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Integrating Pedagogy and Practice: The Impact of Academic Service Learning in the TEFL Context in Higher Education 教学法与实践相结合：高等教育 TEFL 背景下学术服务学习的影响

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/14826

Ai-hua Chen

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Copyright Amendment Bill: Contradictions to Hit the South African Education Sector 版权修正法案》：南非教育部门面临的矛盾问题

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/14325

K. Tomaselli, Hetta Pieterse

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Education under Occupation in Palestine: Resilience and Resistance 巴勒斯坦占领下的教育:韧性与抵抗

4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/14851

Juman Quneis, Tina Jaber Rafidi

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SADTU and the Struggle for Professional Unionism, edited by Michael Cross, Logan Govender and Ahmed Essop 《SADTU和职业工会主义的斗争》，由Michael Cross, Logan Govender和Ahmed Essop编辑

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-08-21 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/14270

Linda Cooper, J. Gamble

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Theory of Change and Theory of Education: Pedagogic and Curriculum Defects in Early Grade Reading Interventions in South Africa 变革理论与教育理论:南非小学低年级阅读干预中的教学与课程缺陷

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-08-10 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/13316

B. Fleisch

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“Doing Just Enough to Get By”: Voices of Black Women Early Career Academics on Navigating the Publish or Perish Discourse in South Africa “适可而止”：黑人女性早期职业学术界对南非出版或危险话语的引导之声

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/13352

M. Hlatshwayo, B. Ngcobo

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The Digital Story Teaching Method for Master of Nursing Specialist Students 护理专业硕士生数字故事教学方法研究

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/13031

Huali Zhao, Peng Zhao, Ruihong Wu, Hua Ren

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A Commentary on Student Struggles, Violence and Organisational Weakness 对学生斗争、暴力和组织弱点的评论

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-06-12 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/13712

E. Motala, I. Senekal, S. Vally

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Advancing Innovation in Global Education: Reflective Experiences of Prospective Teachers as Difference Makers 推动全球教育创新:未来教师作为差异制造者的反思经验

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/12772

I. Chahine

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Transformation of Higher Learning in South Africa: Perceptions and Understanding of Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology Undergraduate Students 南非高等教育的转型:言语语言治疗与听力学本科生的认知与理解

IF 0.5 4区教育学

Education As Change Pub Date : 2023-05-11 DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/11648

Farieda Abrahams, Nomfundo F. Moroe, K. Khoza-Shangase

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