Thembeka Shange
Biographic Data
| ID | 4150205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thembeka Shange |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thembeka |
| FAMILY NAME | Shange |
| SIGNATURE | SHANGE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9259-5512 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Do Communicative Activities Play a Role in Motivating English-Second-Language (ESL) Tertiary Students to Learn English? A Case of Three Selected Universities in Lesotho
Parents' and Teachers' Views on the Use of Mother Tongue for Learning and Teaching in a Quintile 1 Primary School
This paper reports the parents' and teachers' views on the use of mother tongue for learning and teaching in a Quintile 1 primary school in Gauteng, South Africa. Current research indicates that parents generally prefer English as the language of learning and teaching (LoLT) for their children's primary education. However, there is paucity of research on how parents and teachers in Quintile 1 schools view and perceive the use of mother tongue for…
Reimagining Students’ and Student Development and Support Practitioners’ Experiences in a Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Call) Programme at a University in South Africa
This mixed methods study explored the experiences and views of information and communication technology (ICT) students and student development and support (SDS) practitioners who facilitated the English Word Power (EWP) programme, which was used as an intervention to address the students' poor English proficiency skills at a university of technology (UoT) in South Africa. There is current research on the experiences and views of students and lect…
Situating Some Aspects of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in South African Higher Education Within Southern Theories
This paper discusses aspects of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in South African higher education (HE) and locates it within what it calls Southern theories. Three examples of such theories that the paper advances are Southern decolonial theory, decoloniality, and transversality, which it frames from the Global South standpoint. Concerning the first theory, the paper argues that SoTL, both as a notion and as a practice, needs to b…
Reconceptualising ‘caring’ in e-tutor-student interactions during the Covid-19 pandemic in an ODeL university in South Africa
In South Africa and elsewhere, the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 and the lockdown regulations forced both academics and students to adapt to a new reality of fully online modules and assessments. This catapulted relations in higher education into the spotlight. The concern of this paper is how e-tutors in an Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) university in South Africa have enacted care in online interaction with the students during this period. Avai…
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Situating Some Aspects of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in South African Higher Education Within Southern Theories
This paper discusses aspects of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in South African higher education (HE) and locates it within what it calls Southern theories. Three examples of such theories that the paper advances are Southern decolonial theory, decoloniality, and transversality, which it frames from the Global South standpoint. Concerning the first theory, the paper argues that SoTL, both as a notion and as a practice, needs to b…
Reconceptualising ‘caring’ in e-tutor-student interactions during the Covid-19 pandemic in an ODeL university in South Africa
In South Africa and elsewhere, the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 and the lockdown regulations forced both academics and students to adapt to a new reality of fully online modules and assessments. This catapulted relations in higher education into the spotlight. The concern of this paper is how e-tutors in an Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) university in South Africa have enacted care in online interaction with the students during this period. Avai…
Reimagining Students’ and Student Development and Support Practitioners’ Experiences in a Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Call) Programme at a University in South Africa
This mixed methods study explored the experiences and views of information and communication technology (ICT) students and student development and support (SDS) practitioners who facilitated the English Word Power (EWP) programme, which was used as an intervention to address the students' poor English proficiency skills at a university of technology (UoT) in South Africa. There is current research on the experiences and views of students and lect…
Do Communicative Activities Play a Role in Motivating English-Second-Language (ESL) Tertiary Students to Learn English? A Case of Three Selected Universities in Lesotho
Parents' and Teachers' Views on the Use of Mother Tongue for Learning and Teaching in a Quintile 1 Primary School
This paper reports the parents' and teachers' views on the use of mother tongue for learning and teaching in a Quintile 1 primary school in Gauteng, South Africa. Current research indicates that parents generally prefer English as the language of learning and teaching (LoLT) for their children's primary education. However, there is paucity of research on how parents and teachers in Quintile 1 schools view and perceive the use of mother tongue for…
Pedagogy (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Higher Education Practises and Engagement (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 work)