Pushing Boundaries in Postgraduate Supervision
Pushing Boundaries in Postgraduate Supervision

Author: Eli Bitzer

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 192068915X

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This book is a very important contribution to theÿgrowing body of work on postgraduate,ÿand specificallyÿdoctoral, education ... I find the metaphor ofÿpushing boundaries to be very appropriate, as itÿsuggests a field of study and a range of behavioursÿand institutional organisational approaches toÿpostgraduate education that are dynamic andÿcharacterised by fluidity, creativity and challengeÿ... Readers will gain new theoretical perspectives,ÿideas for improved practice, and fresh perspectivesÿon boundaries and pressing issues that deserve toÿbe pushed and conceptualised in new ways. -ÿProfessor Ann Austin (Higher, Adult and Lifelong EducationÿMichigan State University)

Spaces, journeys and new horizons for postgraduate supervision
Spaces, journeys and new horizons for postgraduate supervision

Author: Eli Bitzer

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2018-07-24

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1928357814

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After centuries of barely visible incremental development, postgraduate education has experienced twenty years of considerable turbulence as governments recognise its latent power, some responding more quickly than others and each in different ways. This anthology, drawing on research, deep reflection and praxis, illustrates the current situation in a range of geographical environments that result from such interventions, or lack of them, providing readers both with information about neglected contexts, challenges and concerns and with stimulating ideas about how they might be managed more effectively. Professor Emerita Pam Denicolo, University of Reading, UK

Postgraduate Supervision
Postgraduate Supervision

Author: Magda Fourie-Malherbe

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1928357229

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The 24 chapters contained in this volume provide diverse but also congruent perspectives on future foci for research into postgraduate education and supervision in the knowledge society.The chapters move from deliberations on challenges for postgraduate supervision at macro level (such as the pressure to increase postgraduate output and the implications of increasinglymanagerialist institutions) to meso level matters (the form and function of postgraduate education in specific countries) to the micro (rich case studies of individual institutions, programmes and supervisors).

Reflections on Postgraduate Supervision and Academic Development in an African Distance Education Environment
Reflections on Postgraduate Supervision and Academic Development in an African Distance Education Environment

Author: Tennyson Mgutshini

Publisher: African Sun Media

Published: 2024-03-05

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1991260296

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Within postgraduate studies, student non-completion, attrition, and failure rates range from 29% to 65%. These unacceptably high failure rates have been attributed to wide-ranging influences. Even so, there is consensus that postgraduate supervision represents a critical enabling vehicle for student success. Reflections on postgraduate supervision and academic development in an African distance education environment offers a collection of scholarly contributions that focus on critical questions related to the practice of postgraduate supervision, from the multiple perspectives of higher education institutions, postgraduate students, and supervisors. The inclusion of contributions from educators and learners in one manuscript makes this a unique text – one that should be the mainstay of any scholar engaged in postgraduate studies. The manuscript aptly makes the case for recognising that postgraduate preparation and supervision are the most critical contributing factors to the success of postgraduate learners, and by inference, they represent a significant panacea to many of Africa’s social and economic skills.

Action Research in South African Education
Action Research in South African Education

Author: TM Makoelle

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1928480330

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In an increasingly complex and challenging profession, the need for teachers, administrators and school systems to become involved in professional development activities is ever present. Action Research in South African Education: A Critical Praxis is a culmination of varying reflective accounts Professor Makoelle made as a teacher, an academic and a devoted action researcher. The book delves into his beliefs, attitudes and conceptions about the evolving discourse of Action Research in education and how it could be operationalised in varying educative contexts. The conversation fosters openness toward new ideas and learning new innovations, as well as giving teachers ownership of effective practices. It ultimately provides teachers with the necessary skills, knowledge, and focus to engage in meaningful inquiry about their professional practice.

The Global Scholar
The Global Scholar

Author: Peter Rule

Publisher: African Sun Media

Published: 2021-07-13

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1991201230

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In our rapidly globalising world, “the global scholar” is a key concept for reimagining the roles of academics at the nexus of the global and the local. This book critically explores the implications of the concept for understanding postgraduate studies and supervision. It uses three conceptual lenses – “horizon”, “currency” and “trajectory” – to organise the thirteen chapters, concluding with a reflection on the implications of Covid-19 for postgraduate studies and supervision. Authors bring their perspectives on the global scholar from a variety of contexts, including South Africa, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Germany, Cyprus, Kenya and Israel. They explore issues around policy, research and practice, sharing a concern with the relation between the local and the global, and a passion for advancing postgraduate studies and supervision.

Being Scholarly
Being Scholarly

Author: Liezel Frick

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1928314201

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In this discussion of higher education studies in South Africa we attempt to illustrate how higher education studies in South Africa reflect both global and local trends and concerns, and how the publications by Eli Bitzer over the course of his involvement and dedication to the field for thirty years have contributed to our understanding of this field.

Strengthening Postgraduate Supervision
Strengthening Postgraduate Supervision

Author: Sioux McKenna

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2017-03-22

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1928357318

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An excellent collection of diverse and deeply reflective perspectives. All offer insights into the multiple challenges confronted in improving the quality and depth of postgraduate supervision, increasing throughput, and dealing with complexity. What is also affirmed is the importance of individual capability in supervision that is developed and nurtured over time, and through arduous effort. The book will be of value to novice supervisors and to more experienced ones. Policy makers, planners and administrators looking to enlarge their understanding of the postgraduate terrain in all its complexities will find the mix of theoretical and practical lenses through which the topic is approached particularly illuminating. - Professor Narend Baijnath, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Higher Education

Rethinking commerce education in South Africa
Rethinking commerce education in South Africa

Author: Elsabé Loots

Publisher: AOSIS

Published: 2023-04-29

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1779953100

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This book aims to advance the knowledge on the future of business education in South Africa and to allow all relevant role players (universities and industry) the opportunity to debate and share ideas on how to best position business education to optimally serve the interest of students and the dynamic changes taking place in the world of work. Although some of these changes have taken shape before 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need and pace for change. If business schools (in our context, faculties of economic and management sciences) do not adapt rapidly, they will be left behind by other up-and-coming industry providers. The research scope covers all business-related undergraduate and postgraduate economics, management and accounting programmes, excluding MBA programmes.

Engaging Higher Education Curricula
Engaging Higher Education Curricula

Author: Elmarie Costandius

Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1920689680

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'The authors aim to stimulate discussion about the nature and purposes of critical citizenship education in higher education. Rather than promoting a blueprint for change, the authors thoughtfully consider a generative research agenda for transformative higher education and focus on how this orientation in higher education plays out on the ground. This book, together with its Coda that takes the conversation beyond critical citizenship education to include responsible citizenship, provides compelling reasons and sound suggestions for a way forward.