At the foot of the volcano
Refletions on teaching at a South African university
Published on 1. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-928246-19-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cape Town
South Africa
Publishing group
HSRC Press
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 176 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-928246-19-0 (9781928246190)
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Persons
Susan Levine is an Associate Professor in the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Cape Town. Her work in medical anthropology has contributed significantly to building a critical, medical humanities in South Africa. She is currently pursuing the value of an epistemology of love for redressing alienation and discontent in contemporary higher learning institutions.
Content
- Foreword by Elelwani Ramugondo
- Preface
- Introduction: Passion for the art of teaching - Susan Levine (Anthropology)
- 1 Critical pedagogy: An art hoping to 'make new people'? - Zimitri Erasmus (Sociology)
- 2 Over the freeway - Peter Anderson (English Language and Literature)
- 3 Thirteen ways: Teaching writing, creative and otherwise - Hedley Twidle (English Language and
- Literature)
- 4 The road to distinguished teaching at a world-class African university - Anwar Suleman Mall (Medical Biochemistry)
- 5 Crossing the city: Pedagogies beyond the classroom - Sophie Oldfield (Geography and Urban
- Studies)
- 6 Kindling fires: Reflections on the journey of a chemistry teacher - Bette Davidowitz (Chemistry)
- 7 Reflections on teaching critical anthropology in physiotherapy - Helen Macdonald (Anthropology)
- 8 Engaged scholarship: Bridging the gap between academia, activism and lived experience - Shose Kessi (Psychology)
- 9 Teaching voice: Building artistry through teacher-student collaboration - Brad Liebl (Music)
- 10 Lessons from the heart - Steve Reid (Primary Health Care)
- 11 'Looking beyond the microscope': Rethinking pedagogy for health science students learning medical anthropology - Susan Levine and Helen Macdonald (Anthropology)
- About the authors
- Index
- Preface
- Introduction: Passion for the art of teaching - Susan Levine (Anthropology)
- 1 Critical pedagogy: An art hoping to 'make new people'? - Zimitri Erasmus (Sociology)
- 2 Over the freeway - Peter Anderson (English Language and Literature)
- 3 Thirteen ways: Teaching writing, creative and otherwise - Hedley Twidle (English Language and
- Literature)
- 4 The road to distinguished teaching at a world-class African university - Anwar Suleman Mall (Medical Biochemistry)
- 5 Crossing the city: Pedagogies beyond the classroom - Sophie Oldfield (Geography and Urban
- Studies)
- 6 Kindling fires: Reflections on the journey of a chemistry teacher - Bette Davidowitz (Chemistry)
- 7 Reflections on teaching critical anthropology in physiotherapy - Helen Macdonald (Anthropology)
- 8 Engaged scholarship: Bridging the gap between academia, activism and lived experience - Shose Kessi (Psychology)
- 9 Teaching voice: Building artistry through teacher-student collaboration - Brad Liebl (Music)
- 10 Lessons from the heart - Steve Reid (Primary Health Care)
- 11 'Looking beyond the microscope': Rethinking pedagogy for health science students learning medical anthropology - Susan Levine and Helen Macdonald (Anthropology)
- About the authors
- Index