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Albertina Sisulu Research Chair will continue to shine its light on nursing
In a nod to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) outstanding research abilities, the Albertina Sisulu Research Chair in Nursing Science has been upgraded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and will continue for another five years under the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). The SARChI extension followed a successful…https://commerce.nwu.ac.za/social-sciences-international-research-conference/call-papers
Call for Papers
SSIRC submission of abstracts, Guidelines, You are invited to submit an abstract(s) with a maximum of two abstracts per author for the Social Sciences International Research Conference 2025. The abstract needs to fall within one of the conference sub-themes and submissions should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere., Process for SSIRC 2025, Abstract submission closes 28 March 2025. Submitted abstracts will go through a peer review process and authors will be notified of the abstract outcome by 14 April 2025. Authors can submit full papers once the abstract is accepted. Please adhere to the full paper final submission date of 20 June 2025 . Full papers will go through a double-blind…, Only Abstracts that have been submitted on EasyChair will be accepted for this conference. , Please use this submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/? conf=ssirc2025 Please use the help tab to answer possible submission problems: https://easychair.org/help/, PLEASE TAKE NOTE:, A maximum of two papers per participant allowed. (Either 2 as presenter, 2 as co-author or 1 as co-author). A maximum of one paper per doctoral student. Authors may also choose to do a presentation during the conference of their accepted abstracts, which will be published in the Book of Abstracts. The closing date for delegates to submit an…, ,https://education.nwu.ac.za/community-based-educational-research-comber/focus
Focus
Community-based Educational Research: Our research focuses not only on generating theoretical knowledge about the issue, but also on bringing about change on personal, institutional and community levels. As such, we can call it research as social change as the process has educational, political and emancipatory intent. An example of…https://education.nwu.ac.za/community-based-educational-research-comber/objectives
Objectives
The main aim of COMBER is to: Facilitate the learning and development of people engaged in various education contexts, from pre-school through to adult education We conduct this research with members of the various communities to assist them to learn how to address in a sustainable way issues they identify as problematic. We…https://education.nwu.ac.za/community-based-educational-research-comber/strands
Subprogrammes
[accordion collapsed] LANGUAGE LITERACY LITERATURE INITIATIVE FOR EMPOWERMENT (³LIFE) IN COMMUNITIES Subprogramme Leader : Prof C Nel Subprogramme Members: Prof A Oduaran, Prof C Botha, Dr M Meyer, Prof K Kaiser, Dr S Romylos, Prof E Marais, Dr C van der Vyver, Dr C Nel, Mr M Uys, Ms C Bansen, Mr…https://education.nwu.ac.za/community-based-educational-research-comber/members
Members
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Home
Community-based Educational Research is: Research that is defined as a partnership of students and community members who collaboratively engage in research with the purpose of solving a pressing educational problem to generate knowledge, skills and processes that will enhance sustainable learning and development. As such, the methodology that…https://education.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/hreid-home
HREiD home
This research group, consisting of academics and post-graduate students from a variety of tertiary institutions, was established to address human rights in education with the emphasis on gender, belief systems and cultural diversity contributing to human rights literacy. The need to engage in rigorous discussions on these issues arose as a…https://education.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/publications
Publications
Roux, C. (2010) Religious literacy and human rights literacy as prerequisite for human rights education. (In Durka, G. Gearon, L., de Souza, M. & Engebretson, K., eds. International handbook for inter-religious education. Dordrect, The Netherlands: Springer. 4:991–1015). Roux, C. (2011) Social Construct…https://education.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/projects
Projects
Projects in progress 1. Human Rights Literacy: a quest for meaning 2012-2014 (NRF funded project) Bbrief magazine page 38 2. Spaces of Mobility: Child Trafficking, Human Rights Violations and the Curriculum 2013-2015 (ANFASA funded project) 3. Education research for quality PhD study curriculum-making: a South African…https://education.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/special-interest-groups