Higher education in the face of a global pandemic / / edited by Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck.

The book reflects on the extent to which the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic influenced the education system in Africa, notably South Africa. The advent of the pandemic has brought a new context to the challenges of access, deepening the precarious position of African higher education systems. The p...

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Superior document:African higher education: developments and perspectives ; Volume 12
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:African higher education: developments and perspectives ; Volume 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource (230 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck
  • Copyright page / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck
  • Dedication / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck
  • Foreword / Robert J. Balfour
  • Figures and Tables / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck
  • Abbreviations / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck
  • Notes on Contributors / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck
  • Chapter 1 Introduction / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronella Jonck
  • Chapter 2 The Challenges of Online Learning in African Higher Education / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
  • Chapter 3 Teacher Unions and the State's Management of the COVID -19 Pandemic in the Provision of Basic Education in South Africa / Logan Govender
  • Chapter 4 Higher Education Institutions' Readiness for Alternative Delivery Modes and Online Pedagogy in the Face of a Global Crisis / Verona Leendertz , Clarise Mostert , Jhalukpreya Surujlal , and Herman van der Merwe
  • Chapter 5 Students' Learning Styles and Perception of Online Learning / Freda van der Walt and Anele Nkoyi
  • Chapter 6 Responses and Mechanisms for Mitigating the Effects of the COVID -19 Pandemic on East African Higher Education / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
  • Chapter 7 Information Literacy as a Meta-Literacy Prerequisite for Teaching and Learning in an ICT Environment / Anna-Marie Pelser and Eben Swanepoel
  • Chapter 8 Determining the Outcome of an Information Literacy Initiative for Postgraduate Students / Petronella Jonck
  • Chapter 9 South Africa's University Teaching and Learning Dynamics amid a COVID -19 Pandemic / Phefumula Nyoni and Kholekile Hazel Ngqila
  • Chapter 10 Conclusion / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronella Jonck
  • Index / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronnella Jonck.