At the foot of the volcano : reflections on teaching at a South African university / edited by Susan Levine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

University of Cape Town.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Levine, Susan, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Study and teaching.

Education, Higher.

College teaching.

South Africa--Education (Higher).

South Africa.

College teaching--South Africa.

Education, Higher--Study and teaching--South Africa.

Universities and colleges--South Africa.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

xvii, 154 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : BestRed, an imprint of HSRC Press, [2018]

Summary:

"At a time of robust public contestation about higher education in South Africa, At the Foot of the Volcano focuses on the personal journeys of university lecturers as ordinary people. The lecturers, based predominantly at the University of Cape Town, share a passion for inspiring South Africa's next generation of scientists, health care workers, social scientists, poets, essayists, musicians, urban planners, anthropologists and chemists. Too often Information and Communication Technology is offered as the panacea for course content in uncertain times. At the Foot of the Volcano suggests that no amount of technological innovation can stand in the place of building relationships with students, finding ways to instil passion for our disciplines, and an awareness of the sources of structural inequality that underpin the current political climate across higher institutions"--Back cover.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Introduction : passion for the art of teaching

Critical pedagogy : an art hoping to 'make new people'?

Over the freeway

Thirteen ways : teaching writing, creative and otherwise

The road to distinguished teaching at a world-class African university

Crossing the city : pedagogies beyond the classroom

Kindling fires : reflections on the journey of a chemistry teacher

Reflections on teaching critical anthropology in physiotherapy

Engaged scholarship : bridging the gap between academia, activism and lived experience

Teaching voice : building artistry through teacher-student collaboration

Lessons from the heart

'Looking beyond the microscope' : rethinking pedagogy for health science students learning medical anthropology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781928246190

1928246192

OCLC:

1038518834

Publisher Number:

99981800742