• My first three days as a first-year – the autoethnography of an autistic student 

  Gouws, Emile; Wassermann, Johannes Michiel (Stellenbosch University, 2024-10)

  My enrolment at university was a significant milestone in my life. During my first three days as a student with autism spectrum disorder, I experienced both positive and negative situations at different campuses, including ...
• ‘A cultivated leader and sensible spokesman for black African views’1 : Britain's courting of KaNgwane Chief Minister Enos J. Mabuza 

  Feather, Daniel J. (Wiley, 2024)

  This article analyses British policymakers’ efforts to court Enos John Mabuza, Chief Minister of the self-governing South African homeland of KaNgwane, in the final years of apartheid. It contends that despite taking place ...
• Decolonialisation of education : the pre-service teacher turn 

  Vandeyar, Saloshna (Routledge, 2024)

  Utilising the critically conscious teacher preparation framework and social constructivism, this qualitative case study conducted in 2021 set out to explore how pre-service teachers make the turn towards decolonialisation ...
• Learner agency in the construction of their identity in school discourses 

  Ziqubu, Praise–Worthy (University of Pretoria, 2019-11)

  Using a mixed method approach, a case study and narrative inquiry approach, this study explored how learners exercised agency in the construction of their identity in school discourses. The study investigated different ...
• The influence of socio-cultural expectations on the construction of a female Afrikaner teacher’s identity 

  van der Westhuizen, Mické (University of Pretoria, 2024-07-27)

  This autoethnographic study aimed to explore the influence of socio-cultural expectations on the identity construction of a female Afrikaner teacher. I share my personal experiences and challenges faced in pursuing higher ...
• War poetry of the Angolan/Namibian Border War: re-membering poetic bodies through textual limbs 

  Genis, Gerhard (Routledge, 2024)

  This article argues for a conceptualisation of war poetry as a corporeal re-membering that encapsulates trauma as literary theme through the ‘poetic bodies’ construct. The ‘poetic bodies’ concept implies that literary ...
• Integrating mobile apps to enhance multiliteracy in English language education 

  Cloete, Tracey-Leigh (University of Pretoria, 2024)

  English language education has continued to be a challenge in the South African teaching context. The majority of the South African population does not speak English as their mother tongue, yet the medium of instruction ...
• An exploratory review of the challenges faced by lecturers of tourism research methodology in South Africa 

  Hermann, Uwe Peter; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (AfricaJournals, 2024)

  Tourism higher education is an emerging discipline, more specifically tourism postgraduate study. Within these tourism postgraduate qualifications, the module research methodology is a common module. The tourism higher ...
• The influence of mentor teacher identities on beginner teachers' professionalism 

  Sithole, Sebenzile Grace (University of Pretoria, 2023-11-30)

  Using a social constructivist and a transformative paradigm, this study set out to explore how mentor teachers’ identities influence beginner teacher professionalism. The study was qualitative in nature and used a bounded ...
• Opportunities to learn in isiNdebele textbooks 

  Jiane, Busisiwe Pretty (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)

  The purpose of this research was to evaluate the opportunities to learn provided by the Grade 9 isiNdebele Home Language textbooks used in KwaMhlanga South West Circuit, where I have been teaching for the past eight years. ...
• Pre-service teachers and their navigation of controversial issues in the South African history classroom 

  Lawrence, Aidan (University of Pretoria, 2024-02-19)

  This dissertation offers a unique perspective on the teaching of controversial issues by pre-service history teachers during their WIL period by demonstrating that the teaching of controversies is not a stagnant or concrete ...
• Gender role changes in African households : a challenge to theology and psychology 

  Khosa-Nkatini, Hundzukani P.; Buqa, Wonke; Machimana, Petronella Nondumiso Nompilo (AOSIS, 2023-06)

  Women empowerment is growing in South African communities and workplaces. More women are in executive positions which often require time away from home with the implication that their conversations with family and relatives ...
• Lived experiences of first-year physical education students learning to swim 

  Van der Merwe, Jan Petrus (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Drowning is the leading cause of child death in the world (World Health Organization, 2017). With over 300 000 drownings per year globally, people from low socio-economic backgrounds living in rural locations are most ...
• Using principles of Whole Brain® Thinking to transform radiographic clinical practice : an action research study 

  Kruger, Zanelle (University of Pretoria, 2021-01)

  As an inexperienced facilitator with a passion for education, research, and the field of radiography I identified an innovative idea to transform my practice as part of my professional development and role as a lecturer. ...
• Using a nominal group technique to inform a curriculum of a short learning programme for peer mentor training in a health sciences context 

  Nel, Corne; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (Wolters Kluwerr - Medknow, 2023-09)

  BACKGROUND : The purpose of this study was to explore the use of a modified nominal group technique (mNGT) to inform the curriculum of a Short Learning Programme for peer mentors in the Bachelor of Clinical Medical ...
• A transformative curriculum to prepare undergraduate tourism students for postgraduate study 

  Hermann, Uwe Peter (University of Pretoria, 2024-03-14)

  Tourism is an emerging field of study worldwide and in South Africa there are a number of higher education institutions (HEIs) that now offer a variety of programmes in this regard. Although these programmes are a primarily ...
• Student teachers’ perceptions of mentoring as an influencer of their professional teacher identity development 

  Van Putten, Sonja; Van Putten, Jessica K.; De Jager, Lizette J. (Routledge, 2023)

  This study investigated the role of the mentor lecturer in the development of the Professional Teacher Identity (PTI) of 838 fourth-year pre-service teachers while doing Work Integrated Learning at a South African University. ...
• Exploring transformative processes in the production of Spotlight 

  Padayachee, Thiloshni (University of Pretoria, 2023-12-04)

  Transformative learning experiences in theatre are the essence of why theatre was created and continues to exist in the world. Theatre is a deep connection to the human condition which allows us to learn and construct ...
• Academic performance, bilingualism, and rurality : insights from Grade 10 history classroom contexts 

  Sombani, Khensani Eunice (University of Pretoria, 2024-02-14)

  The language of learning and academic performance has drawn the interest of researchers from around the world for some years. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the language of learning and teaching (LoLT) on ...
• 'n Edusemiotiese benadering tot multimodale poësieonderrig vir Afrikaans 

  Uys, Kruger (University of Pretoria, 2023-11-30)

  Poësie-analise speel ’n noodsaaklike rol in die bevordering van kritiese denke, literêre waardering en taalvaardighede onder leerders. Hierdie studie stel ’n innoverende multimodale onderrigbenadering voor, wat tradisionele ...

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