Talking T&L

How could university curricula empower our students and ourselves, and not alienate and exclude some? How do lecturers provide open discursive spaces for agreement, and disagreement? Sim Ntwasa explores aspects of ubuntu pedagogy, social justice and quality teaching and learning. UkuKhangela uBulungisa neNtsulungeko eNtlalweni T&L. Iikharityhulamu zeeyunivesithi zingabaxhobisa njani abafundi nathi ngokunjalo, bengakheswanga kananjalo bengakhutshelwanga …

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Have you ever delivered a fantastic learning experience, and still your students gape at you blankly? You are not alone. It happens to the best of lecturers.  How can one make sense of why students are not making sense? Hanelie Adendorff discusses legitimation code theory as an analytical framework which gives scientists entry into the …

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 Ukuba ngootitshala abaphum’ izandla  – ukufunda kwiingxelo zabahlohli.  Asikwazi ukuba yinto nje eqhelekileyo kulo mcimbi wemfundo. Enye yezinto Isifundiswa esingutitshala esaziwa ngayo kukuba namandla okufunqula ngemfundo.  Om goeie leerkragte te word en te wees – leer uit dosente se verhale.   In hierdie akademiese ruimte kan ons nie net gewoon wees nie. Akademici wat onderrig gee, dra ook die las van …

Being and becoming good teachers – learning from lecturers’ accounts Read More »

Uhlolo:  Asizami kubabamba koko sizama ukubakha Yintoni umsebenzi wohlolo kwimfundo ephakamileyo? Abaninzi sele befikelele ekubeni baluthathe uhlolo njengedabi phakathi kwabo baphumelelayo nabo bangaphumeleliyo. Amaxesha amaninzi uhlolo luthathwa kancinci kangangokuba lude lubonwe njengemeko yokuthelekiswa komhloli nabo bahlolwayo. Ingaba uhlolo luyinto ekufuneka nje ukuba siyenze okanye luyinto engaphezu koko? Eli nqaku lithi uhlolo oluluqilima lungumhlaba ochumileyo wokwakha abafundi …

Assessment: Catching them ‘in’, rather than out Read More »

How have students coped with learning online during the pandemic, without social cohesion?  The pandemic has created more uncertainty about higher education and the world of work. This uncertainty fundamentally affects students’ mental health. Universities have to support students’ transition through this uncertainty. Ingaba abafundi baye bamelana njani nokufunda nge-intanethi ngelixa lobhubhane, ngaphandle konamathelano loluntu? …

Students’ well-being in Covid: 7 themes Read More »

By Karin Wolff.    Many claims were made that the Covid-19 pandemic was driving a long-overdue revolution in education. This blog reports on a large collaborative study on multiple South African institutions and does not recommend jumping on the bandwagon of ‘technology-as-saviour’. It brings into sharp relief the disparities in our society, but also bears …

Seeing, hearing and speaking out: Lessons from the Covid era for Higher Education in SA Read More »

by Nicoline Herman. Comfort zones are dangerous places (Pullein, 2018). Covid-19 shook us out of our comfort zones and forced us to think and do differently and say “yes” to the unfamiliar. Calamity indeed created opportunity in the areas of teaching, learning and assessment at Stellenbosch University during this time of Emergency Remote Teaching. Because …

When teaching matters more, leadership as disposition – rather than as position – matters more Read More »

By Dr Karin Cattell-Holden  Does your teaching matter to the university?  Journeying through the unchartered territory of COVID-19, “our bodies, our selves, and our environment” (Tronto, 2010:160) are characterised by a new vulnerability which highlights the need for care at higher education institutions. Maak jou onderrig saak vir die Universiteit? Noudat ons die onbekende terrein van …

Recognition of (your) teaching (still) matters @ SU Read More »

by Rhoda Malgas and Dr Ethel Phiri     The COVID-19 lockdown brought into sharp relief the constraints that first-generation students faced even before the pandemic. Here we report on the incredible efforts of students to stay academically productive and on insights that we have gained as we support them.       Ukumiswa ngxi kweenkqubo ngenxa …

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By Hanelie Adendorff and Charmaine van der Merwe In this blog, Hanelie Adendorff and Charmaine van der Merwe discuss why the current drive to take our assessments in the remote, online space, could be a unique opportunity. In hierdie blog bespreek Hanelie Adendorff en Charmaine van der Merwe waarom die huidige beweging om ons assesserings …

Why we can’t give you a simple set of rules for online assessment Read More »

By Anthea Jacobs Students need special skills, behaviours and attributes to achieve success in a modern, fast-paced world. As university teachers, we are uniquely positioned to help students develop such skills. (Y)our teaching matters! “Studente het spesiale vaardighede, eienskappe en gedrag nodig om in die moderne wêreld met sy vinnige pas sukses te behaal. As …

Through the lens of humanity: (Y)our teaching matters! Read More »

By Melanie Skead Can our teaching transcend conformity and retrogression? Can our teaching play a role in dealing effectively with racial tensions? Our teaching matters because it is here that we find “the most radical space of possibility”. Kan ons onderrig uitstyg bo konformisme en agteruitgang? Kan ons onderrig ‘n rol speel in die effektiewe …

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