Alan J Penny
Biographic Data
| ID | 7245901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan J Penny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan J |
| FAMILY NAME | Penny |
| SIGNATURE | PENNY A J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A study of cross-national collaborative research
A story behind a story
This paper describes a process of analysis and the development of representational strategies in a narrative study. It takes the reader through the often hidden steps involved in doing research, and unveils some of the problematics of narrative and voice. Within the context of rural post-Apartheid South Africa, the researchers were positioned as outsiders, bordercrossing into the lives of the researched, in the name of articulating their voices. …
An Analysis of Student Grade Expectations and Marker Consistency
This study sets out to assess the extent to which final‐year students following a four year degree in education have a realistic sense of the strengths and weaknesses of an independent research study they are required to undertake. An analysis of the self‐assessment grades and those of their tutors reveals a poor match, whilst the criteria students use to assess their studies emphasise lower order criteria such as style and presentation, and larg…
Collaborative research in education
The need to encourage staff in departments of education in South African universities to increase their research output has become a priority given the pressing educational needs within the country, and demands for university departments to be more accountable in a context of ever diminishing financial resources. This paper examines a strategy of collaborative research which was aimed at regenerating a culture of research within a university depa…
A story behind a story
This paper describes a process of analysis and the development of representational strategies in a narrative study. It takes the reader through the often hidden steps involved in doing research, and unveils some of the problematics of narrative and voice. Within the context of rural post-Apartheid South Africa, the researchers were positioned as outsiders, bordercrossing into the lives of the researched, in the name of articulating their voices. …
Collaborative research in education
The need to encourage staff in departments of education in South African universities to increase their research output has become a priority given the pressing educational needs within the country, and demands for university departments to be more accountable in a context of ever diminishing financial resources. This paper examines a strategy of collaborative research which was aimed at regenerating a culture of research within a university depa…
An Analysis of Student Grade Expectations and Marker Consistency
This study sets out to assess the extent to which final‐year students following a four year degree in education have a realistic sense of the strengths and weaknesses of an independent research study they are required to undertake. An analysis of the self‐assessment grades and those of their tutors reveals a poor match, whilst the criteria students use to assess their studies emphasise lower order criteria such as style and presentation, and larg…
A story behind a story
This paper describes a process of analysis and the development of representational strategies in a narrative study. It takes the reader through the often hidden steps involved in doing research, and unveils some of the problematics of narrative and voice. Within the context of rural post-Apartheid South Africa, the researchers were positioned as outsiders, bordercrossing into the lives of the researched, in the name of articulating their voices. …
A study of cross-national collaborative research
Pedagogy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)