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Implementing an HIV/AIDS literacy programme in a grade 11 class: an action research study
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This research study attempted to highlight an in-depth exploration of my own classroom practice as a teacher at a high school in the Western Cape. A key goal of this research study was the quest for professional development ...
Access to higher education: to break the vicious cycle of working class schools producing working class citizens
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study investigated why learners from low socio-economic communities such as Delft, a township in the Cape Flats, fail to achieve matriculation exemption and do not meet the criteria for tertiary education admission. ...
The role of school psychologists in school development in South Africa: the challenge of intersectoral collaboration
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
School psychologists in South Africa are employed by the state to provide psychological services to schools. The role of school psychologists has been debated and contested nationally and internationally for many decades, ...
The perceptions of intermediate phase educators about the implementation of stories for thinking in one Western Cape Education Department region
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
South Africa had a change in government and in education after the 1994 elections. A new curriculum was introduced and some of the underlying critical outcomes were to develop the learners to become critical thinkers. The ...
A comparison between the contexts learners in grades 8, 9 and 10 prefer for mathematical literacy
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The use of contexts in school mathematics is receiving much attention both nationally and internationally. This as well as the scarcity of research focusing on the topic stimulated me to research the contexts preferred by ...
The utilization of a partnership to provide quality education to a historically disadvantaged primary school in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Eleven years into the South African democracy there are still huge challenges facing South African public schools, especially with regard to the notions of equity and redress. Increasingly historically advantaged and ...
Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ...
Investigating in-service professional development of secondary school principals in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The Namibian education system was affected by a number of changes and challenges. These changes and challenges emanated from new political, financial and socio-economic trends in Namibia and the global village. Due to their ...
Eritrean primary school teachers' perceptions of the relationship between pre-service education and the demands of the workplace
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)
This study investigates six Eritrean primary school teacher's perceptions of their pre-service education. Six primary school teachers from three different schools in two different regions of Eritrea were interviewed. The ...
Learning to manage workplace stress as practiced by teachers at three under-resourced Western Cape High Schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The focus of the study is the teacher in the under-resourced schools in the townships of the Western Cape. The purpose is to discover how teachers learn to cope under adverse working conditions. In a systematic way, we try ...