CONTENTS

Guest editorial

H Fransman:

The professionalism of higher education practitioners

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PERSPECTIVE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

L. R Brunyee: 

Managing in the rapidly changing context of higher education: a manager, as "reflective practitioner" reflects on some expriences 

8

H. J. Bruyns: 

A model for managing large scale change: A higher education perspective 

14

L du Toit: 

Assessment of quality in the management of an instructional offerring at border Technikon: a system approach 

22

H C Geyser:

RPL: Lessons from abroad 

30

L Greyling: 

Skills development a strategic perspective 

37

L le Grange: 

Exploring new knowledge spaces in environmental education: the case of South African/Australian institutional links project 

41 

K Luckett: 

A proposal for an epistemically diverse curriculum for South African higher education in the 21st Century 

49

R Malherbe & S Berkhout: 

The national qualification framework and the unconstitutional limitation of academic freedom 

62

J D Pretorius: 

The higher education business - can it cope with international challenges?

 74 

S L Sithole:

The need for employee assistance programmes at South African universities 

80

E Venter:

A constructivist approach to learning and teaching 

86

H C Geyser & C C Wolhuter: 

Career paths of education graduates and the implications thereof for higher education 

93

RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION

E Bitzer: 

Understaing cooperative learning: a case study in tracing relationships to

social constructivism and South African socio-educational thought 

98

E Engelbrecht, C du Preez, R Rheeder & M van Wyk:

Changing existing qualifications into outcomes-based qualifications at Technikon SA: an action research report 

105

I Harvey & C van Wyk:

Translating curriculum into practice at Eastern Cape Technikon - a case study 

119

E Koch, C Foxcroft & A Watson

A developmental focus to student access at the university of Elizabeth: process and preliminary insights in placement assessment 

126

E O Mashile:

Introducing action technology in teacher education: a case study 

132

G Pickworth

Developing an instrument to identify MBChB student's approach to learning 

140

H J Theron, E M Odendaal, H M Yssel& B P Slabber:

Quality assurance I n auditing distance education: feedback from students 

148

E L van Heerden, C P H Myburgh & M Poggenpoel

Student's experiences of challenges and threats in changing epistemic contexts 

158

I M Venter, R J Blignaut & D Stoltz:

Research methodologies explored for a paradigm shift in university teaching 

162

THE PRACTICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

A B Chimbganda

Fostering academic writing through process and task - based approaches 

170

M J Glencross & A Mji

The role of research resource centers in the training of social science researchers. 

178

D W Keats, J Collins & Y Petersen

The internet as an outreach tool: the UWC case 

185

R Kemp, C J du Toit & S J Nel

Using computer simulations to improve concept formation in chemistry 

194

R W E van der Wal & R J van der Wal

A multi-skilling model to supplement artisan training 

204