Prof Jonathan Jansen is a leading South African educationist, commentator and the author of several books including the best-selling “Letters to My Children”. He is the former vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State, where he earned a reputation for transformation and a deep commitment to reconciliation. He is married with two children.
21 Ebooks by Jonathan Jansen
Jonathan Jansen: Briewe aan my kinders
Eers was die raad net bedoel vir Jonathan Jansen se eie kinders wat op die punt van volwassenheid gestaan het. Maar dié stukkies wysheid het gou versprei na die studente van die Universiteit van die …
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€8.99
Jonathan Jansen: As by Fire
What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did the protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn? Former Free State …
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€14.99
Darryl Accone & Zithulele Cindi: We Write What We Like
A celebration of Steve Biko’s legacy of freedom Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only thirty years old, but his ideas …
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€32.99
Jonathan Jansen: Decolonisation in Universities
In this collection of case studies and stories from the field, South African scholars come together to trade stories on how to decolonise the university Shortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil …
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€32.99
Jonathan (University of the Free State, South Africa.) Jansen: Leading for Change
This book offers new theoretical ground for thinking about, and transforming, leadership and higher education worldwide. Through an examination of the construct of intimacy and ‘nearness’, including …
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€56.35
Jonathan (University of the Free State, South Africa.) Jansen: Leading for Change
This book offers new theoretical ground for thinking about, and transforming, leadership and higher education worldwide. Through an examination of the construct of intimacy and ‘nearness’, including …
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€56.35
Molly Blank & Jonathan Jansen: How to Fix South Africa’s Schools
South Africa has an education crisis, despite the fact that the government spends the biggest slice of its budget on education, more than any other African country. And yet the crisis persists. …
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€15.00
Jonathan Jansen: Great South African Teachers
At a time when newspapers are full of the woes of the South African education system and stories of teachers who let the children in their classes down, this book shows that this is not the whole …
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€22.47
Jonathan Jansen: Letters to my Children
It started as advice to his own two children entering adulthood, it spread to his students at the University of the Free State and now tens of thousands of his followers of Twitter and Facebook wait …
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€10.00
Jonathan Jansen: Oor Bokdrolletjies en Rosyntjies
Toe Prof. Jonathan Jansen ”n kind was, het sy ma ”n spreekwoord gehad wat hom bygebly het: My kind, bokdrolletjies is nou eenmaal nie rosyntjies, al lyk dit baie dieselfde. Moet nooit die twee …
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€12.39
Jonathan Jansen: We Need To Act
‘I believe that citizen action is vitally necessary as we come out of the heady days of post-apartheid euphoria.’Professor Jonathan Jansen has become a trusted commentator on the state of South …
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€12.39
Jonathan Jansen: We Need To Talk
Ways of speaking can help heal or they can provoke; they can inflame passions or settle nerves.’ Professor Jonathan Jansen is fast becoming a household name in South Africa, for his critical and at …
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€12.52
Jonathan Jansen: Song for Sarah
"It was under Sarah’s roof that I learnt how to live and where she would teach us how to die. Under that roof I learnt the value of selfless giving and the importance of personal discipline. …
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€16.17
Jonathan Jansen: Lied vir Sarah
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Lied vir Sarah, Jansen se persoonlikste en mees intieme boek tot op hede, daag Suid-Afrika se geliefde professor die stereotipes en stigma uit wat so maklik op Kaapse Vlakte-ma”s van toepassing …
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€16.26
Jonathan Jansen: Making Love in a War Zone
Can racism and intimacy co-exist? Can love and friendship form and flourish across South Africa’s imposed colour lines? Who better to engage on the subject of hazardous liaisons than the students …
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€18.70
Roy Hellenberg & Jonathan Jansen: School Where I Belong
Over the past few years, it has become clear that the path of transformation in schools since 1994 has not led South Africa’s education system to where we had hoped it could be. Through tweets, posts …
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€18.60
Jonathan Jansen: Learning Lessons
"It is probably the question I get asked most often by students: how did you achieve what you did? There is an urgency to the question and more than a little self-interest. If I can figure out …
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€23.67
Jess Auerbach & Mlungisi Dlamini: Decolonisation in Universities
Shortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word hardly heard in …
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€13.65
Darryl Accone & Zithulele Cindi: We Write What We Like
Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only thirty years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of …
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€18.71
Siedine Coetzee & Hester Klopper: In Our Own Words
‘I proudly wear my badge as a Covid-19 front-line hero. I believe I was meant to be where I am during these trying times.’
Our nurses have witnessed the pandemic first hand, compassionately caring …
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€9.99
Jonathan Jansen & Jess Auerbach: The Politics of Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences
In the wake of the decolonization movement in South Africa and around the world, this edited work presents fresh evidence and advances new arguments on the politics and economics of colonial …
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€139.09
