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Factors influencing the academic attainment of undergraduate sponsored students at the University of the Western Cape: a strength-based approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Deficit models dominate current research on academic retention and success in South African higher education and internationally. Most studies focus on students who are at risk of exiting higher education prematurely or ...
An Exploration of School-Based Substance-Abuse Prevention Programmes in the Cape Metropolitan Region
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The prevalence of substance abuse globally has been a cause for concern. South Africa is regarded as one of the countries with the highest substance abuse rates in the world. As a consequence, families, communities and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An analysis of pre-service teachers‘ ability to use a dialogical argumentation instructional model to solve mathematical problems in physics
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This study chronicles a teacher training education programme. The findings emerged from
the observation of argumentation skills employed by students in a physical science
education classroom for pre-service high school ...