Teaching and Learning Regimes

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-98
Author(s):  
Paul Trowler
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Liberal Ideology

Chapter 4 unpicks the different moments of teaching and learning regimes, illustrating them through two case studies. One concerns a merged university in South Africa dealing with difficult issues around merging disciplines and curricula in a context of continuing structured disadvantage. The second centres on a Danish university in which discourses were shifting in line with an increasingly dominant neo-liberal ideology permeating national policy-making. As well as illustrating the different moments of teaching and learning regimes in transition, these case studies are used to enrich the depiction of social practices as both bundled and nested. This is very significant both conceptually and for understanding and enacting change processes.

scholarly journals The Participation of Senior Citizens in Policy-Making: Patterning Initiatives in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Roberto Falanga ◽  
Andreas Cebulla ◽  
Andrea Principi ◽  
Marco Socci
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Aging Policy ◽  
Older Citizens

Worldwide, active aging policy calls for greater participation of senior citizens in the social, economic, and political realms. Despite emerging evidence of initiatives engaging senior citizens in social activities, little is known about the use of participatory approaches in the design and/or implementation of policies that matter to older citizens. This article identifies initiatives facilitating the civic participation of older people in policy-making in European Union member and associate states, drawing on a review of the literature, consultation of national policy experts, and exemplary case studies. Four main patterns of senior civic participation are identified: adopting consultative or co-decisional participatory approaches in policy design or policy implementation. The four are represented to varying degrees at different geographical levels (national, regional, local), with different actor configurations (appointed, elected/nominated, corporate representation), and with varying degree of institutionalization (temporary/permanent). Case studies illustrate approaches taken to enhance the quality and effectiveness of public services for senior citizens. Future research should strengthen this line of enquiry to cast further light on conditions facilitating the civic participation of senior citizens.

scholarly journals National Information Policies - A Comparative Study with Particular Reference to South Africa and School Libraries

2021 ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Anna-Marie Arnold
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
National Policy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Information

The government of South Africa has committed itself towards the obliteration of poverty and to achieve social and economic development. National information policies are used by countries to address these and other problems. A national policy is generally motivated by public and political party concerns and legislation is passed as the best option to meet the ideal set by the government for the issue(s) on hand. Within modern society education can be linked to national development. School libraries form an integral part of the modern approach to teaching and learning. School library development in South Africa is shown to be problematic in a number of ways. Similar problems exist in other African countries. Recommendations are made for the government of South Africa to address these issues in a national information policy. Many other African countries should also address the development of school libraries. 

Accomplishing Change in Teaching and Learning Regimes

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-156
Author(s):  
Paul Trowler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Documented Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Change In Higher Education

Chapter 6 focuses on change processes within their contexts, and how they have been, and can be, addressed. Drawing on vignettes and on well-documented case studies of organizational change in higher education contexts around the world, the chapter considers the forces of stasis and dynamism of the various elements which constitute teaching and learning regimes. The implications for change agents are unpicked and the notion of a practice-focused way of seeing is further elaborated. The chapter elaborates on how the practice sensibility helps practitioners look beyond quotidian events, conflicts, and issues. It helps change agents know where to look and what to look for in relation to the forces that shape practices, and how they might be addressed to enhance processes and outcomes.

Challenges Posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for South African Higher Education Institutions

10.28945/2679 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Herselman ◽  
HR Hay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the major driving forces of globalised and knowledge-based societies of a new world era. They will have a profound impact on teaching and learning for two decades to come. The revolutionary change which is taking place in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), has dramatic effects on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research, particularly on the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge. These developments pose unprecedented challenges to higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries particular in South Africa as South Africa is viewed as the leading country on the continent.

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT: A RECIPE FOR ATTAINING THE GOALS OF NOMADIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Abbas Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
School Activities ◽  
National Policy On Education

The paper examined different areas of management in relation to Nomadic Education programme and looked into policy statement which is enshrined in the National Policy on Education and definition regarding to management. System theory was also used in order to examine issues o f effective management in schools. Administrators roles in schools was discussed such as mutual respect, shared ideas and the process in establishing nomadic schools with a lot of considerations before erecting the structure. School plant planning was discussed in respect of managers/head teachers in managing the schools toward the achieving educational goals. The paper also examined the component that helps in achieving the goals which are management structure, the hierarchical model to the management o f nomadic schools and how it will really help in managing the school activities. Lastly the paper made some recommendations, such as, government should provide the needed teaching and learning materials for successful attaining goals etc.

Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Jared McDonald
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
The University

Dr Jared McDonald, of the Department of History at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa, reviews As by fire: the end of the South African university, written by former UFS vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen.    How to cite this book review: MCDONALD, Jared. Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 117-119, Sep. 2017. Available at: <http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18>. Date accessed: 12 Sep. 2017.   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document