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Can Literacy lead to transformation
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This thesis constitutes an investigation into the effects of literacy in a community which is severly disadvantaged. The thesis explored various ways in which the concept of literacy could be examined and the political ... -
An approach to implementing meaningful Communicative language activity material in Arabic for use at Primary School Level. A case study at Cravenby Secondary School.
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)The Arabic language is a means by which the culture, beliefs and myths of Arabic speaking communities in the world can be understood. The ability to communicate, read and write in the Arabic language, can be used to research, ... -
Towards the democratization of instructional leadership in South African schools: current trends and future possibilities.
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)The Department of Education of the South Mrican Government of National Unity has accepted democratic governance as one of the principles of its education and training programme. At school level, especially at historically ... -
Feuerstein' s Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) and Self-concept of Biology Students
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This study focuses on the underachieving student. In particular, it examines the effect on a group of underachieving biology students, drawn from three standard nine classes in a girls' secondary school in Elsies River, ... -
An investigation into the use of graphic calculators for teaching the manipulative aspects of school calculus
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)In a teaching experiment conducted over a period of three weeks, matric pupils were exposed to the teaching of introductory calculus in a graphically enriched environment. Materials were designed to explore and experiment ... -
Demokratisering van die gesagsverhouding: 'n aksienavorsingprojek
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This mini-thesis is about an action research project that started in my classroom in order to improve or change my teaching practice. I wanted to involve the pupils in classroom activities so as to promote pupil involvement. ... -
Die moomtlike spanning tussen die opvoedkundtge en die politieke verantwoordelikttede van die opvoeder
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Die motivering vir die keuse van di6 onderwerp spruit uit die spanni-ng wat daar tussen hierdie twee verantwoordel-ikhede van die onderwyser binne die formele skoolopset bestaan. Hj-erdie spanning veroorsaak onsekerhej-d ... -
An investigation into, and an intervention designed, difficulties third level nursing students have when making clinical judgements
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)In order to establish the specific difficulties experienced by students, the researcher tested their clinical judgement skills on a fixed task. Interviews were conducted using simulated clinical scenarios as problem ... -
Participatory decision-making to democratize school, Governance: the role of the parent-teacher-student association
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This mini-thesis is an attempt to investigate how the Parent- Teacher-Student Association of one high school goes about its aim of democratising school governance. It attempts to identify the influences and constraints ... -
A critical examination of the notion of participation in terms of decision-making in South African schools
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Democratic participation has come into vogue in South African politics, especially education, yet the notion of participation as it relates to decision-making in the arena of school governance remains a concept lacking in ... -
An investigation into the use of a computer algebra system for the teaching of introductory school calculus
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Mathematics education in South Africa is in a state of crisis. One manifestation of this crisis is that students in the former Department of Education and Training (DET), which catered for blacks in the former Apartheid ... -
School guidance as a vehicle for prevention and health promotion in primary schools in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)The primary aim of this study is to conduct an analysis of the existing primary school guidance service in the House of Representatives Department of Education and Culture (Reps:DEC) schools in the Western Cape, and to ... -
Response to multilingualism: Language support in a Western Cape primary school
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)Multilingualism has always been a feature of South African Education. It is only in recent years that a particular form of linguistic diversity has become unmanageable for schools implementing the official English Afrikaans ... -
Mediation and a Problem Solving Approach to Junior Primary Mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)This study argues that not all children in the Junior Primary phase benefit from the Problem Centred Approach in mathematics that was adapted by the Research, Unit for Mathematics at the University of Stellenbosch (RUMEUS). ... -
The implications of ideology for society and education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)Ideology reveals itself in the commonly shared ideas and ideals which act as the driving force responsible for group formation underlying nationalist aspirations in society. It reveals itself in various ways with politics ... -
Professionele aanspreeklikheid en onderwyserstakings
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)In hierdie mini-tesis probeer ek bepaal of onderwyserstakings in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks moreel regverdigbaar is. In hoofstuk I stel ek kortliks ondersoek in na die historiese verloop van stakings in Suid- Afrika en ... -
To move with a different view a critical review of physical education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)The purpose of this study lies in its contribution to a critical analysis of physical education in South Africa and the provision of a framework aimed at its reconstruction, by pointing to the characteristics of a curriculum ... -
Van stilte tot stem in 'n standerd nege bybelkundeklas : 'n aksie navorsingsbenadering
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)This mini-thesis addresses various themes which all focus on a disquieting silence I observed in my standard nine biblical studies class. The main theme of this paper, however, is the silence of the marginalised and ... -
Die evaluering van die arbeidsterapie toegepaste chirurgie kurrikulum vir derdejaarstudente van die universiteit van wes-kaapland
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)This study arose from the work of Coetzee (1991), who attempted to formulate a set of philosophical or theoretical criteria in terms of which a curriculum (and, in that case, an Occupational Therapy curriculum) could be ... -
Die onderrig van statistiek in standerd sewe vanuit 'n realistiese wiskunde onderrig perspektief
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)South Africa is currently in a transition period characterized by transformation in various facets of the community. The amalgamation of different education departments is not the only aspect of the transformation process ...