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RELEVANCE OF JOHN BIGGS’ CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT (CA) MODEL TO CURRICULUM DESIGN
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are often confronted by the following question: "How can you prove that your curriculum is actually producing the graduates you claim it produces?" The evidence ca
Sphiwe Khomera, MA (Educational Leadership and Policy)
August 17, 2026
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MAPPING WORKPLACE CONFLICT
Wherever two or more people share space, resources or goals, conflict is inevitable. Burford (2014) rightly observes that conflict itself is neither inherently positive nor negative; it is the manner
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