The African Union Students' Council (AUSC) President's Office announces and Invites All AUSC Leaders ,friends, Partners all for Participation on the 6th AFRICANA POSTGRADUATE ACADEMY Innovative & Renaissant Africa/The 6th Africana Post-Graduate Academy (APGA) will take place on Thursday March 23, 2017, Shared by Honorable Professor Mammo Muchie, AUSC Presidency's Special Advisor For African Union Focal Point.
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Organised by the
Directorate of Research & Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology
(TUT), SARChI Chair in Foreign Diplomacy, University of Johannesburg (UJ) & SARChI Chair in Innovation
Studies, Tshwane University of Technology
Venue: Place: TUT Business
School, 159 Nana Sita Street, Pretoria on the 5th Floor
MOTIVATIONAL BACKGROUND
We often may not
find what we look for when we employ research to discover it. Research can help
us discover both what we are looking for or what an unexpected outcome is through
what may come out as serendipity in the research process. In this the 6th
AGPA training, we will try to focus on how high quality research will be
achieved by re-visiting and exploring the following
a)
Research problem
How do we go
about identifying a problem worth investigating and spending time on by
selecting a research conceptual frame to produce the much needed and relevant
tools to explore and produce new, tangible and measurable ideas, outcomes and
results? The first and foremost task to begin any research in any field or
discipline is defining a research problem.
b)
Research Philosophy
How is knowledge
created and developed? Research Philosophy has ontology, epistemology and
axiology dealing with the nature of reality, the nature of knowledge and selecting
the appropriate values and ethics. There is also research paradigm how to see
the world and to understand it. There is positivism, normativism,
interpretivism, constructivism and phenomenology by adding specific contexts in
order to learn how to be able to identify what, how and why to come to know
what is or what ought to be discovered, identified, distinguished and selected.
There are theories that are grounded, appreciative and abstract and research
approaches that are inductive and deductive with hypotheses that have to be
clearly articulated to advance the research design and process to facilitate
the creation of original output.
c)
On Time Research Management
The key
challenge is to discover the specific research approach to address the research
problem and construct, identify and distinguish the methodology from the
methods by using the appropriate research design to undertake the research
process and practice to generate the best quality results on time.
During this 5th
AGPA Training Day, the mentors will contribute on how best high quality
creative research will be achieved in time based on their own life-long
research work. They will also give lectures on their-cutting edge research to
pass knowledge on how younger researchers can learn to address the research
challenges they themselves too went through their own specific long journeys.
There will also be presentations by post-graduates of their own research
including papers they wish to publish to get critical feedback. There will also
be the launch of the Journal of
Creativity, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (JCISE).
Programme
Registration
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8.45-9.00
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Inaugural Address
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9.00-10.00
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Programme Director
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Dr Rita Raseleka, Director R&I, TUT
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Welcome address
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Dr. Edgar Alufheli Nesamvuni (DVC)
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Opening remarks
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Prof. Mammo Muchie TUT & Prof. Chris Landsberg, UJ
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Lecture sessions
Speakers
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Topics
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Time
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Prof. Mammo Muchie
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The Relevance of Philosophy and Theory for High Quality Research
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10.00-10.30
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Prof. Felix Dakora
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Sharing Knowledge from the
Supervision of Natural Science Doctorates
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10.30-11.00
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Prof. Sunday OJO
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Doing Doctoral Research in ICTs in the 4th Industrial
Revolution
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11.00-11.30
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Prof. Zeleke Worku
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Collecting and Analysing Statistical Data for Quality Doctoral
Research
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11.30-12.00
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Prof. Chris Landsberg
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Qualitative Research in Human and Social Sciences
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12.00-12.30
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Dr. Richard Shambere
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Application of Econometrics for Business and Management Post Graduate
Research
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12.30-13.00
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Lunch Break
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13.00-13.30
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Prof. Khumbulani Mpofu
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Lessons in Research Design Method, Process and Practise in
Industrial Engineering
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13.30-14.00
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Prof. Vusi Gumede
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Rethinking and Redesigning Research: Trans-, Inter-, Cross- and
Multi-disciplinarity in Research for Africa's Development
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14.00-14.30
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Dr. Diran Soumonni
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Research to Uncover the Epistemology, Ontology and Axiological
Roots from the African Contribution to Knowledge
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14.30-15.00
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Post-Graduate Students Sessions
Sessions
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15.15-18.30
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Sessions I Social Sciences
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Sessions II Natural Science, Engineering Science
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Feedback from TUT & UJ
postdocs and all Professors from TUT, UJ & UKZN
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Vote of Thanks
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Prof. Mammo Muchie
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18.30-18.40
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NB: Interestedstudents may send their papers or research proposals for critical comments andfeedback in advance. Please send themto: Mrs. Elsa Lourens: e-mail: LourensE@tut.ac.za and we will share with the professors togive you thorough feedback to help you publish your papers and strengthen yourproposals all from masters to doctorate levels (MTechs, DTechs, MA, MSc, & PhDs and DPhils)
Approved by
Iraguha Bandora Yves
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Stop the new scramble for Africa by uniting the African States.
Arretons la nouvelle ruee vers l'Afrique en unifiant les etats africains.
