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Breathing Coloniality: An ethnographic case study of language and literacy ideologies and colonial power relations in the positioning and development of 1st generation black children's learning experiences in and outside school contexts

Author: Manganyi-Tawana, Amani Khensani Date: 2021 This study was inspired by the under theorization of language shifts and the impact that coloniality and language and literacy ideologies have among first generation black children's attending English medium schools positioning and family ... Read more
Changing Research Communication Practices and Open Scholarship: A Framework for Analysis

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Apr 2014 "It is important that academics’ research communication practices are explored to complement these system approaches. How do we think about these issues in order to investigate and illuminate changing forms of knowledge creation and communication? ... Read more c b
Changing the game: public education and the discourses and practices of privatisation in educational technology policy and intervention

Author: Staschen, Orrie Date: 2020 Privatisation in education is a contentious issue, inseparable from the shift in focus from community-based education initiatives to individualistic and economically driven ones (Ball and Youdell, 2007). This raises ethical issues with ... Read more
Conceptions of language and literacy and the role of digital technologies in Home, First and Second Additional language lessons: a case study of 6 grade four teachers in South African state schools.

Author: Stewart, Cathryn Anne Date: 2020 Research into classroom practices in South Africa has highlighted various disjunctures between the conceptions of language and literacy evident in the CAPS curriculum documents, teachers' pedagogical approaches, and the multilingual reality ... Read more
Constructing the gap between past and present literacy practices in the South African Police Service

Author: Arend, Abdul Moeain Date: 2002 The study seeks to answer the research question: "What constructs the gap between past and present literacy practices in the South African Police Service (SAPS)?" To answer the research question, ethnographic methods were employed to gather ... Read more
Contradictions in policy and implementation of adult education and training : unifying the system or accommodating diversity?

Author: Kikuchi, Yuko Date: 2001 This study attempts to examine and answer the research question: "What is the feasibility of the integration of education and training through promotion of the GETC as envisaged within the NQF discourse?" Focusing on problematic educational ... Read more
Digital literacy practices of three high school learners across home and school contexts: challenges and opportunities

Author: Jenkin, Jessica Date: 2021 This study investigates the literacy practices of three high school learners both in and out of the classroom. The study focuses on the role digital devices play in their literacy practices at home and at their school in the southern suburbs ... Read more
A framework for analysing research types and practices

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Kell, Catherine Date: 05 Nov 2014 This presentation by Assoc. Prof Laura Czerniewicz was given at the Networked Learning Conference Edinburgh 2014. The presentation is based on the work in the full paper: Czerniewicz, L; Kell, C; Willmers, M; King, T (2014), “Changing Research ... Read more c b
Language Ideologies and Decoloniality in Vernac News

Author: Mkula, Lwazi Date: 2018 This study examines the language ideologies constructed in the publication Vernac News produced by students at the University of Cape Town. These language ideologies seek to challenge and subvert dominant language practices within the university ... Read more
Reading in the Digital Age: A case study of print and digital literacy practices and dominant discourses around reading in the homes of middle-class children in Cape Town across Grade R and Grade 1

Author: Harris, Chandra Date: 2021 Young children who are learning to read are exposed to digital technology from a very young age and many contemporary families have access to a range of digital devices. This project investigates the reading practices, both digital and ... Read more
Redesigning landscape architecture in higher education: a multimodal social semiotic approach

Author: Price, Christine Rosalie Date: 2020 This investigation is a case study of landscape architectural design education in South Africa. Current forms of landscape architectural education are influenced by Global North perspectives and often, if not consciously, privilege particular ... Read more
Scholarly Communication at the University of Botswana: Case Study Report

Author: Trotter, Henry ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; Gray, Eve ; Totolo, Angelina ; King, Thomas Date: May 2014 This report, "Scholarly Communication at the University of Botswana", is one of a series of four institutional case studies. It provides an overview the scholarly communication activity system at UB. Read more c b
Scholarly Communication at the University of Cape Town: Case Study Report

Author: Trotter, Henry ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; Gray, Eve ; King, Thomas Date: May 2014 This report, "Scholarly Communication at the University of Cape Town", is one of a series of four institutional case studies. It provides an overview the scholarly communication activity system at UCT. Read more c b
Scholarly Communication at the University of Mauritius: Case Study Report

Author: Trotter, Henry ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; Gray, Eve ; Beeharry, Girish Kumar ; King, Thomas Date: May 2014 This report, "Scholarly Communication at the University of Mauritius", is one of a series of four institutional case studies. It provides an overview the scholarly communication activity system at UoM. Read more c b
Scholarly Communication at the University of Namibia: Case Study Report

Author: Trotter, Henry ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; Gray, Eve ; Kingo Mchombu ; King, Thomas Date: May 2014 This report, "Scholarly Communication at the University of Namibia", is one of a series of four institutional case studies. It provides an overview the scholarly communication activity system at UN. Read more c b
Scripted curriculum and the quest for improving reading for meaning: Conceptions of language and literacy in Malawi's Grade 4 English scripted curriculum and amongst Grade 4 English teachers

Author: Kapito, Patrick Mavuto Stranger Paul Date: 2021 Various scholars in education have argued that policy, practice and opinions about language and literacy teaching are consciously or subconsciously underpinned by particular conceptualisations of language and literacy (Ivanic, 2004). These ... Read more
Seeking Impact and Visibility: Scholarly Communication in Southern Africa

Author: Trotter, Henry ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; Gray, Eve ; King, Thomas Date: May 2014 The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was a three-year research and implementation initiative that took place between March 2010 and August 2013. Hosted by the University of Cape Town, the programme engaged the Universities ... Read more c b
The ‘four resources model' in South Africa: An analysis of an in-service teacher training intervention for literacy at foundation phase level and its uptake by teachers at a Cape Flats school

Author: Cairns, Deborah Date: 2020 Despite a wide range of teacher training literacy interventions in South Africa at foundation phase level, literacy results have declined according to local and international tests. This research outlines the basis of these interventions and ... Read more
Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :

Author: De Sousa, Jane Date: 2001 Capacity building programmes facilitated by development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) often fail to achieve their expected outcomes, resulting instead in a series of unintented consequences. These unintended consequences become legible ... Read more
Visibility of Scholarly Research and Changing ResearchCommunication Practices: A Case Study from Namibia

Author: Kell, Catherine ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 27 Sep 2016 Scholars globally are increasingly required to account for the visibility and impact of their research, and visibility and impact are increasingly digitally-mediated through the platforms and practices associated with Web 2.0. Traditional ... Read more c b