The HERESA project has both a structural nature (aimed at policy impact at the national level in SA) and an institutional nature, targeting teaching and learning strategy change in South African university members of the THENSA.
The methodological approach of this project is grounded in Participatory Action Research (PAR). This focuses on research in communities (of practice) that emphasizes participation and action. It seeks to understand the world by trying to change it, collaboratively and following reflection.