At the foot of the volcano
Subtitle: reflections on teaching at a South African university
By: edited by Susan Levine
Contributors: University of Cape Town
Publisher: BestRed, an imprint of HSRC Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781928246190
Subjects: College teaching; Higher Education; Study and teaching; Universities and colleges; Education (Higher)
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"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes index and bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Introduction : passion for the art of teaching; title: Critical pedagogy : an art hoping to 'make new people'?; title: Over the freeway; title: Thirteen ways : teaching writing, creative and otherwise; title: The road to distinguished teaching at a world-class African university; title: Crossing the city : pedagogies beyond the classroom; title: Kindling fires : reflections on the journey of a chemistry teacher; title: Reflections on teaching critical anthropology in physiotherapy; title: Engaged scholarship : bridging the gap between academia, activism and lived experience; title: Teaching voice : building artistry through teacher-student collaboration; title: Lessons from the heart; title: 'Looking beyond the microscope' : rethinking pedagogy for health science students learning medical anthropology