Faculty Perspectives on Vocational Training in South Africa: Lessons and Innovations from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

ISBN-13: 9780367670221 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 138 str.

Eunice Ivala; Chaunda Scott

Opis

This book presents faculty experiences of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology's innovative, work-integrated learning and teaching model, as well as findings from practice-based research being done in the institution.

Spis treści

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1:

Cape Peninsula University of Technology: A Discussion on the Transformation of Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa Through the Lens of Governance, Reconstruction and Social Inclusion

Eunice N. Ivala and Chaunda L. Scott

Theme 1: What strategies are being utilized or could be utilized at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa to produce graduates at the undergraduate, master’s and doctorate levels with the knowledge, skills and abilities to contribute successfully in the industry, the community and globally?

Chapter 2:

Flexible Learning Provision for Architecture in South Africa: Lessons Learned from

Industry University Collaboration

Jolanda Morkel and Johannes Cronje

Theme 2: What strategies are utilized or could be utilized at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa to guarantee fair access to qualified individuals in management, staffing and student recruitment from all cultural backgrounds?

Chapter 3:

Student Engagement Strategies in Higher Education: Change, Transition

and Student Leadership

Xena Cupido and Najwa Norodien-Fataar

Theme 3: What approaches are being utilized or could be utilized at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa to create and advance diverse and multicultural teaching practices and programming?

Chapter 4:

Looking Beyond Inequalities: Embracing Transformation in the South African Higher Education System

Zilungile Sosibo

Theme 4: What strategies have been introduced or could be introduced at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa to create and advance support for quality research and teaching that benefits the demographic composition of South African academics and students, and the needs of the South African multicultural society?

Chapter 5:

"They Don’t Leave any Room for　Humanity: Yet, They Expect you to be Humane"　Cape Town Teachers Respond to the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS)

Kristian Stewart and Eunice Ivala

Theme 5: What new institutional identities have been developed or could be developed by a merged university like Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa to rise above preceding apartheid injustices?

Chapter 6:

Diverse Staff Voices on the Transformation of a Merged South African University of Technology

Eunice Ivala, Daniela Gachago, and Zilungile Sosibo

Theme 6: What additional policies, practices and initiatives would be beneficial in further advancing the transformation of higher education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and broadly at institutions of higher education throughout South Africa?

Chapter 7:

Towards Critical Citizenship Education - A Case Study in an Architectural Technology and Interior Design Extended Curriculum Course

Alex Noble and Daniela Gachago

Chapter 8:

Exploring Decolonization in South Africa’s Higher Education System

Siya Sabata and Monwabisi K Ralarala

O autorze

Eunice N. Ivala is an associate professor and the coordinator of the Educational Technology Unit at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa.

Chaunda L. Scott is an associate professor and in the Department of Organizational Leadership and the diversity and inclusion specialist for the Office of the Dean in the School of Education and Human Services at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA.