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A Centralised Model for Design, Delivery and Governance of Open Distance Learning at Dual Mode Universities
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Coetzee, Daniella – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
In response to global and local needs, the South African government increasingly enables distance education through legislation and policy, and many traditional public higher education institutions have turned to dual-mode delivery of their programmes. This decision is often based on a desire for new market growth and firmly embedded in…
Descriptors: Governance, Distance Education, Administrative Organization, Educational Policy
Confronting Challenges to the Liberal Arts Curriculum: Perspectives of Developing and Transitional Countries
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Peterson, Patti McGill – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Comparative research on higher education in developing and transitional countries is often focused on such issues as access, finance, student mobility and the impact of globalization, but there has been little attention to curriculum and the forces that shape it. Confronting Challenges to the Liberal Arts Curriculum fills an important gap in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Liberal Arts, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum Development
Programme Evaluation: Maintaining Quality in Higher Education
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Loots, A. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
The evaluation of educational or social programmes is paramount for establishing success or impact in higher education. Evaluation questions about programme goals (e.g. better performance of first-year students) or about the quality of programme strategies (design and implementation) and effectiveness of delivery (coordinator inputs and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Models, Research Methodology
An Analysis of Selected Descriptive and Experimental Studies on Program Model Designs for Gifted Students for Potential Use in Rural School Districts of Developing Countries.
Naidu, Sandhrapvakesh R.; Presley, Priscilla Henshaw – Gifted Education International, 1995
U.S. program model designs used for children who are gifted were analyzed for their potential applications for rural schools of developing countries such as South Africa. Program trends and practices are identified from analysis of 100 descriptive and experimental studies of the last 10 years. A bibliography of the studies is included. (SW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Information Utilization
An Integrated Creative Arts Programme for Exceptionally Talented Children.
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Eriksson, Gillian I. – 1984
A creative arts program for talented students in Johannesburg (South Africa) is intended to foster perceptual-, aesthetic-, cultural-, social-, and self-awareness, understanding of the arts, as well as an emphasis on expanding creative potential focuses on the processes of sensory, intellectual creative, and aesthetic development. A four-phase…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Vocational Education and Training for Life Long Learning in the Information Era. IVETA [International Vocational Education and Training Association] Conference Proceedings (Hong Kong, China, August 6-9, 2000).
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment