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Research conducted in the Faculty of Education reflects the following areas of interest: education policy research, curriculum research, professional teacher education, adult education, science teaching, maths education, and the history of education in South Africa.
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Die Morele afspek van die Suid -Afrikaanse onderwysprofessie
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)By consulting the work of J. Kovesi with specific reference to the way in which he interprets the origin and meaning of concepts I argue that concepts influence human practices and that human practices have an influence ... -
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 ... -
Investigating first-year student teachers’ English (l2) academic writing proficiency and its impact on identity construction: A case of a South African university
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study focuses on first-year student teachers’ academic writing proficiency in relation to their identity construction. Specifically, it investigates first-year student teachers’ English secondlanguage (L2) academic ... -
An investigation into the adjustment problems experienced by an initiated Xhosa male student in a high school
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This study set out to investigate the impact of being a circumcised Xhosa male student at a high school where the rights and privileges promised by this status are not necessarily entrenched in the school's ethos nor guarded ... -
An Investigation Of The Extent To Which Liberal Principles Shaped The South African Schools Act Of 1996
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)By November 1996 the vision of an equitable South African education system moved closer to becoming a reality with the establishment of the South African Schools Act (SASA). The SASA can be seen as a definitive break from ... -
Second language programme evaluation in Namibia: Toward identifying criteria
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)At the attainment of independence by Namibia in 1990, English, which had 0,8% of the population of 1,5 million as mother tongue speakers (Brock-Utne, 2000: 186; Phillipson, Skutnabb-Kangas & Africa, 1986:78), became the ... -
Changes in power and authority relations in South African schooling since l976
(University of the Western Cape, 1990)This mini-thesis examines the changed perceptions in the concepts of power and authority in south African schooling. In chapter 1 it is argued that relationships in South African schooling have traditionally been based ... -
An investigation into the factors which impinge on the reading comprehension abilities of first year human ecology students at UWC
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)The study deals with the reading comprehension abilities of first year Human Ecology students as they attempt to interpret commercial patterns. A commercial pattern is a retail pattern which is mass-produced in different ... -
Feuerstein' s Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) and Self-concept of Biology Students
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This study focuses on the underachieving student. In particular, it examines the effect on a group of underachieving biology students, drawn from three standard nine classes in a girls' secondary school in Elsies River, ... -
Ubuntu-Botho, Education, Nationalism and Democracy
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)This mini-thesis is concerned with the examination of whether Ubuntu-Botho (as taught in KwaZulu Homeland schools) can promote the development of democratic agents. I begin in Chapter 1 by providing a brief sketch of the ... -
A case study of academic staff participation in decision making In a college of education in the Northern province
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)The advent of a democratic government in South Africa in 1994 inevitably resulted in initiative for transformation in various sectors of society, including education. Educational institutions have been under constant ... -
Towards promoting efficiency and effectiveness in the primary schools of Namibia through effective leadership and management
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)Soon after independence in 1990 the Namibian Government embarked on the transformation of education which previously had a philosophy based on undemocratic principles with a purpose of making it respond to the new culture ... -
The transformational role of primary school principals in the Bellville region of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)In retrospect in education, many changes and initiatives for restructuring have taken place in South Africa since 1994, among others: from apartheid to a democratic societ5r, from discrimination to equity and from Christian ... -
The effect of goal structures on intergroup relations in the classroom.
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This thesis investigated the effectiveness of cooperative learning, individualistic learning, competitive learning and traditional learning (control group) in promoting more positive intergroup relations in the classroom. ... -
Towards A Contextual Analysis of Structural Patterns of Private Public Higher education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This mini thesis examines a key phenomenon currently confronting the higher education system in South Africa. The study analyses the development of different types of structural patterns which characterise the private and ... -
Triangulasie as'n aanbeveling vir spanwerk in aksienavorsing
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)In hierdie tesis argumenteer ek dat triangulasie 'n aksienavorser kan ondersteun en daartoe kan bydra om spanwerk tussen onderurysers te bevorder. Onderrig in Suid-Afrika word gekenmerk deur nuwe ondeffigstrategied, innovasie ... -
The institutionalisation of the SADC protocol on education and training: A comparative study of higher education ln two Southern African countries
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Regional integration is being proposed as a means to development in Southern Africa. As a part of the formal agreements regarding this cooperation, a Protocol on Education in the Southern African Development Community ... -
Seksisme in junior primere onderwyseropleiding
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)To achieve the goals of democracy, equality and justice it becomes importants to recognize teachers and students as individuals in their own right.. The promoters of change expect of teachers to take a critical look at ... -
A study of parental participation in school governance: the experience of the roman catholic church high schools of Leribe Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)The purpose of this study is to investigate how the policy of education decentralization as framed in the Lesotho Education Act of 1995 has impacted on school governance at the Roman Catholic Church High Schools of Leribe ... -
Identifying the problems and needs of beginner teachers in senior secondary schools in the Western Cape townships
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)The research study identifies the problems and needs of beginner teachers in senior secondary schools in the Western Cape townships. It identifies the kind of support that was received immediately before and after starting ...
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