A "Lightning Talk" (Pecha Kucha) on the life and work of the late Ernest Boyer focusing on support required by newly appointed teaching staff and the possible impact of his four scholarships.

1. Being Buoyant
with Boyer
2013 HELTASA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Pretoria
Dr Ari Naidoo
Centre for Professional Development
UNISA
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2. buoyant =
to FLOAT/ to RISE
(and NOT to sink)
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3. Boyer (1928-1995) believed in a people-centred life
PRESCHOOL
• Educate parents of preschoolers
• “Shape their readiness to learn”
Result: Sesame Street for TV
Ready to learn: a mandate for the nation (1991)
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4. Boyer (1928-1995) believed in a people-centred life
SCHOOL
• language requirements (Eng./foreign)
• community service for gr. 12s
• “Good health  good education”
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5. Boyer (1928-1995) believed in a people-centred life
COLLEGE (“Jnr Uni.”)
• Emphasis was on research not teaching
• Students not getting attention of instructors
College: The Undergraduate Experience in America (1987)
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6. Boyer (1928-1995) believed in a people-centred life
SA (UNIVERSITIES)
• Scholarship of discovery (knowledge)
• Scholarship of integration (context)
• Scholarship of application (disciplinary understanding)
• Scholarship of teaching (intra-p + inter-p understanding)
Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (1990)
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8. LECTURERS’ SURVIVAL KIT
degrees/ diplomas
discipline experts
researchers
mentor
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9. DILEMMA 1:
? Research uni.
? Uni. of Technology
? Online Distance Learning uni.
? Comprehensive uni.
PURPOSE (DoHET/ Govt Gazette)
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10. DILEMMA 2:
DELIVERY
? f2f/ online/ blended / “dabbling”
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11. SURVIVAL KIT & BOYER
 to engage with
(1) scholarly teaching
(2) SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING
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12. SURVIVAL KIT & BOYER
(1) scholarly teaching
to affect the
and the
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13. SURVIVAL KIT & BOYER
(2) SCHOLARSHIP of TEACHING
research in
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15. Scholarship of Discovery +
Scholarship of Application
FLOAT
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18. !
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19. Applying Boyer’s
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depend on
of
to engage…
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20. <naidona@unisa.ac.za>
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