  University of Pretoria; PLOS (Public Library of Science); Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) (Department for Education Innovation, University of Pretoria, 2022)

  On 21st June 2022, Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa), University of Pretoria, and PLOS, partnered for a workshop engaging open science key stakeholders from the University of Pretoria, Sefako Makgatho Health ...
• Neurophobia : a side effect of neuroanatomy education? 

  Venter, Gerda; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Bosman, Marius C. (Springer, 2022-11)

  Neuroanatomy in the medical curriculum tends to be challenging for both lecturers and students. Students and lecturers perceive the relevance and importance of neuroanatomy differently. If not taught sufficiently, students ...
• Incorporating Ubuntu principles in a tutor training programme to promote academic success and wellbeing 

  Ndwambi, Mueletshedzi; Hlabane, Sipho; Motlhabane, Daniel; Malgas, Antoinette (University of Johannesburg, 2022-04)

  Tutoring is one of the important components of student support designed to enable students to achieve their learning goals and improve overall success rates. Due to the pandemic, the use of educational technologies has ...
• Differential expression of platelet activation markers, CD62P and CD63, after exposure to breast cancer cells treated with Kigelia africana, Ximenia caffra and Mimusops zeyheri seed oils in vitro 

  Gomes, Monica N.; Fru, Pascaline; Augustine, Tanya N.; Moyo, Davison; Chivandi, Eliton; Daniels, William M.U. (Routledge, 2022)

  Cancer patients, including breast cancer patients, live in a hypercoagulable state. Chemo- and hormone- therapy used in the treatment of breast cancer increases the risk of thrombosis. Due to differences in health care ...
• The management of student success in extended curriculum programmes : a case study of the University of Pretoria Mamelodi campus, South Africa 

  Ogude, Nthabiseng Audrey; Majozi, P.C.; Mathabathe, Kgadi Clarrie; Mthethwa, N.E. (Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2021-09-18)

  For three decades, numerous South African scholars have researched the efficacy of access programmes in providing alternative pathways to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through foundation ...
• Higher education uses community engagement-partnership as a research space to build knowledge 

  Machimana, Eugene Gabriel; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Shultz, Lynette (Springer, 2021-02)

  The purpose of the current article was to compare the retrospective experiences of community partners with higher education (HE) qualifications, in community engagement (CE) in order to inform global citizenship as a HE ...
• Student support and transition through a buddy programme to foster social integration 

  Naidoo, Ana; Byles, Hestie; Kwenaite, Sindi (African Minds, 2021)

  The University of Pretoria (UP) began offering formal academic student support in 2011 when the first faculty student advisor (FSA) was appointed. Although many more FSAs were subsequently appointed, assistance to all the ...
• Teaching and Learning Review, 2021 

  Dave, Rita; Uitenweerde, Mariki; Du Pisani, Almero; Lowe, Nathan; Kilfoil, W.R. (Wendy Ruth), 1952- (Department for Education Innovation, University of Pretoria, 2021)
• Using a social media project as a way to get students to communicate conservation messages to the general public 

  Shrader, A.M. (Adrian); Louw, Ina (Routledge, 2023)

  For conservation biologists to be effective, they need to be able to communicate to the general public. In today’s world, communicating means tapping into social media platforms. To get our final-year undergraduate students ...
• The use of reflective photography in a large service-learning module 

  Jordaan, Martina; Jordaan, Dolf (Common Ground Research Networks, 2021)

  The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at a university in South Africa presents a compulsory undergraduate course, Community-based Project (code: JCP). It entails students working ...
• Quality of service provisioning through resource optimisation in heterogeneous cognitive radio sensor networks 

  Awoyemi, Babatunde Seun; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  Recently, cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSN) have evolved as a result of the introduction of cognitive capabilities to conventional wireless sensor networks. In most CRSN designs, secondary users and/or sensor nodes ...
• Teaching and Learning Review, 2018 

  Dave, Rita; Uitenweerde, Mariki; Du Pisani, Almero; Lowe, Nathan; Kilfoil, W.R. (Wendy Ruth), 1952- (Department for Education Innovation, University of Pretoria, 2018)
• Teaching and Learning Review, 2017 

  Dave, Rita; Uitenweerde, Mariki; Du Pisani, Almero; Lowe, Nathan; Kilfoil, W.R. (Wendy Ruth), 1952- (Department for Education Innovation, University of Pretoria, 2017)
• Student Success at the University of Pretoria, 2009-2019: A Systemic, Intentional and Data-Informed Strategy 

  Kilfoil, W.R. (Wendy Ruth), 1952-; Duncan, Norman; Lemmens, Juan-Claude; Jordaan, A.J.J. (Dolf); Mouton, H.J. (Hugo); Naidoo, Ana; Potgieter, Marietjie; Louw, Ina; Byles, Hestie Sophia; Eloff, Irma; Liebenberg, Elmarie; Vally, Rehana; Antonites, Alex J.; Kilfoil, W.R. (Wendy Ruth), 1952- (Department for Education Innovation, University of Pretoria, 2021)

  Preface: In essence, the publication provides an exposé of the evolution of an increasingly complex and comprehensive student success strategy developed by a South African university (viz the University of Pretoria). The ...
• The teaching mix matters : rethinking veterinary education at a South African university 

  Pienaar, M.; Mostert, El-Marie (University of the Free State, 2021-03)

  Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a shift in teaching and learning practices. The University of Pretoria in South Africa was not entirely unprepared for this event, since the university’s teaching strategy ...

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