Using Film and Online Group Blogs to Cultivate a Community of Inquiry: A Case Studied at a University of Technology in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zayd Waghid
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Online Group

scholarly journals An examination of the factors affecting the performance of Management Accounting students at the Durban University of Technology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Stephanie Caroline Singh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Cost Accounting ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

The success of a module at a university of technology is measured by student performance. At the Durban University of Technology in the Department of Management Accounting, students in their second year of study struggle with conceptualising content in Cost Accounting two which affects their performance. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors which may impact on the performance of Cost Accounting two students and to determine if these factors have a significant association with a student’s performance in Cost Accounting two. Many studies have identified various factors which may influence students’ academic performance. For the purpose of this study, five factors that may affect student performance were identified and examined. The independent variables or factors identified were attendance, age, gender, grade 12 results and language. The dependent variable for this study was performance (in Cost Accounting two). In order to measure the performance of students included in the study, the percentage achieved in Cost Accounting two for the semester was used. Although studies have been conducted on student performance at universities across South Africa and around the world, limited studies were conducted on the performance of Cost Accounting two students within South Africa. The study aimed to identify the factors that affect the performance of Cost and Management Accounting students at a university of technology and the impact of those factors on performance. The study found that only student attendance has a positive impact on student performance in Cost Accounting two. The findings of this study may be useful to the Department of Management Accounting at the DUT and other universities of technology. It is hoped that the current study will be useful to other teachers of cost and management accounting at universities on which factors influence the academic achievement of students.

A research-inducing environment at a University of Technology in South Africa: Challenges and future prospects

Futures ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 194-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mduduzi Nkosinathi Gladwin Mtshali ◽  
Radhamany Sooryamoorthy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
University Of Technology

scholarly journals Sociolinguistics

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-139
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
International Language ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
National University ◽  
Seoul National University ◽  
Sydney Australia

04–247Banda, Felix (U. of the Western Bellville, South Africa). A survey of literacy practices in Black and Coloured communities in South Africa: towards a pedagogy of multiliteracies. Language, Culture and Curriculum (Clevedon, UK), 16, 2 (2003), 173–84.04–248Park, Yong-Yae (Seoul National University, South Korea; Email: [email protected]). Characteristics of NNS talk in oral interview. English Teaching (Anseonggun, South Korea), 58, 3 (2003), 41–68.04–249Pennycook, Alistair (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia). The myth of English as an international language. English in Australia (Norwood, Australia), 139 (2004), 26–32.

scholarly journals Decolonising the curriculum at a university of Technology in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Meda ◽  
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Amanda Swart ◽  
Nomakhaya Mashiyi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
University Of Technology

scholarly journals First-Year Students’ Views on Prescribed Book for Translation Practice: A Case Study of a South African University of Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Mnguni
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
First Year ◽  
Language Practice ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Official Languages

Translation as a field of study is fairly new in South Africa because before 1994, the official languages were English and Afrikaans and everybody was expected to know and use those languages. Consequently, there is not much about translation practice that is written by South African authors. Following this, translation books from outside South Africa are generally used and prescribed, thus stifling inherent experiences, since little is written by the South Africans themselves.  A total number of 46 language practice students participated in this quantitative study. This study explored challenges encountered by first year language practice students, when using their prescribed book, at the Central University of Technology, Welkom Campus. Results indicated that students were not benefitting maximally from using the prescribed book, which is by any standard an excellent book. The socio-cultural experiences of the students were missing, thus prevent students’ from mastering the subject content better. From the data collected, it is recommended, amongst other recommendations, that a bias towards books reflecting South African experiences be prioritized as well as also allowing students to participate in making book choices.

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