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Admitting engineering students with the best chance of success: technological literacy and the Technological Profile Inventory (TPI)

Author: Luckay, Melanie B ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: 23 Sep 2014 In this article we describe the development and validation of an instrument – the Technological Profile Inventory (TPI). The instrument can be used to determine whether an applicant’s level of technological literacy is suitable ... Read more c b
Considering two audiences when recording lectures as lecturecasts

Author: Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: Jul 2013 This article presents the outcome of an investigation into the provision of lecturecasts to students. The objective was to ensure that both those who attended live lectures of a second-year engineering course and/or watched recorded versions ... Read more c b
A curriculum framework for flexible engineering degrees in South Africa

Author: Grayson, Diane ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I ; Pearce, Howard ; Shay, Suellen Date: 23 Sep 2014 South Africa produces too few engineers to meet its development needs. The number of graduating engineers is slowly increasing, but is still only about 2000 per year, serving a population of over 50 million. Data from the Council on Higher ... Read more c b
The development and validation of an instrument — the Technological Profile Inventory — to determine students’ levels of technological literacy in South Africa

Author: Luckay, Melanie B ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: 23 Sep 2014 In this article we describe the development and validation of an instrument – the technological profile inventory (TPI). The instrument can be used to determine students’ level of technological literacy. The items used in the TPI were drawn ... Read more c b
The influence of podcasting on student learning: a case study across two courses

Author: Collier-Reed, Brandon I ; Case, Jennifer M ; Stott, Angela Date: 09 Apr 2013 There is a growing literature on the educational benefits of using podcasting of lectures in higher education, but to date little research that interrogates closely its impact on student learning. The present study investigated how students ... Read more c b
An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students

Author: Luckay, Melanie B ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: Aug 2014 In this article, an instrument for assessing upper secondary school students' levels of technological literacy is presented. The items making up the instrument emerged from a previous study that employed a phenomenographic research approach ... Read more c b
Kolb Interrupted : An investigation into students' experience of an experiential learning approach to entrepreneurship education

Author: Marks, Jonathan Tresman Date: 2012 Entrepreneurial activity is widely regarded as a primary driver of socio-economic development. Alongside structural and systemic support, entrepreneurship education is a critical factor in improving entrepreneurial activity. While entrepreneurship ... Read more
Learning as acquiring a discursive identity through participation in a community: improving student learning in engineering education

Author: Allie, Saalih ; Armien, Mogamat Noor ; Burgoyne, Nicolette ; Case, Jennifer M ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I ; Craig, Tracy S ; Deacon, Andrew ; Fraser, Duncan M ; Geyer, Zulpha ; Jacobs, Cecilia ; Jawitz, Jeff ; Kloot, Bruce ; Kotta, Linda ; Langdon, Genev Date: 2009 In this paper, we propose that learning in engineering involves taking on the discourse of an engineering community, which is intimately bound up with the identity of being a member of that community. This leads to the notion of discursive ... Read more
Phenomenography: from critical aspects to knowledge claim

Author: Collier-Reed, Brandon I ; Ingerman, Åke Date: 25 Sep 2014 In this description of phenomenography, we take a functional view of the theoretical underpinnings that have traditionally been used to support its trustworthiness as a qualitative research approach. The chapter has two objectives, first to ... Read more
Problem Solving Discourse Models: Informing an Introductory Engineering Course

Author: Collier-Reed, Brandon I ; Wolmarans, Nicky Date: 2010 This article draws on Gee’s notions of Discourse and specifically Discourse Models to explore Engineering Problem Solving and the different ways in which it can be understood in an engineering context. After Gee we attempt to identify aspects ... Read more c b
Pupils' experiences of technology : exploring dimensions of technological literacy

Author: Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: 2006 Technology is the driving force behind much of the change taking place in the world today. Consequently, across society, calls are being made to ensure technological literacy is a meaningful and central part of schooling to adequately prepare ... Read more
Technological literacy and reflection in the classroom

Author: Ingerman, Ake ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: 23 Sep 2014 In this article we take a theoretical model that describes technological literacy as being enacted by individuals in the course of shaping their lives and the world around them and explore how it is possible to develop meaningful and effective ... Read more c b
Technological literacy reconsidered: a model for enactment

Author: Ingerman, Åke ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: Jan 2010 This paper presents a model to describe technological literacy as enacted by individuals in the course of shaping their lives and the world around them. The model has two interrelated facets – the potential for and enactment of technological ... Read more c b
Validating an instrument for use in assessing the technological literacy of upper secondary school students

Author: Luckay, Melanie B ; Collier-Reed, Brandon I Date: 23 Sep 2014 In this paper an instrument for assessing upper secondary school students‘ levels of technological literacy is presented. The items making up the instrument emerged from a previous study that used a phenomenographic research approach to explore ... Read more c b