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Initiating a school based teacher appraisal process: A study in educational innovation in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
The culture of teaching in most South African schools is one of isolation and independence. Once individuals have qualified as teachers, there is a strong sense of getting on with the job of teaching, rather than beginning ...
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 ...
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 ...
Investigating and developing positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship among secondary school children in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)
It is a well known fact that the development of entrepreneurs will have a number of benefits for the economy of the country. In addition, entrepreneurship represents an important vehicle to address the challenges of job ...
An investigation into the nature of verbal interactions during the practical training of medical technology students
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
various ideas have been propagated regarding the way people come to know in apprenticeship situations. The particular set of social practice theory that informs this study is that related to old-timers and newcomers. The ...
Ubuntu-Botho, Education, Nationalism and Democracy
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)
This mini-thesis is concerned with the examination of whether Ubuntu-Botho (as taught in KwaZulu Homeland schools) can promote the development of democratic agents. I begin in Chapter 1 by providing a brief sketch of the ...
Emotional and social education rethinking the curriculum for primary school student teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)
The aim of this thesis is to explore the notion of emotional and social education in the curriculum for primary school student teachers, focusing on the development of students 'emotional and social competence. I argue ...
Exploring transformative possibilities in the use of computers in education
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
This mini-thesis deals essentially with the issue of computers in- education. It, is a very basic investigation into the impact of computers on the learning and teaching environment and is particularly concerned with the ...
Promoting participatory teaching and learning in the senior primary classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)
Educational change is perhaps one of the most difficult processes that teachers might, experience in search of democratising their classroom practices. Being a traditional mathematics teacher who resorted to autocratic ...
The admission policies of ex-model C primary schools in Cape Town during 1998
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
ln the past all black learners were excluded from ex-Model C schools by Apartheid laws. ln the context of transformation, the South African Schools Act (1996) aims to equalize opportunities for learners from all racial and ...