Creator
Nuraan Davids
Nuraan Davids is professor of education in the department of education policy studies at Stellenbosch University.
Schools need teachers with diverse identities
Despite desegregation, schools tend to retain their historical learner and teacher racial profiles
Academic activism is key for democracy
South Africa’s universities have an important role to play as they overcome legacies of inequality
Citizenship can’t be taught in a module
Universities have an ethical duty to cultivate safe and inclusive spaces of recognition and respect
Army must uphold constitutional values
The charges against Major Fatima Isaacs are another example of how liberal democracies try to prescribe Muslim women’s dress code
Make democracy come alive at schools
Our schools have policies for citizenship education, now they need to provide the contexts necessary for democracy to thrive
Active citizenship, a social contract, Islam and democracy in Egypt
Since the Arab Spring, Egypt’s fledgling democracy has regressed. Now the country needs a new social contract
Educate for democracy in Africa
Africans can become citizens by acting democratically and claiming their identity
Embrace the ecological university
It has an ethical concern to help people coexist and to understand each other and society
Educate for real change
Universities need to produce graduates who act and think independently and research must be pertinent and humane
There are better ways to deal with school violence
Traditional school punishments do not work – cultivating care and compassion is far better.
New voices in science in 2012
Stellenbosch University PhD students rose to the challenge of presenting their research findings in entertaining ways for a general audience.