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Identifying Potential for Equitable Access to Tertiary Level Science: Digging for Gold (Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education)

Higher education internationally is in a state of transition and transformation, leading to an increase in the level of participation, and a consequent increase in number of non traditional and underprepared students. The appearance of these students provides a particular challenge in the sciences where adequate grounding is crucial. One response to this challenge has been the provision of access, foundation or "second chance programmes" which operate on different models internationally. In South Africa, where the push for equity is strong in the wake of the apartheid era, programmes have generally been established at all tertiary institutions with some of the most successful of these programmes based at universities characterised by a high research output. Consequently in the last decade there has been a great deal of research into the effectiveness of these programmes both at a micro and macro level. Similar research in other countries exists, but is patchy and often based on small groups of students. This book provides valuable information on what research has to say about disadvantaged and under prepared science students and how they learn - what works and what does not work. It provides an examination of issues related to the programmes, their structure, student selection and adjustment. Issues such the learning of these students, their communicative ability and laboratory work come under the spotlight. Although examining the issue internationally, the book draws heavily on lessons from South Africa where there has been considerably experience of such programmes.

A cheat sheet for me to remember what all these flash methods do. This was shot in a room with one ambient light source, ten feet away behind the camera. Without a flash the subject (me) would have been very much in the shadows.

Top L corner: Canon 430ex blasted from top of camera;

Top R corner: then 430ex mounted on light stand from camera R;

Middle L: then seeking a bit of detail on the left side of my face I put a large gold reflector close to my body camera L to get any excess light and bounce it back onto my face;

Middle R: then I wanted to concentrate the light just on my face so I put a snoot on the 430ex (rectangular funnel light former);

Bottom L corner: I wanted a white background so I added a second flash, a Vivitar 285HV sitting on the ground pointed up at the wall behind to blast out any shadows and make it bright;

Bottom R corner: I put the 430ex behind me pointed into the middle of my shoulder blades to add a bright shine around my head and shoulders while I filled from the front with the Vivitar mounted on a light stand position camera R but diffused through a softbox umbrella. *edit: this method works better when you have hair.

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