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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 ...
Exploring teachers' perceptions of parental involvement via the capability approach: A case of a low income school community.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Parental involvement in low-income school communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, has
received little attention irrespective of its significance to learner outcomes. This study explores
parental involvement with ...
Exploring beginner teachers' perceptions of school support to enhance their capability sets in relation to teacher education policy
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa of
2006 (NPF) outlines seven principles which underpin this policy as expressed in the Norms
and Standards for Educators (2000). These ...
Capability sets of teachers with regards to the implementation of the curriculum and policy statement in a no-fee school community in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the onset of democracy in 1994, education in South Africa has undergone many
developments and changes due to curriculum innovations and interventions. For more than two
decades, the government has been seeking to ...
Mental Health of Coloured Female Teachers Working in Historically Disadvantaged Special Schools in the Cape Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The World Health Organisation defines mental health as "a state of well-being in which the
individual realizes her or his own abilities, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able
to make a contribution to her or ...
Political prisoner education through sport on Robben Island: 1960-1990
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This research was motivated by my interest in the sport and the systems of provision
of the education on Robben Island. The problem that gave rise to the study was to
determine how political prisoners were able to organise ...
Factors influencing the implementation of a grade R school readiness learning support programme in two previously disadvantaged primary schools in the Cape Town metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study investigated the factors that impacted positively or militated against the implementation of a
learning support programme (ISP) in grade R classes at two primary schools located in the same poor
socio-economic ...
Intercultural peer group interactions, integration and student persistence between Nigerian students and students from other countries at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
As a Nigerian, I became interested in investigating how Nigerian students, from
different cultural backgrounds are able to integrate and persist in their academic
programmes. I used Tinto‟s (1993) Longitudinal Model of ...
Participation and barriers to participation in adult learning at a community college in the Western Cape: A chain-of-response model
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study investigates “why adults participate in learning activities” and “what barriers deter adults from participating in learning activities.” Learning activities can include informal learning initiatives and formal ...
Improving Pre-Service Teacher Development Practices in English as a Second Language: A case of Secondary School Teacher Preparation at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Ordinarily, Teacher Development at the level of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) at Great
Zimbabwe University (GZU) comes in two major phases spread over four years - the
theoretical and the practical based phases. The ...