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Applying principles of total quality management to a learning process: a case study

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2000)
Quality tools and techniques for improving learning in higher education

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2000)

In pursuit of quality, educators and learners must be continuously engaged in a process of finding opportunities for improving the learning process, the quality of the learning experience and the way it is delivered. In ...
Meeting the needs of postgraduate learners: a historical review

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2001)

To improve the delivery of distance education, it is crucial to understand the needs and demands of learners. The following question provided the organising framework for the study: "To what extent have the learning ...
A theoretical analysis of educator motivation and morale

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2002)

For various reasons educator morale and motivation have been the focus of considerable attention. Several factors have been attributed as underlying causes of low morale and poor motivation among staff in the teaching ...
Postgraduate supervision and academic support: students' perceptions

Schulze, Salome; Lessing, A.C. (Unisa Press, 2002)

Postgraduate supervision in South Africa cur- rently takes place in the context of university transformation, increasing numbers of disadvan- taged students and appeals for improved com- pletion rates. Thus there is ...
The changing principalship in South African schools

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2002)

A current international trend in education reform is the devolution of decision-making powers from central level to the school level. Together with certain structural reforms regarding shared decision-making, the South ...
Views on the combination of quantitative and qualitative research approaches

Schulze, Salome (Unisa Press, 2003)

This article addresses the possibility of combining quantitative and qualitative research approaches. The paradigms underlying quantitative and qualitative research (for example, positivism and postmodernism) are identified. ...
Linking the Human Resource Management in Education module to knowledge management

Steyn, G.M. (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2003)

Relevance of and interest in knowledge as critical components of the intellectual discours e ha ve becom e inc reas ingly evid ent to th e academ ic community.The world of work has changed which implies that learners ...
Assuring quality of a module in human resource management: learners’ perceptions

Schulze, Salome; Steyn, G.M. (Project Innovation, Inc., 2003)
The courage to change : challenges for teacher educators

Schulze, Salome (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2003)

With the introduction of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), the education system in South Africa changed from content-based to outcomes-based education (OBE). The Faculty of Education at the University of South ...
Lecturers’ experience of postgraduate supervision in a distance education context

Schulze, Salome; Lessing, A.C. (Unisa Press, 2003)

After determining the perceptions of postgradu- ate students at a distance education institution of the guidance they had experienced, a research project was launched to determine lecturers' views on supervision at the ...
How do professionals develop? Lessons for the effective implementation of the South African Skills Development Act

Steyn, G.M. (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2004)

Strategy (NSDS), have been initiatives to develop the people of South Africa and to provide educational and economic opportunities for all. In order to implement NSDS, 25 Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) ...
Factors that influence retirement self-actualisation

Schulze, Salome; Kerr, Pam P. (Rand Afrikaans University, Department of Nursing Sciences, 2004)

This article reports on an investigation of factors that influence self-actualisation during retirement. The aim of the research was to make recommendations on how to enhance the self-actualisation of retiredpeople. The ...
Harnessing the power of knowledge in higher education

Steyn, G.M. (Project Innovation, Inc., 2004)
Problems of, and support for, beginner educators

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2004)

Beginner educators cannot produce their best work and achieve the objectives of the schools that employed them until they have adjusted to the work they are required to do, the environment in which they are to work and ...
The role of dream analysis for exploring emotional content during early adolescence

Schulze, Salome; Jones, Anita C. (Rand Afrikaans University/ University of Johannesburg, 2005)

The purpose of the study reported in this article was to determine whether dream analysis can provide insight into the emotional problems of female adolescents. A number of classical and contemporary theories on dreams ...
Implementing professional development in invitational education

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2005)

The professional development of educators is seen as an ingredient essential to creating effective schools and raising learners' performance. Since educators have the most direct contact with learners, and considerable ...
The influence of educational leadership in inviting schools in the United States of America

Steyn, G.M. (Foundation for Education Science and Technology, 2005)

Recent conceptions of educational leadership demonstrate a move away from traditional authoritarian models of decision-making towards more collegial views on role relations between principals and their staff. Many educators ...
The job satisfaction of black female academics

Schulze, Salome (Unisa Press, 2005)

The aim of this research was to investigate the job satisfaction of black, female academics at a distance education institution. To this end, a phenomenological method was employed. By means of purposeful and snowball ...
Self-assessment in education management training through distance learning: A critical analysis

Steyn, G.M.; Kamper, G.D. (Unisa Press, 2006)

In pursuit of quality, the learning process should be continuously improved by changing, among other things, the learning material and the way learning is facilitated. A concern for academics, teaching experience in the ...

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