Self-Directed Learning in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Research on the affordances of online virtual excursions

Volume editor
Josef de Beer
Volume editor
Neal Petersen
Volume editor
Elsa Mentz
Volume editor
Robert J Balfour

Synopsis

The book is devoted to scholarship in the field of pre-service teacher education, with a specific focus on research into the enhancement of self-directed learning, and contributes to the discourse on creating a disposition towards self-directed learning during the social and academic integration of first-year students within higher education institutions. Two chapters also deal with research on the development of self-directed learning and nuanced understandings of the chosen professions of Law and Health Sciences students. The target audience is scholars working in the fields of teacher education, self-directed learning, engaging pedagogies, problem-based learning, cooperative learning and gamification. Whereas social constructivist learning theory served as an overarching theoretical framework for the virtual excursions, the various chapters in the book also draw on other secondary theories, such as self-determination theory, social interdependence theory, gender theory and the fitness model of Kounin (1970).

 

Chapters

  • Chapter 1
    Cresting the wave: COVID-19’s impact on reconceptualising higher education professional development
    Robert J Balfour
  • Chapter 2
    Rhizomic development of the student excursion, across three faculties in a multi-campus university
    Yolani Geldenhuys, Josef de Beer
  • Chapter 3
    The affordances of face-to-face student excursions and implications for migration to virtual excursions
    Josef de Beer, Neal Petersen
  • Chapter 4
    Developing capacity on several levels: Scaffolding learning, leadership development, and service-learning
    Elize Küng, Lloyd Conley, Lounell White
  • Chapter 5
    First-year students’ conceptions of the complexity of the profession, sense of belonging, and self-directed learning
    Neal Petersen, Elsa Mentz, Josef de Beer
  • Chapter 6
    Exploring virtual excursions for self-directed learning: A systematic literature review
    Jako Olivier, Nothile AT Kunene
  • Chapter 7
    Problem-based learning in a virtual space: Affordances of active online learning
    Marietjie Havenga, Adri du Toit
  • Chapter 8
    Students’ experiences of cooperative learning in a virtual excursion
    Anitia Lubbe, Neal Petersen
  • Chapter 9
    Gamification and addressing social justice and inclusivity through the ‘Famine and Abundance’ game
    Byron J Bunt, Josef de Beer, Neal Petersen
  • Chapter 10
    Assessment of virtual excursions: Posters as self-directed multimodal assessment instruments
    Anitia Lubbe, Jako Olivier, Anette Hay
  • Chapter 11
    ‘Withitness’ in the virtual learning space: Reflections of student teachers and teacher educators
    Josef de Beer, Neal Petersen, Lloyd Conley
  • Chapter 12
    Design principles for a virtual excursion for law students
    René Koraan, Getzia R Zazo, Ninette Crous, Celia Lourens
  • Chapter 13
    Design thinking in developing a virtual work-integrated learning experience for health sciences students
    Gerda Reitsma, Rhea Koch, Yolande Heymans, Gontse Mokwatsi, Sanette Brits, Susanna M Hanekom, Elizabeth I Smit

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