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30 October 2018
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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Photo Peet van Aardt
How do you transform the higher education curriculum? You involve the exact people the curriculum is intended for. The book, Initiative for Creative African Narratives (iCAN,) illustrates how decolonisation can be achieved through literature for students by students.
iCAN is an initiative by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of the Free State (UFS) to mentor students in creative and narrative writing. Under the mentorship of Dr Peet van Aardt, project coordinator, and Ace Moloi, author and UFS alumnus, iCAN Volume 1 was recently launched with 47 short stories written by UFS students.
“The project is a response from the centre for the ever-increasing need for decolonised curricula, steeped in the local cultural perspective of ubuntu,” said Dr Van Aardt.
“This book is an example for how decolonisation can be implemented,” said Prof Francois Stydrom, Senior Director of CTL. The overall aim of the iCAN project is to have the content that materialised from it to be included in the curriculum of first-year students at UFS in the near future.
Book provides multiple voices
Starting in May 2018, CTL presented a series of creative writing workshops on all three of the UFS campuses. “It’s a medium that allows a diverse range of students to express their views and develop their voices as writers,” said Prof Strydom.
It is a form of empowerment, to pass the baton to students to improve the UFS curriculum by writing and publishing their own stories, thereby contributing to larger bodies of knowledge through their lived experiences.
“I believe we as a university need to enable students so that they move away from just being users to becoming contributors to the curriculum,” Dr van Aardt concluded.
Wellness programme
2005-03-10
Kovsie Health & Kovsie Social Services invites UFS personnel to participate in a wellness programme on the 11-13 April 2005. The Rector Dr Frederick Fourie supports the wellness programme.
"Be wise Be well"
Programme:
Maandag
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11 April 2005
13H30 - 16H30
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Stress Workshop
Dr Arien v d Merwe
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The Space
Thakaneng Brug
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Dinsdag
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12 April 2005
9H00-12H00
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Stres Werkswinkel
Dr Arien v d Merwe
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Die Ruimte
Thakaneng Brug
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Dinsdag
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12 April 2005
14H00 - 16H00
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Work & Life Balance
Absa Healthcare
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The Space
Thakaneng Brug
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Woensdag
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13 April 2005
8H30-10h30
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Balans in werk & Lewensstyl
Ab sa Gesondheidsorg
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Die Ruimte
Thakaneng Brug
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Woensdag
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13 April 2005
11H00-13H00
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Workshop on Nutrition
Elmine du Toit
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The Space
Thakaneng Brug
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Woensdag
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13 April 2005
8H00 - 16H30
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Physical Wellness
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UV Biokinetika/ Oefensentrum
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"Wellness" Exhibition in the Callie Human Centre on 12 & 13 April 2005
ABSA HEALTHCARE SUPPORTS THE PROGRAMME
Vir verdere navrae kontak Arina Otto - 4013325 of 083 644 9980
Lenie Kotze - 4013258
Riana Johnson - 4013514
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