Transformation and Performativity in Universities in South Africa

Autor/in	Singh, P.
Titel	Transformation and Performativity in Universities in South Africa
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Higher Education, 25 (2011) 6, S.1190-1204 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1011-3487
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Entrepreneurship; Teacher Competencies; School Culture; College Faculty; Research; Teacher Qualifications; Colleges; Technical Institutes; Job Performance; Interviews; Teaching Conditions; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unternehmungsgeist; Lehrkunst; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Fakultät; Forschung; Lehrqualifikation; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Technische Fakultät; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	As the government seeks to foster a degree of self-sufficiency in terms of income generation through output, universities are forced to rely on performativity from staff to become more entrepreneurial. Following on the articles by Waghid (2009), Le Grange (2009), Reddy, Le Grange and Fataar (2010), and Smeyers and Waghid (2009) among others, this article reports on a study that investigated the effects of performativity and the entrepreneurial university culture on academic staff at a university of technology. Using a qualitative, explorative design, this study found that the former technikons did not emphasize the importance of research and subsequently the qualifications of its staff as perhaps they should have. Some staff regarded the "new" emphasis on research and improving qualifications as being a part of the "university ethos" as if the technikons were exempt from it. Some of the questions raised from the findings were: how did knowledge exist without continual scholarly inquiry and research? Can we have good teaching and learning (albeit experiential) if staff is not constantly engaged in research? (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10