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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on current demands, challenges and expectations facing African higher education institutions in general, and those in South Africa in particular. Subsequently, transformative curricula, pedagogies and epistemologies that define diverse practices of access and inclusion within the context of transformation and decolonisation are explored.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Agency within the Context of Pedagogies, Epistemologies and the Transformative Curricula Loïse Jeannin, Caroline Long and Phefumula Nyoni 2 Indigenous Culinary Knowledge, Culinary Curriculum and Students’ Perceptions of Indigenous Culinary Knowledge Mohlakoane Ledile and Hewson Daryl 3 Eloquence in African and Inherited French Teaching Traditions: Convergence and the Need for Transformative Pedagogy Inadvertent N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba 4 Rwanda’s Language-in-Education Policy Shift from French-Dominant to English-Only Medium: 2009–2017 Prospects and Implementation Success in Higher Education Epimaque Niyibizi and Juliet Perumal 5 Collaborative Learning among Diverse Online Students at an Open Distance Learning Institution in South Africa: Pedagogical Considerations for Online Learning Development Anneke Venter 6 Exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching amongst Pre-Service Teachers Boitumelo Khunou 7 Coursework Assignments: Higher Expectations for Deeper Engagement Caroline Long and Gift Cheva 8 Culturally Responsive Differentiated Instruction: What Lessons for Economics Lecturers in South Africa? Loise Jeannin and Emmanuel Ojo 9 Corporeity in PhD Thesis Writing: Rituals and ‘Writing Gestures’ Elsa Chachkine and Anne Jorro 10 Supervising Doctoral Students in South African Higher Education: Pedagogy, Context and Agency Michael Cross 11 ‘Assessment for Learning’ Over ‘Assessment of Learning’: A Quest for Mastery Rather Than Performance Orientation in Postgraduate Research Degrees Dennis Zami Atibuni 12 Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities: Patched onto the System to Access Professional Education Sibonokuhle Ndlovu 13 Myths Surrounding the Extended Curriculum in South Africa’s Higher Education Sector Phefumula Nyoni and Olaide Agbaje 14 In Retrospect: Context, Diversity and Human Agency Matter Michael Cross and Sibonokuhle Ndlovu Index
