​ ​  5 October 20​​21​​

• Curriculum Renewal​
  
•   Dr Marianne McKay​​
  

Dr Marianne McKay recommend​s the following reading:​

• Le Grange, L. (2021). “(Individual) Responsibility in Decolonising the University Curriculum". South African Journal of Higher Education 35 (1), 4-20. https://doi.org/10.20853/35-1-4416.​
  
• Pinar, W.F. (1975). The method of currere (PDF). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED104766.pdf
  
• Smith, Brian. (2013). Currere and Critical Pedagogy: Think Critically about Self-Reflective Methods. Transnational Curriculum Inquiry 10(2) DOI: https://doi.org/10.14288/tci.v10i2.184317

​ ​  24 AUGUST 20​​21​​

• The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – exploration of the 4C-ID model for curriculum design ​
  
•   Dr Marianne Unger ​​
  

Dr Unger recommends this reading on 4CID:​

• ​Frerejean, J., Merriënboer, J.J.G., Kirshner, P.A., Roex, A., Aertgeets, B. en Marcellis, M. (2019). Designing instruction for complex learning: 4C/ID in higher education. Eur J Educ. 54:513–524. DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12363
  

And this reading on using 4CID in Higher Education:

• Costa, J.M., Miranda, G.L. & Melo, M. (2021). Four-component instructiona​l design (4C-ID) model: a meta-analysis on use and effect. Learning Environments research. DOI:10.1007/s10984-021-09373-y

​ ​  20 JULY 20​​21​​

• Students' Developing Conceptions of Knowledge: Insights from a longitudinal study in Chemistry ​
  
•   Dr Margaret Blackie ​​
  

Dr Blackie refers to the following reading in her Auxin presentation:​

• ​Ashwin, P., Abbas, A. and McLean, M., 2014. How do students' accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?. Higher Education, 67(2), pp.219-234.DOI 10.1007/s10734-013-9659-z​

​ ​  25 MAY 20​​21​​

• From accessing information to actually using it: The development of a Knowledge Skills module for first years​​
  
•   Dr Marenet Jordaan​​
  

Dr Marenet Jordaan recommends the following reading on Knowledge Skills:

• ​Bhatt, I. & MacKenzie, A. 2019. Just Google it! Digital literacy and the epistemology of ignorance. Teaching in Higher Education, 24(3):302-317. doi: 10.1​080/13562517.2018.15472​76

• McGuinness, C. & Fulton, C. 2019. Digital literacy in higher education: A case study of student engagement with e-tutorials using blended learning. Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 18: 1-28. doi: 10.28945/4190
  

• Yevelson-Shorsher, A. & Bronstein, J. 2018. Three perspectives on information literacy in academia: Talking to librarians, faculty, and students. College & Research Libraries, 79(4): 535-553.
  doi: 10.5860/crl.79.4.535

​ ​  13 April 20​​21​​

• Towards humanising online postgraduate supervision: Reflecting on student experiences in lockdown​​
  
•   Dr Nompilo Tshuma​​
  

Dr Nompilo Tshuma recommend​s the following reading:​

• ​Khene, C. P. (2014). Supporting a humanizing pedagogy in the supervision relationship and process: A reflection in a developing country. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 9, 73-83.

• Maor, D., Ensor, J.D. & Fraser, B.J. (2016). Doctoral supervision in virtual spaces: A review of research of web-based tools to develop collaborative supervision, Higher Education Research & Development, 35:1, 172-188, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2015.1121206

• McCallin, A. & Nayar, S. (2012). Postgraduate research supervision: A critical review of current practice, Teaching in Higher Education, 17:1, 63-74, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2011.590979
  

​ ​  23 March 20​​21​​

• Balancing SoTL & disciplinary research.​​
  
•    A/Prof Robbie Pott​​
  

Robbie recommends this reading:​

On balance:

• Huber MT (2001) Balancing Acts: Designing Careers Around The Scholarship of Teaching. Chang Mag High Learn 33:21–29. 
• Schrader C, et al. (2011) How Can We Help Faculty Balance Between Teaching and Scholarly Activities? Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Vancouver.​
  

On perseverance for postgrads:

• Duckworth A (2016) Grit: The power of passion and perseverance. Grit power passion perseverance. This website has a summary of her research and access to her TED Talk:  https://digitalpromise.org/2019/03/06/research-behind-ted-talk-angela-duckworth-grit/

​ ​  23 February 20​​21​​

• Scholarship, scholarly teaching and SoTL: implications for the ‘professoriate’​
  
•   Prof Susan van Schalkwyk​​
  

Prof Susan van Schalkwyk’s recommended reading:​

• Adendorff, H., 2011. Strangers in a strange land–on becoming scholars of teaching. London Review of Education, 9(3), pp.305-315.
  
• Larsson, M., Mårtensson, K., Price, L. and Roxå, T., 2020. Constructive Friction? Charting the Relation between Educational Research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 8(1), pp.61-75.
  
• Van Schalkwyk, S., Cilliers, F., Adendorff, H., Cattell, K. and Herman, N., 2013. Journeys of growth towards the professional learning of academics: understanding the role of educational development. International journal for academic development, 18(2), pp.139-151.