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Manipulation of Communication
Get PDFJ. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace highlights many issues within universities and across South Africa through his character David Lurie. Lurie’s plethora of opinions is readily available throughout the novel in tightly packaged poetic verses or decorated words of wisdom borrowed from Byron. His tactful usage and deliverance of language will be highlighted in this essay with the aim of showing how Lurie manipulates language in communicative events to evade accountability regarding his and Melanie’s affair. This essay aims to question whether Lurie intended to communicate or manipulate both the characters and the readers
The Silent Cry of the Earth
Get PDFThe rivers dark, the forests weep,The air is thick with death’s embrace.As war and greed their poison seep,Yet hope still shines with quiet grace..
I am my Shadow: Poetry
No full textThe incandescent glowDescends on me with a flick,It covers me with its vastnessThe darkness takes formI lift my hand,It traces the wallI sit, grounded with despair,It ascends the cellingThe darkness mocks meFor all my body can do is sit on this chair.Perhaps the darkness is an extension of what my soul longs to do?The darkness illuminates me
Africa’s Strategic Partnerships with BRICS and Other Emerging Countries
Get PDFOur contemporary conjuncture is characterised by increasing inter- and intra-national inequities, escalating polycrises, and geopolitical turmoil. The primary contradictions of the global capitalist mode of production bedevil prospects for progressive economic integration as national policy sovereignty is surrendered and ecological precarity expands exponentially
Academic freedom for some is academic freedom for none : A response to Nithaya Chetty
No full textNithaya Chetty, the Dean of Science at Wits University, writing in his personal capacity, contributed a discussion piece to the South African Journal of Science provocatively entitled “Should our universities respond to geo-political conflicts around the world?” Referring specifically to “the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,” he called for higher education institutions to be neutral in global conflictual situations. FRED HENDRICKS’ response considers the implications ‘neutrality’ would have for the realisation of academic freedom, especially in the context of ongoing racialised inequality in the university sector in South Africa
“It’s the lecturers to lose”: Examining ‘trust’ in the feedback dialogue
No full text“Feedback trust” is an important, though often take-for-granted component of the feedback dialogue. If not maintained, it may be easily lost or broken, which may impact the effectiveness of feedback. In this paper, I unpack the notion of feedback trust by examining what are the factors that enable (or constrain) it, whether feedback trust is automatic, and whether feedback trust can be repaired. The paper is framed by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy’s (2000) conceptualisation of trust. Qualitative data were collected from Honours students in an Arts and Humanities Faculty at a South African university using questionnaires (15) and interviews (6); data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The results broadly indicate that there are three main factors that influence feedback trust: the feedback itself, the feedback giver, and the feedback community. In addition, the results show that feedback trust is to some degree automatic, as it is tied to the role of feedback giver, but that it may strengthen or weaken over time, depending on experience. Lastly, the results show that feedback trust can be repaired through communication, though it depends on how it was broken or lost. This paper outlines that there are four Cs necessary to build, maintain, and repair feedback trust between students and educators: connection, communication, care, and comments
Thirty Years of Literacies Testing at the University of Cape Town: A Critical Reflection on the Work and its Impact.
Get PDFCliff, A. 2024. Thirty Y ears of Literacies Testing at the University of Cape Town: A Critical Reflection on the Work and its Impact . London: Springer. ISBN: 978303158678
