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Volume 15(3) 2001

Table of Contents

Guest editorial

J D Jansen, University of Pretoria

Does the national plan effectively address the critical issues facing higher education?

5

Perspectives on higher education

A C Bawa, University of Natal

A social contract between the public higher education sector and the people of South Africa

10

Abstract

L Czerniewicz, University of Cape Town

Reflections on learning online - the hype and the reality

17

Abstract

N Dlamini, University of Cape Town

Organising South African industry-university partnership programmes for viability

24

Abstract

J D Jansen, A Habib, P Gibbon & A Parekh,

Accounting for change: the micropolitics of university restructuring. Part three: global

pressures, local responses

32

Abstract

L Kajee, M L Sultan Technikon

Language policy myths and realities at M L Sultan Technikon

39

Abstract

S Narsee, M L Sultan Technikon

Literacy and workplace communication: a South African technikon perspective

46

Abstract

R P Ngcongo, University of Zululand

Supervision as transformative leadership in the context of university goals

53

Abstract

N A Ogude & N A Motha, Technikon Southern Africa

A proposal for an incentive tool for development of research capacity at technikons

58

Abstract

J Paras, University of Durban-Westville

Crisis in mathematics education. Student failure: challenges and possibilities

66

Abstract

P G Parsons & A D Slabbert, Cape Technikon

Performance management and academic workload in higher education

74

Abstract

A H Strydom & H R Hay, University of the Orange Free State

Academic programme co-operation in South African higher education: imperatives,

challenges and threads

82

Abstract

Y Waghid & L le Grange, University of Stellenbosch

Can postpositivist research in environmental education engender ethical notions within

higher education?

92

Abstract

RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION

D Ayliff, University of Port Elizabeth

The efficacy of form-focused instruction on the syntactic accuracy of second language students of English at the University of Port Elizabeth

102

Abstract

W D Coetzee, Vista University

Some empirical research into students' typographical preferences

111

Abstract

K de Bruin, G J Jacobs, W J Schoeman & G P de Bruin, Rand Afrikaans University & University of Stellenbosch

The factor structure of the self-directed learning readiness scale

119

Abstract

D Hay & M E Herselman, University of the Orange Free State & Port Elizabeth Technikon

An investigation into the perceptions of academic staff on quality assurance in teaching and learning at selected South African universities

131

Abstract

G K Huysamen, Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat

Die verband tussen matriekprestasie en eerstejaarprestasie vir opeenvolgende innames aan dieselfde universiteit

142

Abstract

G K Huysamen, University of the Free State

A comparative study of first-year psychological test participants and evaders

150

Abstract

F G Netswera & T R Mavundla, Technikon SA

The assessment of research support in a distance learning institution

154

Abstract

G Pienaar, University of Pretoria

The integration of complementary studies into the university education of engineers

162

Abstract

P Singh, Vista University, Port Elizabeth

Possible effects of an incentive scheme at a technical college: a case study

168

Abstract

P D G Steyn & R Killen, Vista University & University of Newcastle

The compatibility of student teacher beliefs with research on supportive classroom Climates

178

Abstract

THE PRACTICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

A-L de Boer, T Steyn & P H du Toit, University of Pretoria

A whole brain approach to teaching and learning in higher education

185

Abstract

H Goode & C Thomen, Rhodes University

Implementing an outcomes-based approach to university essay writing

194

Abstract

E Horak, T Steyn & A-L de Boer, University of Pretoria

A four quadrant whole brain approach in innovation and engineering problem solving to facilitate teaching and learning of engineering students

202

Abstract

BOOK REVIEWS

Y Waghid, University of Stellenbosch

Review article: Restating a philosophy of education: integrating the personal, public

and professional dimensions of al-Attas' view on philosophy of education

The educational philosophy and practice of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas: an exposition of the original concept of Islamization by Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud.

210

L le Grange, University of Stellenbosch

Rethinking our world by P Higgs and J Smith

215

Y Waghid, University of Stellenbosch

Rethinking our world by P Higgs and J Smith

216

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