Foundation provision - a social justice perspective

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dc.contributor.authorLeibowitz, Brenda
dc.contributor.authorBozalek, Vivienne
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-08T13:26:35Z
dc.date.available2017-03-08T13:26:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe article uses data gathered during monitoring and evaluation work at two institutions, policy documents, published articles, correspondence with key role-players at South African higher education institutions and other documents in the public domain in order to present a critique of the existing foundation provision and policy. We argue that foundation provision focuses on a narrow band of students, over a limited time period and that it separates the educational thinking and planning for the foundation students from the mainstream. This is to the detriment of either group of students and lecturers. We suggest questions for further investigation regarding foundation provision, based on the throughput trends across the country and institutional reports, which would shed light on the effectiveness of the present approach. We share two approaches which we believe offer productive alternative ways of thinking about the curriculum and arrangements for learning, for the benefit of all students and lecturers, namely Universal Design for Learning and a Capabilities Approach.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDept of Higher Education and Training
dc.identifier.citationLeibowitz, B. and Bozalek, V. (2015). Foundation provision - a social justice perspective. South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(1): 8-25en_US
dc.identifier.issn1753-5913
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2609
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUnisa Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.20853/29-1-447
dc.subjectFoundation coursesen_US
dc.subjectCapabilities approachen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.subjectUniversal design for learningen_US
dc.subjectSocially just pedagogies
dc.titleFoundation provision - a social justice perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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