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The contributions in this special issue have one thing in common: they all highlight the unattentiveness of higher education research to inquiry into and about teaching and learning in South Africa over the past decade. In this article I explore this claim in relation to the first four essays in this volume. Then, in relation to my own narrative(s) about teaching and learning, I argue for a reconceptualised notion of teaching and learning which involves cultivating forms of deliberative engagement.
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In this article, I shall evaluate critically the democratic citizenship education project in South Africa to ascertain whether the patriotic sentiments expressed in the Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy (2001) are in conflict with the achievement of reconciliation and nation building (specifically peace and friendship) after decades of apartheid rule. My first argument is that, although it seems as if the teaching of patriotism through the Department of Education's democratic...
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Funded by the ESRC/DfID Poverty Reduction programme; based in the School of Education, University of Nottingham; and linked with Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. School of Education Development Discourses: Higher Education and Poverty Reduction in South Africa ESRC Grant £222,000 Melanie Walker, Monica McLean, Arona Dison and Rosie Vaughan
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Data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population are used to analyze the socioeconomic correlates of HIV infection and associated sexual behavior. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, some important findings can be generalized. First, successive marriages are a significant risk factor. Second, contrary to prima facie evidence, education is not positively associated with HIV status. However,...
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This book consists of a collection of contributions in the field of higher education in South Africa, published as a tribute to the work of Prof. Kalie Strydom, emeritus of the former University of the Orange Free State, and one of the doyens in the field of higher education in South Africa. Eli Bitzer, the editor, also a prominent scholar in that field, succeeded in attracting contributions from a wide array of scholars. By his own admission, however, he did not succeed in involving all of...
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In 1994 and 1996,Malawi and Ghana have been implemented free primary education policy,but their methods are different,thus after 10 years of the implementation of the free primary education,this two country vary by the size and quality of education,at the same time,they has made equity and efficiency of their compulsory education system also had a difference,mainly in enrollment,teachers and students ratio,repetition rates,completion rates and other indicators.
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Objectives To examine the association and predictors of dietary intake resemblance between urban low-income African-American adolescents and their mothers. Methods Detailed dietary data collected from 121 child–parent pairs in Chicago during fall 2003 were used. The association was assessed using correlation coefficients, kappa, and percentage of agreement, as well as logistic regression models. Results Overall, the association was weak as indicated by correlations and other measures. None...