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A reflective study on factors that influenced the matric results in physical sciences in four secondary schools in a district in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This is a reflective study of the factors that influenced the performance of
learners in Physical Sciences National Senior Certificate examinations in
four secondary schools in a district in Eastern Cape. The study ...
A capabilities analysis of teachers' perceptions of caps in a Cape Town low-income school community in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the dawn of democracy, the South African government has set up different measures to
improve education in schools, inter alia the provision of funding, resources, feeding schemes
and the introduction and amendment ...
Teaching the principle of conservation of Mechanical Energy using a conceptual change approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the conceptual-change teaching strategy on the Principle of Conservation of Mechanical Energy in the absence of dissipative forces. Specifically, the study used ...
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 ...
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 ...
The impact of neoliberalism on South Africa's education policy discourse post-1994: The quest for a radical critical pedagogy
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the 1980s several different forms of privatisation had been introduced into
the South African educational system by the De Lange Commission. Since the 1990s
a raft of neoliberal policies has been implemented under ...
The introduction to integers in a grade 7 classroom through an intentional teaching strategy
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This research investigated how grade 7 learners dealt with introductory aspects of integers when they are introduced through a temperature model. In particular, the study analysed the effect of an intentional teaching ...
The introduction to integers in a grade 7 classroom through an intentional teaching strategy
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This research investigated how grade 7 learners dealt with introductory aspects of integers when they are introduced through a temperature model. In particular, the study analysed the effect of an intentional teaching ...