Overview

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.

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Author:   Peter Anderson ,  Bette Davidowitz ,  Zimitri Erasmus ,  Shose Kessi
Publisher:   HSRC Press
Imprint:   BestRed
ISBN:  

9781928246190

ISBN 10:   1928246192
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 March 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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