Chris Hoelson

Nelson Mandela University | NMMU

Humanising pedagogical practices calls for the integration of decolonial theoretical perspectives that are informed by subjective social realities and a social justice approach to educational research. This scoping literature review sought to establish the state of research on humanising pedagogy within higher education over a period of ten years,...

Psychobiographies utilize psychological theory(ies) as a paradigm or model within which to "re-awaken" an individual's life story. The aim of this research was to explore and describe the life of Ralph John Rabie through the use of psychobiography as genre or research methodology. Ralph John Rabie (1960-2002) was an Afrikaans singer-songwriter, jou...

Conscious and repressed power differentials between healthcare providers and patients have influenced women’s experiences of hysterectomy. A critical outlook that focuses on intersectionality and power relations of the body has provided evidence that Black, under-resourced, and currently oppressed women’s reproductive organs have been neglected. Th...

Objective: Research on parental divorce suggests that the nature of the divorce process, as experienced by the child, is the most important factor in his or her post-divorce adjustment. Research regarding children’s experiences of the divorce process has been limited and the adult perspective has dominated the discourse on divorce; only recently ha...

The authors have been aware of pervasive dehumanising processes and their toxic effects on limiting the optimal development of human potential. Living in a rapidly changing world we are constantly confronted with diverse systemic challenges to survive and to maximise our adaptive capacity. One of the most accessible processes to enhance human wellb...

Objective. To identify, describe, and analyze the self-perceived professional identities of pharmacy educators within the South African context. Methods. Narrative interviews were conducted, recorded, and transcribed. Thematic analysis and interpretation of the transcripts were conducted using qualitative data analysis software. Results. Multiplici...

The present article examines how the five process constructs of reflection, connectedness, meaning making, learning and agency are operationalised in a constructivist approach to career counselling, specifically a storytelling approach. This article reports on an exploratory case study of a Black South African female university student. The case st...

This autoethnography is a constructed account of a co-exploration into the nature and effects of a longitudinal dyadic conversation process from a relational constructionist perspective. The conversations, between me as participant autoethnographer and a co-participant, aimed at maximising personal learning for both. Through co-created contexts of...

This article aims to provide an initial insight into the role that South African provincial cricket academies play in talent development of cricketers by reflecting on possible changes in academy cricketers' self-efficacy and perceived social support over an academy season, as well as indicating the relationship between self-efficacy and social sup...

Stress-related problems amongst psychologists-in-training are common and involve being confronted with the inherent uncertainty of their professional work. Research in the past has concerned itself with the dysfunctional behaviour of psychologists rather than on factors of resilience that facilitate professional growth. By adopting a positive psych...

Psychobiographies utilize psychological theory(ies) as a paradigm or model within which to "re-awaken" an individual's life story. The aim of this research was to explore and describe the life of Ralph John Rabie through the use of psychobiography as genre or research methodology. Ralph John Rabie (1960-2002) was an Afrikaans singer-songwriter, jou...

The purpose of this research was to determine empirically the construct validity of Joubert's typology of value orientations in the rapidly changing social context in South Africa. The validation sample consisted of students from historically disadvantaged communities in South Africa who had registered for fulltime degree studies at a multi-ca...