Browsing Magister Educationis - MEd by Author "Groener, Zelda"
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Access, barriers to participation and success amongst mature adult students at a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college in the Western Cape
Larke, Sylvia Phillipine (University of the Western Cape, 2021)Insights into the experiences of students at TVET colleges can inform policies and practices. This paper focuses on an investigation into students’ experiences of access, and barriers to participation, and success at a ... -
Adult learning and social reconciliation: a case study of an academic programme at a Western Cape Higher Education Institution
Van Reenen-Le Roux, Valdi (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Heterogeneous school communities are becoming more apparent under local and global conditions. A school community is more diverse and similar, not only racially but also in respect of economic, cultural, national and ... -
An analysis of learning barriers among deaf learners in the structured workplace component of a learnership programme
Van der Westhuizen, Gillian (University of the Western Cape, 2009)In this research paper, guided by Prof Z Groener, I explore the learning barriers experienced by deaf learners in the structured workplace component of a learnership programme. I focus on the learning barriers of deaf ... -
Creating an enabling learning environment at work -A critical evaluation of the implementation of Workplace Skills Plan objectives-
Nyobloe, Vuyani Gladstone (University of the Western Cape, 2003)This main aim of this research project is to help Rubber Wheels create an enabling learning environment. Factors motivating or deterring participation in learning and training at work are explored, and possible solutions ... -
Critical theory, adult learning and a 'xenophobia': a critical perspective on Umoja wa Afrika's human rights peer education programme
Mati, Shepherd Ayanda (University of the Western Cape, 2011)The impact of global migration on local contexts has spawned new issues and a range of social responses. These include the emergence of ‘xenophobia’ in the terrain of discrimination and the subsequent development of popular ... -
Critical theory, adult learning and‘xenophobia’: a critical perspective on Umoja wa Afrika’s human rights peer education programme
Mati, Shepherd Ayanda (2011)The impact of global migration on local contexts has spawned new issues and a range of social responses. These include the emergence of ‘xenophobia’ in the terrain of discrimination and the subsequent development of popular ... -
Critical theory, adult learning and‘xenophobia’: a critical perspective on umoja wa Afrika’s human rights peer education programme
Hendricks, Mohammed Natheem (2011)The impact of global migration on local contexts has spawned new issues and a range of social responses. These include the emergence of ‘xenophobia’ in the terrain of discrimination and the subsequent development of popular ... -
Exploring the relationship between work and learning within small business development
Lombard, Ferdinand Anthony (2009)Continuous learning has been identified as a key element for SMMEs to succeed in their drive to build productive capacity, to compete, to create jobs and to contribute to poverty alleviation in South Africa. Without the ... -
External communities, integration and student persistence among distance students at a university in Southern Africa
Niitembu-Nehemia, Martha Megumbo (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Student persistence is a thorn area which did not receive much publication in Namibia and South Africa. Many research focused on why students fail to persist in higher education opposed to why they succeed. This research ... -
Learning orientations of FET students: the case of the Applied Learning Programme in a Western Cape FET college
Hamman, Liza (University of the Western Cape, 2011)This study investigated the reasons why FET part-time students enrolled at a FET college by examining their learning orientations. Guided by the literature, the focus was on the vocational orientation to learning and ... -
The nature and dynamics of learning among caregivers in a national certificate training programme
Dlamini, Nomvula (2010)In this research study I investigate the nature and dynamics of learning amongst learners in a National Certificate Training Programme for community health workers who are caregivers in a home-based care prgoramme. The ... -
Political prisoner education through sport on Robben Island: 1960-1990
Mitchell, Vanessa Jacqueline (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 ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a PsychoSocial Interaction Model
Adams-Gardner, Myrtle (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Adult learners’ perception of factors that are internal to their perceived control of their lives can be challenging to overcome when making a decision to participate in learning. There are complex relationships between ... -
Recognition of prior learning practices within the public further education and training college sector
Prinsloo, Nigel (University of the Western Cape, 2009)Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is the process of recognizing and crediting a person for his/her knowledge and experience however attained and promoting that person along a development pathway. In South Africa RPL has ... -
Utilising m-learning for enhancing student participation at a South African university of technology
Bere, Aaron (2013)Previous studies on the academic utilisation of mobile devices in South Africa have rendered some invaluable insights into the rationale and different ways students utilise mobile technologies in and outside the classroom. ... -
Workplace learning and the workplace educator: a South African retail story
Pedro, Simone (University of the Western Cape, 2013)This study investigated how workplace educator development programmes prepare workplace educators for their roles and responsibilities in facilitating learning in the workplace. Framed by the literature, the research shows ...