Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:2009This paper explores the dynamics surrounding the formation of academic identities in a context where the nature of academic work is contested both as a result of tensions within the discipline and in response to pressure from both the institution ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:2013In this chapter, I explore the size and discipline of the largest classes offered at two higher education institutions in South Africa and based on the evidence at four institutions make the case that large classes is a minority phenomenon ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, Jeff; Case, JenniferDate:2009The authors observe that many research papers in engineering education do not explicitly state the theoretical perspective underpinning their work. In this article they argue for the value of theory in assisting researchers in communicating ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, Jeff; Case, Jennifer; Marshall, DeliaDate:2009Science and Engineering faculties at South African tertiary institutions have seen dramatic changes since the 1980’s due to a changing student body as a result of equity and redress measures. There has also been an increasing interest in ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:1992The first- and second-year results of the 1989 engineering student intake were analysed and revealed that matriculants from Black Education Departments performed significantly worse in the first year than those from White Education Departments. ...Read more
Author:Kontle, BithaDate:2017In this study, I undertook to investigate how the requirements of formative and summative assessment influence the practices of teachers of art, craft and design in Botswana junior secondary schools (BJSS) in relation to the continuous ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, Jeff; Perez, TheresaDate:01 Jun 2015It is often assumed that academics working in a research intensive university are unlikely to invest in the professional development of their teaching. Institutional structures and culture tend to undermine investment in academics’ teaching ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:2009One of the challenges of research into social practice is finding a way to take both the structural aspects of the social contexts and individual agency into account. This article describes the use of Bourdieu's social practice theory, together ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:2008A study into how academics learn to assess student performance affirms the significance of context in understanding learning in the academic workplace. The study involved three case studies in academic departments with significant differences ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:2007This paper explores the use of situated cognition theory to investigate how new academics learn to judge complex student performance in an academic department at a South African university. The analysis revealed the existence of two largely ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, Jeff; Williams, KevinDate:2015This article arises out of a broader study into the contextual influences on the professional development of academics as teachers in higher education in South Africa. Using Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis we examine the website of ...Read morecb
Author:Blackie, Margaret A L; Case, Jennifer M; Jawitz, JeffDate:2010It is widely accepted in the higher education literature that a student-centred approach is pedagogically superior to a teacher-centred approach. In this paper, we explore the notion of student-centredness as a threshold concept and the ...Read more
Author:Davids, NawaalDate:2014This study looks at eight individual PBL facilitator cases in the field of medical education at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of what affects facilitation practice in a problem-based ...Read more
Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:Jun 2016The real and imagined racial differences and similarities between groups of students and staff have consequences in everyday experiences in South Africa. One aspect of engaging with the challenges facing higher education transformation ...Read more