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i) Student Writing: Masters Theses on Enactivism
In the early 2000's as part of a Masters degree in Teaching, five students (Kendal Bennie, Neil Eddy, Agatha Lebethe, Bruce Snaddon and Nicky Burgoyne) took the plunge and focused their research dissertations on ideas emerging from their exposure to enactivist ideas introduced in a module I offered. It was not an easy journey for any of them and in many cases they each had to craft their own unique way of exploring their topic. It was also a challenging time for me as supervisor as their journeys did not conform to traditional templates and I have described some of the dilemmas that I faced in the 2005 conference paper below.
However, they each showed admirable courage and tenacity and each one of them ended up gaining a distinction for their efforts! I have included their theses on this page for those interested in some of the possibilities of this form of research.
If you have difficulties accessing these files, Please email me directly at chris.breen@uct.ac.za

My conference paper on the supervisory dilemmas and challenges

Kendal's thesis: Turning with Wa(y)ves of Learning to use Drama in my Teaching.

click to download Kendal's thesis

Nicky's thesis: An enactive inquiry into mathematics confidence: a case-study of nine pre-service primary school teachers

click here to download Nicky's thesis

 
 

Neil's thesis: Re-cognising Teaching and Learning in an Ad mathematics programme.

click here for Neil's thesis

Bruce's thesis: Finding my woof by tweaking the warp: a personal account of an attempt to better understand learning in a Communication Design course.

click here to download Bruce's thesis

 
 
Agatha's thesis: Journeying into the Space of Possibility
Please note that the following files contain pictures and are very large so are likely to take some time to download (best saved rather than opened). The order is Opening, Tales 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and then Closing,

click here for opening

click here for Tale 1

click here for Tale 3

click here for Tale 4

click here for Tale 5

click here for Tale 6

click here for closing sections

ii) Student Writing: Articles and Assignments

 

Kendal's article: Reflecting on the wa(y)ves of learning to teach using drama.

click to access Kendal's Educational Insights article

Nicky's assignment: The Complexity of Inner Research

click here for Nicky's assignment