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Transforming Teaching in Higher Education: Professional Development through the Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDip) Journey

This book brings together scholarly contributions that explore the evolving nature of Postgraduate Diplomas in Higher Education offered across varied higher education contexts. Through fourteen chapters, the book provides rich insights into the complexities of academic staff development and the professional learning of university educators. The collection adds to the body of knowledge in the field of higher education studies by deepening  understanding of academic development and highlighting innovative practices that shape teaching and learning in higher education. 

 This book will appeal to academics who teach in Higher Education Studies programmes, and discipline-based academics exploring new approaches to their own teaching practices and examining the impact of their practice and programmes. It is also aimed at professionals working in Higher Education and designing research in Higher Education Studies. The book is of particular interest to academics who are developing reflective approaches to their own teaching practices, have an emerging interest in researching their own teaching and the learning of their students, as well as those interested in postgraduate supervision. 

 Overall, this is a very impressive manuscript, which is strengthened considerably by being multi-authored, focused on multi-site analyses, drawing on a range of programmes and disciplinary spaces, and consisting of a range of methodological approaches and methods of data collection. (Reviewer)

The book makes a solid contribution to both theoretical and professional knowledge in these fields as well as in the broader higher education landscape in the country and elsewhere. Indeed, I am optimistic that this work will be disseminated widely and be of interest to scholars and practitioners here and elsewhere in the world. (Reviewer)

This book does not target a narrow audience. Indeed, there are important studies covered here that will be of interest and relevance to academics across disciplines and contexts. Specialists in Higher Education Studies research will find something new in this work, but so will academics who have a developing interest in researching and reflecting on their own teaching and the learning of their students. (Reviewer)

Jo-Anne Vorster is an associate professor of Higher Education and Head of the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning at Rhodes University.

Laura Dison is an associate professor of Higher Education in the Wits School of Education and Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Wits University.

Kibashini Naidoo is Director of the Centre for Academic Staff Development in the Division of Teaching Excellence at the University of Johannesburg.

 

Authors: Jo-Anne Vorster, Rhodes University; Laura Dison, University of the Witwatersrand; Kibashini Naidoo, University of Johannesburg; Danie de Klerk, University of the Witwatersrand; Susan Benvenuti, University of the Witwatersrand; Agata MacGregor, University of the Witwatersrand; Mary Carman, University of the Witwatersrand; Anthea Adams, Rhodes University; Kershree Padayachee, University of the Witwatersrand; Rieta Ganas, University of the Witwatersrand; Walter Uys, University of Cape Town; Widad Sirkhotte, Stellenbosch University; Sumayah Salie, University of Cape Town; ‘Mamosa ‘Mateboho Evodia Ntšohi, National University of Lesotho; Beatrice Ekanjume, Walter Sisulu University; Kananelo E. Mosito, National University of Lesotho; Nicholas West, University of the Witwatersrand; Tebogo Mashifana, University of South Africa; Rishen Roopchund, University of South Africa; Naadhira Seedat, University of Pretoria; Machodi Mathaba, University of South Africa; Thandiwe Sithole, University of Johannesburg; Megan Campbell, Rhodes University; Marcellin Atemkeng, Rhodes University; Tanya Graham; Francine Masson, University of Wolverhampton, University of the Witwatersrand; Felix F. Fru, University of the Witwatersrand; Tanya N. Augustine, University of the Witwatersrand; Pascaline N. Fru, University of the Witwatersrand; Nompilo Tshuma, Stellenbosch University
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Copyright (c) 2025 Jo-Anne Vorster, Laura Dison, Kibashini Naidoo; Danie de Klerk, Susan Benvenuti, Agata MacGregor, Mary Carman, Anthea Adams, Kershree Padayachee, Rieta Ganas, Walter Uys, Widad Sirkhotte, Sumayah Salie, ‘Mamosa ‘Mateboho Evodia Ntšohi, Beatrice Ekanjume, Kananelo E. Mosito, Nicholas West, Tebogo Mashifana, Rishen Roopchund, Naadhira Seedat, Machodi Mathaba, Thandiwe Sithole; Megan Campbell; Marcellin Atemkeng, Tanya Graham, Francine Masson, Felix F. Fru, Tanya N. Augustine, Pascaline N. Fru, Nompilo Tshuma
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Vorster, J., Dison, L., & Naidoo, K. (Eds.). (2025). Transforming Teaching in Higher Education: Professional Development through the Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDip) Journey. UJ Press. https://doi.org/10.64449/9781997468516