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Moja, Teboho – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The 2019/2020 academic year started well with no anticipation of what was in store for the second semester and how the year would end. New students were welcomed on campus and included international students and international faculty members. It was business as usual, a beautiful and colorful fall semester that transitioned into a cold winter…
Descriptors: Higher Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Arko-Achemfuor, Akwasi – Cogent Education, 2019
This article reports on a community engagement project by the University of South Africa's Department of Adult Basic Education to address the challenges faced by new literates in establishing and managing projects and small businesses. The main objective of the article was to assess how capacity and training workshops have been used as tools to…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Small Businesses, Business Administration, Action Research
Hartcher, Karen; Chapman, S.; Morrison, C. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2023
Teacher wellbeing is important, not least for the role teachers play in supporting students' social, emotional, physical and academic wellbeing. Effective teachers need to remain both physically and mentally healthy. This paper examines how teacher wellbeing is conceptualised through research to identify the influential ecological influences that…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Teachers, Well Being, Self Efficacy
Wannenburg, Elizma; Curlewis, Llewelyn – Cogent Education, 2023
Legal practices are perceived as an epitome of the battle between good and evil. However, a different battle over the preparedness of the next-generation lawyers is now trending amongst law practitioners. Analytical ability, attention to detail and logical reasoning were perceived as sufficient skillsets for legal practitioners. However, are these…
Descriptors: Lawyers, Job Skills, Numeracy, Law Schools
Cronje, Martha Magdalena – Perspectives in Education, 2022
South Africa has an enormous reading crisis necessitating discernment of the real pedagogic causes of failure to read in Grade 1, and to read English as a Second Language (ESL) with understanding later. In this article will be asked if the phonics approach to initial reading is suited to African learners, and why they have to start reading in two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Ability, Grade 1, English (Second Language)
Dube, Tinyiko Vivian – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article aims to present the Open Distance eLearning library processes for requesting information resources using the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). OPAC is known as a platform used by library clients to check the availability of information resources from the entire library collection. ODeL libraries also use the OPAC, not as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Services
Spaull, Nic – Prospects, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest social and economic shock of our lifetimes. As governments grapple with their responses to the virus, more than half the world's countries have closed their schools and severely limited almost all forms of public life. This will have a profound impact on children, both now and in the decade to come. As many…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Educational Change
Botha, Melodi; Ras, Rochelle – Africa Education Review, 2016
In-depth interviews were conducted with a sample of BCom Entrepreneurship graduates, as well as a control group to determine whether the exposure to entrepreneurship education can enhance actual business start-up. Information was collected on how they experienced the learning approaches, and the value which they had derived from the degree. This…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Business, Foreign Countries
Mayombe, Celestin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
The purpose of this article was to examine social marketing strategies Adult Education and Training (AET) centres in South Africa use during entrepreneurship training programmes. The sample was drawn from AET centres of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. The study used the qualitative approach (semi-structured interviews) to collect data from adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Unemployment, Entrepreneurship
Nethsinghe, Rohan; Joseph, Dawn; Mellizo, Jennifer; Cabedo-Mas, Alberto – International Journal of Music Education, 2023
As music educators around the globe continue to work in blended environments, it is important to explore how pedagogical approaches can be adapted and reimagined in ways that enhance teaching and learning in this changing educational landscape. In this study, the authors drew on elements of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Online Courses, Cultural Awareness, Diversity
Masango, Mxolisi; Muloiwa, Takalani; Wagner, Fezile; Pinheiro, Gabriela – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2020
Knowing relevant information about students entering the higher education (HE) system is becoming increasingly important, thus enabling higher education institutions (HEIs) to design effective studentcentred support programmes. Therefore, HEIs should ascertain all relevant information about their students before the commencement of the academic…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Use, Biographical Inventories, Questionnaires
When an International Student Stays at Home: Defining an International Student in Distance Education
Steyn, Claire; Gunter, Ashley – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
The popularity of distance education, particularly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent national lockdowns, necessitates a rethink of how we understand and think about students, and particularly international students in this context. This study explores how the definition of international students is impacted by their…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Self Concept
Schaefer, Maxine; Kotzé, Janeli – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: Many South African children attend African language medium of instruction (MOI) schools, learn English as an additional language and switch to English MOI three years later. There is still much to be researched about how a child's first and second language literacy develops over time in South Africa. Aim: This study aims to outline the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Reading Skills, Elementary School Students
Morris, Amanda – Education as Change, 2021
Incorporating socially just concepts into classrooms means students' needs are considered and pedagogic activities recognise everyone and make sure that student voices are heard, acknowledged and affirmed. Art has historically provided alternative ways of making sense of our worlds, commenting on them, questioning practices and structures, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Student Needs, College Students
Ubah, Ifunanya – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
Some pre-service mathematics teachers in South Africa are nervous about the content of Euclidean geometry because they did not study Euclidean geometry in high school but will be expected to teach same when they start their teaching career. Because of this, graduating pre-service mathematics teachers were enrolled for a six-week intervention…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Semiotics, Geometric Concepts