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Education Scholarship in Higher Education in South Africa, 1995-2006
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Deacon, R.; Osman, R.; Buchler, M. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
This article reports on findings pertaining to education scholarship in higher education drawn from a wider study on all education research in South Africa from 1995 to 2006. After briefly outlining pertinent aspects of the wider study, it offers a preliminary and descriptive account of what were found to be primary research themes in higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
Making Space for Adult Learners in Higher Education
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Osman, R.; Castle, J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
National policy in higher education requires higher education institutions to widen access to adult learners alongside other previously excluded groups, yet gives few indications as to how this should be done. The assumption seems to have been that broadening access is sufficient in itself. In this article we argue that it is possible to construct…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Higher Education, Socialization, Adult Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning: A Soft Option in Higher Education in South Africa?
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Osman, R.; Castle, J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2002
Examines the assumption that recognition of prior learning (RPL) is an undemanding way of receiving credit in higher education, and identifies the demands of a portfolio development approach in RPL. (EV)
Descriptors: College Credits, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials)