Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Education) by Title
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A description of entry level tertiary students' mathematical achievement: towards an analysis of student texts
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This research provided insights into the mathematical achievement of a cohort of tertiary mathematics students. The context for the study was an entry level mathematics course, set in an engineering programme at a tertiary ... -
The design, implementation and evaluation of student support and development services in further education and training colleges in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)The Student Support and Development Services (SSDS) at Further Education and Training (FET) colleges represent a holistic and systemic approach to addressing barriers to learning and development. College SSDS are based on ... -
Developing a model of education support for the Khomani San School community
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The aim of the research was to establish the factors relevant to the delivery of education support to the Khomani San school community, and to propose a model for appropriate education support to the Khomani San school ... -
The development and evaluation of a learning styles assessment tool for the South African higher education context
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)A literature study focusing on teaching and learning in higher education in South Africa was conducted. Theories relevant to adult learning were also examined. These included behaviourist, cognitive, humanistic and social ... -
The development and implementation of school governance policy in South African Schools Act (SASA) and the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (WCPSA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The study was concentrated on the period following the first democratic elections for a new government in South Africa, that is, post -1994 up to the year 2000. The change from a system based on fixed apartheid ideology ... -
The Development and Implementation of School Governance Policy in South African Schools Act (SASA) and the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (WCPSA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study was initiated while the researcher was still an educator at' a secondary school in Cape' Town, South Africa. This was the period of the mid-1990s soon after the first democratically elected government assumed ... -
Die impak van onderwysers se identiteitsbasis op hul ontvang en implementering van kurrikulum 2005 in sekere verafgelee skole van die Wes-Kaap
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis was undertaken as an empirical study which focused on curriculum implementation in a remote geographical region in post-apartheid South Africa, known as the Overberg. The identity basis on which teachers receive ... -
Education policy development in South Africa, 1994 -1997
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It has been expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post apartheid period. In this thesis I have ... -
Education policy development in South Africa, 1994-1997
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It has been expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post apartheid period. In this thesis I have ... -
Educational aspirations and gender equality: Pathways to the empowerment of girls in disadvantaged communities in North and South Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Sudan is one of the countries with a large number of people who move around the country for safety and better living conditions due to conflicts and the long-lasting war. These people are referred to as Internally Displaced ... -
The effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on learners’ conceptions of lightning and attitudes towards science
(2008)This study looks at the effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on the learners’ conceptions of lightning and attitude towards science. It explored Basotho conceptions of lightning and thunder under the following ... -
Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ... -
Ethno-regional disparities in primary schooling in Eritrea, 1992-2001
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Eritreans have been subjected to limited and unequal education provision. throughout their hundred years of colonial history. It was expected that in post-independence Eritrea education provision would be equitably provided ... -
Exploring the Teaching and Learning of English (L2) Writing : A Case of Three Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Nigeria is one of the most multilingual nations in Africa which consists of over 450 languages (Adegbija, 2004; Danladi, 2013). It has a population of more than 150 million people, with three major languages, namely Hausa, ... -
Facilitating educational change: academic development in a university setting
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)ln this thesis my project is to examine the academic development programme (ADP) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as a project of possibility mirrored against its basic premises and the practices which flowed ... -
From policy to praxis: a study of the implementation of representative councils of learners in the Western Cape, from 1997-2003
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This thesis traces the evolution of learner participation in school governance in South Africa, identifies international trends in school governance, particularly learner participation, and then analyses the progress made ... -
Fundamental validity issues of an english as a foreign language test: a process-oriented approach to examining the reading construct as measured by the DR Congo English state examination
(2014)The study aims to investigate the fundamental validity issues that can affect the DR Congo English state examination, a national exit test administered to high school final year students for certification. The study aspires ... -
The grade 11 life orientation curriculum: towards preparation for active citizenship in a democratic South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The general aim of this study was to explore the extent to which the Grade 11 LO curriculum prepares learners for active citizenship in a democratic South Africa. The main research question that the study addresses is: To ... -
A history of the Ottery School of Industries in Cape Town: issues of race, welfare and social order in the period 1937 to 1968
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)The primary task of this thesis is to explain the establishment of the 'correctional institution', the Ottery School of Industrues, in Cape Town in 1948 and the programmes of rehabilitation, correctional and vocational ... -
Identifying academic reading strategies in a multilingual context
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)In this thesis I explore the complexity of FL (Foreign Language) reading through qualitatively and quantitatively analysing the forms, ways, and mechanisms applied by adult readers at tertiary university education level ...