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Academic research at a South African higher education institution : quality issues

Schulze, Salome (Unisa Press, 2008)

The aim of the research was to critically analyse how a university context influences the quality of academics’ research output. Wenger’s social theory of learning was used as theoretical framework. The investigation ...
Applying principles of total quality management to a learning process: a case study

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2000)
Assuring quality of a module in human resource management: learners’ perceptions

Schulze, Salome Steyn, G.M. (Project Innovation, Inc., 2003)
The changing principalship in South African schools

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2002)

A current international trend in education reform is the devolution of decision-making powers from central level to the school level. Together with certain structural reforms regarding shared decision-making, the South ...
A comparative perspective on teacher attitude-constructs that impact on inclusive education in South Africa and Sweden

Nel, Norma Muller, Helene Hugo, Anna Helldin, Rolf Backman, Orjan Dwyer, Helen Skarlind, Anders (African Journals Online, 2011)

This article is based on joint research, between academics from South Africa and Sweden, comparing the influence of South African and Swedish teachers' attitudes towards the practical application of inclusive education ...
The courage to change : challenges for teacher educators

Schulze, Salome (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2003)

With the introduction of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), the education system in South Africa changed from content-based to outcomes-based education (OBE). The Faculty of Education at the University of South ...
Factors influencing the job satisfaction of academics in Higher Education

Schulze, Salome (Unisa Press, 2006)

Since there has not been much research focus on job satisfaction in Higher Education in South Africa, this article describes the job satisfaction of these academics in times of transformation. A survey design involved ...
Factors that influence retirement self-actualisation

Schulze, Salome Kerr, Pam P. (Rand Afrikaans University, Department of Nursing Sciences, 2004)

This article reports on an investigation of factors that influence self-actualisation during retirement. The aim of the research was to make recommendations on how to enhance the self-actualisation of retiredpeople. The ...
Harnessing the power of knowledge in higher education

Steyn, G.M. (Project Innovation, Inc., 2004)
How do professionals develop? Lessons for the effective implementation of the South African Skills Development Act

Steyn, G.M. (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2004)

Strategy (NSDS), have been initiatives to develop the people of South Africa and to provide educational and economic opportunities for all. In order to implement NSDS, 25 Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) ...
Implementing professional development in invitational education

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2005)

The professional development of educators is seen as an ingredient essential to creating effective schools and raising learners' performance. Since educators have the most direct contact with learners, and considerable ...
The influence of educational leadership in inviting schools in the United States of America

Steyn, G.M. (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2005)

Recent conceptions of educational leadership demonstrate a move away from traditional authoritarian models of decision-making towards more collegial views on role relations between principals and their staff. Many educators ...
The influence of school leadership preparation programmes: Identification of possible focus areas

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2008)

The Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) is responsible for the accreditation of public and private institutions and their learning programmes in South Africa. This body has identified a number of criteria in order ...
The job satisfaction of black female academics

Schulze, Salome (Unisa Press, 2005)

The aim of this research was to investigate the job satisfaction of black, female academics at a distance education institution. To this end, a phenomenological method was employed. By means of purposeful and snowball ...
Lecturers’ experience of postgraduate supervision in a distance education context

Schulze, Salome Lessing, A.C. (Unisa Press, 2003)

After determining the perceptions of postgradu- ate students at a distance education institution of the guidance they had experienced, a research project was launched to determine lecturers' views on supervision at the ...
Linking the Human Resource Management in Education module to knowledge management

Steyn, G.M. (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2003)

Relevance of and interest in knowledge as critical components of the intellectual discours e ha ve becom e inc reas ingly evid ent to th e academ ic community.The world of work has changed which implies that learners ...
Meeting the needs of postgraduate learners: a historical review

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2001)

To improve the delivery of distance education, it is crucial to understand the needs and demands of learners. The following question provided the organising framework for the study: "To what extent have the learning ...
Postgraduate supervision and academic support: students' perceptions

Schulze, Salome Lessing, A.C. (Unisa Press, 2002)

Postgraduate supervision in South Africa cur- rently takes place in the context of university transformation, increasing numbers of disadvan- taged students and appeals for improved com- pletion rates. Thus there is ...
Problems of, and support for, beginner educators

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2004)

Beginner educators cannot produce their best work and achieve the objectives of the schools that employed them until they have adjusted to the work they are required to do, the environment in which they are to work and ...
Quality tools and techniques for improving learning in higher education

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2000)

In pursuit of quality, educators and learners must be continuously engaged in a process of finding opportunities for improving the learning process, the quality of the learning experience and the way it is delivered. In ...

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