Mirriam Lephalala
Biographic Data
| ID | 6817348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mirriam Lephalala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mirriam |
| FAMILY NAME | Lephalala |
| SIGNATURE | LEPHALALA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0568-2237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Person is a Person Because of Others’
In this article the authors consider current understandings of discipline in schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The concern is with exploring the discipline/punishment/power nexus in education in both countries; with how reductionist versions of discipline as authoritarianism interweave with views about the aims and perceived need for punishment in schools, and how this is driven by perceptions of a need to maintain control or power …
An evaluation of markers’ commentary on ESL students’ argumentative essays in an ODL context
Studies on the effectiveness of feedback to student writing are contentious and diverse. But, as Ferris (2003, 41) maintains, 'teacher feedback may represent the single biggest investment of time by instructors, and it is certainly clear that students highly value and appreciate it.' This is indeed true for English Second Language (ESL) students studying in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) context where feedback is the primary medium of commun…
Improving academic proficiency in open distance learning through contact interventions
The aim of the article is to describe a pilot study designed to determine the extent to which contact interventions improve the academic proficiency of tertiary-level students in a distance education institution. A group of ‘at risk’ students, identified by the University of South Africa Unisa Mercantile Law Department, served as the pilot target group for the interventions described. Writing intervention: this involved the active teaching of coh…
A Person is a Person Because of Others’
In this article the authors consider current understandings of discipline in schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The concern is with exploring the discipline/punishment/power nexus in education in both countries; with how reductionist versions of discipline as authoritarianism interweave with views about the aims and perceived need for punishment in schools, and how this is driven by perceptions of a need to maintain control or power …
Improving academic proficiency in open distance learning through contact interventions
The aim of the article is to describe a pilot study designed to determine the extent to which contact interventions improve the academic proficiency of tertiary-level students in a distance education institution. A group of ‘at risk’ students, identified by the University of South Africa Unisa Mercantile Law Department, served as the pilot target group for the interventions described. Writing intervention: this involved the active teaching of coh…
An evaluation of markers’ commentary on ESL students’ argumentative essays in an ODL context
Studies on the effectiveness of feedback to student writing are contentious and diverse. But, as Ferris (2003, 41) maintains, 'teacher feedback may represent the single biggest investment of time by instructors, and it is certainly clear that students highly value and appreciate it.' This is indeed true for English Second Language (ESL) students studying in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) context where feedback is the primary medium of commun…
A Person is a Person Because of Others’
In this article the authors consider current understandings of discipline in schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The concern is with exploring the discipline/punishment/power nexus in education in both countries; with how reductionist versions of discipline as authoritarianism interweave with views about the aims and perceived need for punishment in schools, and how this is driven by perceptions of a need to maintain control or power …
Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Argumentation theory (1 works) · Argumentative (1 works) · Authoritarianism (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)