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Workplace learning experiences of TVET college candidates in learnership programmes : an exploration of the workplace learning environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Skills development policies in South Africa and further afield consider learning in and from the workplace as critical to the training of artisans at intermediate level. Since the inception of democracy, South Africa has ...
The promotion of reading among high school learners through text selection, evaluation and innovative methodologies
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This study facilitated and evaluated the pedagogical approaches to the literacy pandemic that has afflicted South African learners, particularly high school learners in grade 8 and 10 in the English Home language classrooms. ...
The role that parents play in their children's academic progress at a previously disadvantaged primary school in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Different studies indicate that parents, who offer their services as volunteers at their children's school, assist with homework and participate in school activities, can influence the learners’ academic success in a ...
Teachers' understanding of social justice in rural education schools in the Overberg education district in the Western Cape : a grounded theory approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Social justice is embedded in the South African constitution and various policy documents as an important concept and vision for a democratic South Africa. Yet, twenty two years after democracy, South African society ...
Assessing the impact of an English for academic purposes course on the academic writing skills of English second language learners attending economically disadvantaged high schools : an interventionist case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Academic writing skills are vitally important for South African learners in both high
school and tertiary contexts. The importance of such writing skills is even more
pronounced for English Second Language (ESL) speakers, ...
Constructing multilingual digital identities: An investigation into Grade 11 learners’ digital practices in relation to English language learning in Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Rwanda has taken a strong move towards language-in-education policy shift whereby English became the sole medium of instruction in 2008, despite her rich linguistic diversity. The language shift occurred at the time when ...
The reconstruction of the identity of police trainers in a changing work environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This study set out to determine how trainers construct their professional identities in a changing work environment in a training academy of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the context of a police-university ...
Educational barriers and employment advancement among the marginalized people in Namibia : the case of the OvaHimba and OvaHemba in the Kunene Region
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This study examines the relationship between educational attainment and employment advancement among marginalized people in Namibia. It attempts to identify the situational, institutional and dispositional barriers that ...
Exploring the effect of a Dialogical Argumentation Instructional Model in enhancing grade two learners' understanding of the day and night cycle
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Over the last 15 years the Department of Education has rolled out various projects in an attempt to improve Mathematics and Science results and to increase the amount of learners who exit their schooling with those subjects. ...
An investigation of academic writing at the University of Namibia : engendering an experiential, meaningful and critical pedagogy for English for academic purposes
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The study aims to investigate academic writing at the University of Namibia and intends to explore whether a critical, meaningful and experiential pedagogy in EAP that enhances voice and agency in English for Academic ...