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| In defence of Ubuntu M Letseka Studies in philosophy and education 31, 47-60, 2012 | 415 | 2012 |
| African philosophy and educational discourse M Letseka African voices in education 23 (2), 179-193, 2000 | 304 | 2000 |
| Foucault’s discourse and power: Implications for instructionist classroom management V Pitsoe, M Letseka Open Journal of philosophy 3 (1), 23-28, 2013 | 220 | 2013 |
| Educating for Ubuntu/Botho: Lessons from Basotho Indigenous Education M Letseka Open Journal of Philosophy 3 (02), 337, 2013 | 218 | 2013 |
| Ubuntu and justice as fairness M Letseka Mediterranean journal of social sciences 5 (9), 544-551, 2014 | 129 | 2014 |
| Student retention & graduate destination: Higher education & labour market access & success M Letseka, M Cosser | 113 | 2010 |
| The challenges of e-Learning in South Africa M Letseka, MM Letseka, V Pitsoe Trends in E-learning 8, 121-138, 2018 | 86 | 2018 |
| The challenges and prospects of access to higher education at UNISA M Letseka, V Pitsoe Studies in Higher Education 39 (10), 1942-1954, 2014 | 72 | 2014 |
| Student poverty in higher education: The impact of higher education dropout on poverty M Letseka, M Breier Education and poverty reduction strategies: Issues of policy coherence …, 2008 | 69 | 2008 |
| The illusion of education in South Africa M Letseka Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 116, 4864-4869, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| Poverty, race and student achievement in seven higher education institutions M Letseka, M Breier, M Visser Student retention and graduate destination: Higher education and labour …, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| Shift from open distance learning to open distance e-learning S Ngubane-Mokiwa, M Letseka Open distance learning (ODL) in South Africa 129, 1-14, 2015 | 51 | 2015 |
| Public-union sector politics and the crisis of education in South Africa M Letseka, B Bantwini, E King-McKenzie Creative Education 3 (07), 1197, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| Policy appropriation in teacher retention and attrition: the case of North-West Province NN Diko, M Letseka Perspectives in Education 27 (3), 228-236, 2009 | 41 | 2009 |
| Why students leave: The problem of high university drop-out rates M Letseka | 41 | 2007 |
| South African teachers caught between nation building and global demands: is there a way out/forward? BD Bantwini, M Letseka Educational studies 52 (4), 329-345, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Problems of learning among first year students in South African universities K Nyamapfene, M Letseka South African Journal of Higher Education 9 (1), 159-167, 1995 | 39 | 1995 |
| Reflections on assessment in Open Distance Learning (ODL): the case of the University of South Africa (UNISA) M Letseka, V Pitsoe Open Praxis 5 (3), 197-206, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| Quality assurance and global competitiveness in higher education I Ntshoe, M Letseka Higher education, policy, and the global competition phenomenon, 59-71, 2010 | 36 | 2010 |