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The promotion of reading among high school learners through text selection, evaluation and innovative methodologies
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study facilitated and evaluated the pedagogical approaches to the literacy pandemic that has afflicted South African learners, particularly high school learners in grade 8 and 10 in the English Home language classrooms. ... -
The promotion of reading among high school learners through text selection, evaluation and innovative methodologies
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study facilitated and evaluated the pedagogical approaches to the literacy pandemic that has afflicted South African learners, particularly high school learners in grade 8 and 10 in the English Home language classrooms. ... -
Prospective Zimbabwean "A" level mathematics teacher's knowledge of the concept of a function
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of the study was to investigate prospective 'A' level mathematics teachers’ knowledge of the concept of a function. The study was a case study of six prospective Zimbabwean teachers who were majoring in mathematics ... -
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 ... -
The provision of holistic and .co-ordinated support in an education management and development centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The central aim of this study was to examine the Western Cape Education Department's restructuring process, which entails changing the centralised support service to a more decentralized one through the newly constituted ... -
Provision of Schooling by the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) in the Field from 1976-91
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This mini thesis deals with the historical development of the provision of schooling in the war zones under the EPLF focusing on the period between 1976-1991, that is, from the establishment of the Revolutionary School ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a PsychoSocial Interaction Model
(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 ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a psychosocial Interaction model
(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 ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a PsychoSocial Interaction Model
(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 ... -
Psychosocial factors that influence peer interaction among francophone adolescent learners in the selected high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Immigrant adolescent learners are at risk for loneliness, isolation, rejection, and interpersonal distress from being perceived as outsiders or not belonging to the groups. This may be explained by host country or setting ... -
Psychosocial factors that influence peer interaction among francophone adolescent learners in the selected high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Immigrant adolescent learners are at risk for loneliness, isolation, rejection, and interpersonal distress from being perceived as outsiders or not belonging to the groups. This may be explained by host country or setting ... -
Psychosocial interaction model and barriers to participation in adult learning: a case of community caregiver training in Gauteng
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study was prompted by my observations and feedback from trainers and learners on an array of barriers to participation in learning which are experienced by learners participating in accredited adult learning programmes ... -
Public funding of higher education and student access: A comparative study of two public universities in Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)This study examines changes in public funding and student access, factors influencing the changes in public funding, and strategic responses towards influencing variations in student access under fluctuations in public ... -
Publishing in english and its implications for researchers and higher education institutions in multilingual contexts in Africa: a multiple case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)African universities are often considered teaching-intensive as opposed to being research oriented. More recently, however, some flagship universities are focusing on becoming more research intensive. Against this backdrop, ... -
The qualities needed for effective school leadership in the disadvantaged area of Lavender Hill, Cape Town
(UWC, 1996)The South African education system is currently at a maior crossroad. Apartheid education with its associate bureaucracy its curriculum and underlying assumptions is in a process of transformation. Amidst all I this, the ... -
The raison d'etre of the Muslim mission primary school in Cape Town and environs from 1860 to 1980 with special reference to the role of Dr A. Abdurahman in the modernisation of Islam-oriented schools
(University of the Western Cape, 1986)This d~ssertation concerns the modernisation of Islam-oriented schooling in Cape Town and environs whereby Muslim Mission Primary Schools emerge as a socio-cultural compromise between community needs and State school ... -
Re-imagining 'nontraditional' student constructs in higher education : a case study of one South African University
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Worldwide, a greater and more diverse student population participates in higher education now more than ever before as the literature suggests an increase in 'nontraditional' students commonly regarded as adult students, ... -
Reading challenges experienced by the foundation phase learners at two selected primary schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Reading is a key component of literacy that plays an important role in knowledge access. It helps children's minds grow, and stimulates their comprehension of reading content, enabling them to function and interact ... -
Reading for understanding: An investigation into teachers’ reading comprehension strategies in Grade three isiXhosa Home Language classrooms in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Reading is one of the components of literacy that plays a crucial role in accessing knowledge. It develops the children’s mind and stimulates their understanding of the reading content and enables them to function and ... -
Realistiese wiskunde onderrig en die strategiee wat Standerd ses leerders vir die oplossing van gelyktydige Line~re vergelykings ontwikke.
(UWC, 1996)oplos van vergelykings beklee belangrike plek onderrig van Algebra. Die verbintenis van die onderwerp met ander onderwerpe in Algebra wys op die belangrikheld van die rol. Meer en meer is daar in wekrcep dat die onderwgrpe ...