1st Edition

Transformation of Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Edited By Chaunda L. Scott, Eunice N. Ivala Copyright 2019
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book outlines successful transformation strategies and efforts that have been developed to assist the South African higher education system in moving beyond its post-apartheid state of being. Through case studies authored by South African higher education scholars and scholars affiliated with South African institutions, this book aims to highlight the status of transformation in the South... Read more

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Foreword by Dr Jonathan D. Jansen



Preface



Acknowledgements



Chapter 1: Moving from Apartheid to a Post-Apartheid State of Being and its Impact on Transforming Higher Education Institutions in South Africa



Chaunda L. Scott and Eunice N. Ivala



Theme One: Producing Successful Graduates 



Chapter 2: Lecturers’ Reflections on Curricular Spider Web Concepts as Transformation Strategies





Simon Bhekimuzi Khoza





Chapter 3: Language and Academic Literacies Development at the University of Johannesburg



Guy R. Mihindou





Theme Two: Fair Access



Chapter 4: (UN)trapped? Transformative Voices of Four Black Female ‘Novice' Academics in a South African Higher Education Institution



Ncamisile P. Mthiyane, Zanele Heavy-Girl Dube-Xaba, Maserole Christina Kgari-Masondo, and Fumane P. Khanare



Theme Three: Diverse and Multicultural Teaching



Chapter 5: Is an Agenda for an Inclusivity Framework to Drive Transformation a Possibility or an Idealistic Dream?



Rita Kizito



Theme Four: Quality Research



Chapter 6: Research Supervision Capacity Building: Towards Sustainable Learning Communities of Practice in South African Higher Education Institutions



Suriamurthee Maistry



Theme Five: New Institutional Identities



Chapter 7: Supporting Academic and Social Transformation in a Teacher Education Lecture Room



Ansurie Pillay



Chapter 8: Academic Development at the Durban University of Technology: Advancing the Transformation Agenda in Higher Education.



Thengani Harold Ngwenya



Theme Six: Additional Policies, Practices and Initiatives



Chapter 9: Beyond Epistemology: Ontological Transformation in South African Universities



Lester Brian Shawa



About the Contributors



Index

Biography

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



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.