Vol 27, No 1 (2013)

Table of Contents

General Articles

South Africa's Achilles' Heel and Phoenixian Possibilities
Mokubung Nkomo
Talk Deep to Write deeper: an exploration of the value of deep talk in developing Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
Delia Layton
Governance in Malawian universities: The role of dialectical reasoning and communicative rationality
Lester Brian Shawa
The relationship between the postgraduate research climate, role clarity and research service quality: exploring the supervisors and students perceptions
Krishna K Govender, Shaun Ramroop
Teaching and Learning Indicators in University Rankings
Sabiha Essack, Indirani Naidoo
Online Surveys as Data Collection Instruments in Education Research: A Feasible Option?
Lorinda Minnaar, Jan Heystek
Towards a conceptual framework in understanding student dropout in Higher Education institutions
Labby Ramrathan
Student teachers perceptions about their experiences of teaching practice
Sheila N Matoti, Ronald J Odora
Status of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in South African Universities
Teboho Pitso
Getting to grips with Postpositivism: The deliberations of a research novice
Nicola Kirby
INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS: A CRITICAL COMPETENCY FOR MANAGING TRANSFORMATION AND CHALLENGES IN SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Petrus Albertus Botha
The experience of using the newsflash approach to democratise teaching, learning and assessment at a South African university
Betty C Mubangizi, Frances O'Brien
Understanding and managing conflict: a prerequisite for post-merger FET colleges
Raj Mestry, Bennie Grobler, Mark Bosch
FACTORS INFLUENCING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS INTENTION TO STAY
Elmari Deacon, Corrie Viljoen
Using appreciative inquiry to develop a research capacity development programme
JM Frantz, AJ Rhoda, J de Jongh
The case for formal visual literacy teaching in higher education
Christina Jordaan, Danie Jordaan