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Heleta, Savo; Jithoo, Divinia – Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
South African higher education policies have since 1997 called for the expansion of research collaboration with the African continent and Global South. In this article, the authors' analysed South Africa's international research collaboration trends and patterns during the 2012-2021 period. Focusing on co-authored scholarly publications, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Research, International Cooperation
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Magedi, Maboragane J.; Rakgogo, Tebogo J.; Mnguni, Onica S.; Segabutla, Madikwa H.; Kgwete, Lazarus – Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
Background: COVID-19 as a pandemic has sparked robust debates within the education sector about the need to save lives, save the academic year, ensure that no student is left behind while being cognisant of issues of culture, equity and social justice. Aim: The study explored the challenges faced by disabled students after the introduction of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Justice
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De Vos, Mark; Riedel, Kristina – Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
The #RhodesMustFall (RMF) protests at South African universities (2015--2018) were the publicly visible manifestation of deep epistemic problems in the higher education (HE) sector, particularly around questions of whose knowledges are validated and whether these are reflective of students' lived realities. This exploratory research attempted a…
Descriptors: Activism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Knowles, Corinne R.; Babeli, Nomphumelelo Q.; Ntlokwana, Athabile; Ntombolwana, Zhikona Q.; Sobuza, Zinathi Z. – Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
Knowledge-making in South African universities is set up and framed in particular ways, with a Euro-centric bias. We argue that many of the contributions that African first year entering students could make to this process of knowledge-making are dis-abled, leading to alienation. In this article, we argue for a different perspective and approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Student Attitudes, Higher Education
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Govender, Davina; Pillay, Tarryn; Maci, Nandipha; Vilakazi, Nokukhanya; Mthethwa, Snenkosi; Mansoor, Umar; Manquzi, Zweli; van Staden, Diane – Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
Optometry education, like other health professions, has historically been conducted via contact teaching and learning in classrooms, clinics and laboratories. In 2020, COVID-19 imposed an abrupt move to online learning for higher education institutions. This was performed with little insight into the feasibility and readiness for its adoption…
Descriptors: Optometry, Allied Health Occupations Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Mokoena, Pavla P.; Hattingh, Christiaan – Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
Between 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic forced governments, around the globe, to implement innovative initiatives to avoid a complete collapse of significant sectors. Emergency remote teaching (ERT) operational frameworks were developed through the Council for Higher Education (CHE) to guide higher education (HE) institutions' operational…
Descriptors: Tourism, Student Attitudes, Preferences, COVID-19
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Sadiki, Lufuno; Steyn, Francois – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Background: For many years, the lived experiences, knowledge systems and histories of previously colonised people have been misinterpreted, removed and devalued in university teaching. The present curricula of African universities are predominantly Eurocentric and Criminology is no exception. In the wake of the #RhodesMustFall student protest…
Descriptors: Criminology, Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, Educational Change
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Le Grange, Lesley; Maistry, Suriamurthee; Simmonds, Shan; Visser, Anja; Ramrathan, Labby – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
The sudden mass migration of teaching, learning and assessment to the digital terrain because of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the global proliferation of scholarship. This scholarship ranges from romantic notions of the opportunity to revivify curriculum and pedagogy in what was deemed an underutilised educational technology (online) resource…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Neoliberalism, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Pietersen, Doniwen – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
An effective education system is an environment where students feel cared for, included and are able to deliver critical dialogical input in their learnings on Learning Management Systems (LMS) platforms. The article aims to epitomizes quality education where skills, values and equal distribution of resources can be accessed by all. This includes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Democracy, Online Courses
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Abdul-Rahaman, Nurudeen; Terentev, Evgeniy; Iddrisu, Issah – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Social integration (SI) plays a critical role in doctoral students' success. However, SI experiences could differ depending on the characteristics of students and their programmes. The study investigates differences in the SI of doctoral students at Russian universities and identifies the main groups at risk who have more difficulties with SI. To…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Students
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Mkhize, Zamambo – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Background: The presence of African women in mathematics has been nearly invisible. The underrepresentation of African women in this field is a result of their historical socio-political marginalisation. The mathematics discipline is politicised, racialised, and gendered to systematically oppress African women. The mathematics fields continue to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Females, Disproportionate Representation
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Zulu, Ncamisile T. – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Background: Literature on the academic identities of South African black women in higher education institutions predominantly focuses more on students and academics in general and less on professors. Studying the academic identities of black women is important in understanding how their reality in higher education is constructed and professors are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Women Faculty, College Faculty
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Carolin, Andy – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Background: Given the high levels of homophobia that exist in South Africa, including in its schools and universities, it is imperative that university lecturers develop integrated and transdisciplinary curriculums to educate pre-service teachers about sexuality and to empower them to incorporate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Khan, Sharlene; Asfour, Fouad; Skeyi-Tutani, Zodwa – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
Background: This article explores the dynamics of the Black Feminist Killjoy Reading Group (BFK) of the Rhodes University Fine Art Department and the Wits University Fine Art Department, as a space of black-African feminist care for participants. It reflects on the motivation to create the group, examines methodologies employed by the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Feminism, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Froneman, Willemien; Muller, Stephanus – Transformation in Higher Education, 2022
The scholarly journal is an increasingly homogenised global institution marked by pro forma writing, standardised processes of review and production and uniform design aesthetics. Recognising that this model does not necessarily serve the interdisciplinary agenda of a small community of music scholars in South Africa, the journal South African…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Bibliometrics, Publishing Industry, Foreign Countries
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