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The effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on learners’ conceptions of lightning and attitudes towards science
(2008)
This study looks at the effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on the learners’ conceptions of lightning and attitude towards science. It explored Basotho conceptions of lightning and thunder under the following ...
A conceptual exploration of the teaching and assessment of values within the South African outcomes-based curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Both international and local authors argue strongly that state education systems have an important role to play in the development and nurturing of positive values and attitudes in learners. In some instances, as is the ...
The Contribution of Higher Education to Regional Socioeconomic Development : The University of Buea, Cameroon, as a Growth Pole
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This research investigates how higher education institutions contribute to regional development, using the University of Buea in the Fako region as a case study. Policy documents reviewed and interviews with major stakeholders ...
ABET programmes at community learning centres in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The problem that gave rise to this study was to determine how Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) was implemented in the Western Cape and to find answers to the question of "what exactly is the nature of the ...
Learners' motivations for preferred contexts in mathematical literacy
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The National Curriculum Statement introduced mathematical literacy officially in 2006. Learners in general perform poorly at mathematics in South Africa but there is strong belief that learners should graduate from schools ...
The nature of the representative council of Learner (RCL) members' participation on the school governing bodies of two primary schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study is based on an investigation into the way RCL members participate in the deliberation of their School Governing Bodies. The study was conducted in two primary schools in the Western Cape town of Vredenburg. The ...
The development and implementation of school governance policy in South African Schools Act (SASA) and the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (WCPSA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The study was concentrated on the period following the first democratic elections for a new government in South Africa, that is, post -1994 up to the year 2000. The change from a system based on fixed apartheid ideology ...
Protective factors that could foster resilience in first year students
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Large numbers of students tend to experience failure and dropout in their first year at university. The fundamental aim of this research was to explore protective factors that could foster resilience amongst first year ...
Teaching for democratic citizenship: a case study of one primary school in the Western Cape.
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study highlighted the educators understanding of their role, the priorities that they deemed important and the practices they employed to promote in their learners the values and virtues fit for citizens of a democratic ...
Voice, disability and inclusion: a case study of biology learners with cerebral palsy
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This study attempted to ascertain whether the under-representation of black, disadvantaged learners with cerebral palsy in biology and related careers is linked in any way to the method and content of teaching and learning ...