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Kindling fires: examining the potential for cumulative learning in a journalism curriculum

Author: Kilpert, Leigh ; Shay, Suellen Date: 2013 This study investigated context-dependency of learning as an indicator for students’ potential to continue learning after graduation. We used Maton’s theoretical concepts of 'cumulative' and 'egmented' learning, and 'semantic gravity', to ... Read more
Lights camera lesson plan : higher education programme design in the film and media environment

Author: De Beer, Adam Date: 2005 The primary aim of this this research is to explore the question of how learning programmes in higher education are constructed by craft-specific film, television and media industry professionals. This research gathers information from these ... Read more
Medical students' recognition of core knowledge in a supported problem-based learning curriculum

Author: Slater, Charles Date: 2008 This study aims to achieve insight into how students identify core knowledge in a supported problem-based learning (PBL) medical curriculum. Self-directed learning and an emphasis on the clinical relevance of core knowledge are features of ... Read more
Negotiating disciplinary boundaries in engineering problem-solving practice

Author: Wolff, Karin Elizabeth Date: 2015 The impetus for this research is the well-documented current inability of Higher Education to facilitate the level of problem solving required in 21st century engineering practice. The research contends that there is insufficient understanding ... Read more
Portfolio assessment: a catalyst for staff and curricular reform

Author: Shay, Suellen Date: 1997 South Africa's gradual transition from apartheid to democracy has resulted in a steady increase in black enrolment over the year-black students will soon be a majority at the University of Cape Town (UCT). It is a well-known fact that most ... Read more
Researching assessment as social practice: implications for research methodology

Author: Shay, Suellen Date: 2008 Recent educational journals on both sides of the Atlantic have seen a resurgence of debate about the nature of educational research. As a contribution to these debates, this paper draws on theoretical and methodological 'thinking tools' of ... Read more
Validating academic assessment: a hermeneutical perspective

Author: Shay, Suellen ; Reed, Yvonne ; Graaff, Johann Date: 2004 This article addresses the nature of validation in assessment, that is, the question of what we know, and the processes by which we come to know, in assessing student work. Interest in this question started with a panel discussion at the ... Read more

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