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A case for mother tongue education?
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The question as to which language should be used as a medium of instruction in schools in multilingual societies is a controversial one. In South Africa, the question is often posed in binary terms: Should the medium of ...
Exploring grades 11 learners' scientific and indigenous worldviews of selected phenomena relative to traditional expository and argumentation instruction
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
In response to the emerging multicultural classrooms in South Africa, the amended National
Curriculum Statement (NCS) for grades R - 12, in the light of current curriculum policy and
the NCS (Grades 10 - 12), has proposed ...
A transformative approach to teaching adults in a culturally diverse context
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
The post-modem society is described as a society on the move, a phenomenon the
anthropologist, (Vigouroux, 2005) describes as 'flows'. These flows are mostly manifested
by people moving in and towards countries with ...
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 ...
Addressing the needs of underachieving students in an extended curriculum programme
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The purpose of this study is to determine the nature of support services offered to Extended Curriculum Programme students in a South African university. The primary goals of support services in higher education are to ...
Understanding the social and institutional factors related to the retention and progression of selected female academics in four higher education institutions in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This study set out to investigate the social and institutional factors which impact on the retention and progression of female academics in four universities in Zimbabwe. Drawing on a qualitative research methodology the ...
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 ...
An evaluation of a community-based interdisciplinary health promotion course in one South African University
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Health professionals worldwide are currently inadequately trained to address the health issues of communities, particularly in developing countries where there are major health disparities. This study argues for an alternative ...
Psychosocial factors that influence peer interaction among francophone adolescent learners in the selected high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Immigrant adolescent learners are at risk for loneliness, isolation, rejection, and interpersonal
distress from being perceived as outsiders or not belonging to the groups. This may be explained
by host country or setting ...
Investigating the development of the learning environment at a disadvantaged primary school in the Western Cape through a participatory action research process
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
South Africa (SA) is a developing country struggling to address transformation and various
institutional reforms inherited from a previous apartheid regime and also created by the current
democratic government. Education ...