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Evaluating the integration of health education into English in Eritrean secondary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)In Eritrean secondary schools, Health Education is not taught as a separate subject. However, in order to raise the students' awareness about health, the Ministry of Education of Eritrea has integrated health-related topics ... -
An evaluation of a community-based interdisciplinary health promotion course in one South African University
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Health professionals worldwide are currently inadequately trained to address the health issues of communities, particularly in developing countries where there are major health disparities. This study argues for an alternative ... -
An evaluation of a community-based interdisciplinary health promotion course in one South African university.
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Health professionals worldwide are currently inadequately trained to address the health issues of communities, particularly in developing countries where there are major health disparities. This study argues for an ... -
An Evaluation of a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project at a Western Cape University
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)This study was an evaluative case study of a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project on the Project (SIKSP) at a Western Cape University, South Africa. It was an internal evaluation from the perspectives of the ... -
Evaluation of an in-service degree programme at a Nigerian University
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The Sandwich degree programme is an in-service training programme run by Nigerian Universities for primary and secondary school teachers who either do not have a first degree or those who do not have professional teaching ... -
Evaluation of the impact of HIV/AIDS Life Orientation Prevention Programme in a Cape Town High School
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The rate at which the spread of human immunodeficiency virus/auto immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is increasing in the world has brought with it the realization that the disease is more complex and extensive than ... -
An evaluation of the in-service training programme for elementary school teachers in Eritrea
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)One of the biggest challenges to providing high quality education in Eritrea has been the provision of enough teachers who are professionally competent to meet the demands of the education system. Consequently, the upgrading ... -
An examination of teaching strategies employed to improve results in Grade 12 Physical Sciences by secondary schools in an education district in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The purpose of this study was to examine teaching strategies employed by teachers to improve Grade 12 results in Physical Sciences. Although the national Physical Sciences pass rate has increased, critics and analysts ... -
Examining mother’s related socioeconomic and demographic determinants of infant and child mortality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(2010)Infants and under 5 mortality have been universally researched and it reduction by twothird by 2015 has been announced as one of the millennium development goal of the United Nation. Continuous monitoring in form of studies ... -
Examining teachers’ experiences of implementing the Grade 12 Life Sciences curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in different subjects in South Africa has been studied before, but the literature is generally lacking on the lived experiences of life sciences ... -
Examining the challenges experienced by teachers with the implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in Grade 10 Physical Sciences in an education district in the Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Recently Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) were introduced in South Africa in response to confusion precipitated by previous curriculum documents. The purpose of this study is to uncover the challenges ... -
Examining the incentives for knowledge production : the case of the University of Nairobi in Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Following the understanding that incentives influence behaviour both in terms of eliciting and sustaining it, this thesis seeks to explore the link between incentives and knowledge production at the University of Nairobi. ... -
Examining the influence of co-curricular activities on learner attitudes and achievement in physical sciences
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study seeks to examine the influence of co-curricular activities on learner attitudes in Further Education and Training (FET) Physical Sciences. Butterworth FET school in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa was ... -
Examining the use of multiple representations to teach vectors in Grade 10 physical sciences
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The purpose of this paper was to examine the use of the multiple representation approach as a teaching strategy to improve learners understanding of vectors in Grade 10 Physical Sciences. The study also wanted to consider ... -
Exclusion by design: A constitutional analysis of admission policies and practices in selected Cape Town schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)School admission policies are powerful tools that can sometimes contain provisions that are in conflict with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and other legislation and policies which regulate education in ... -
Experiences of a ‘thinking schools’ initiative: a case study of one Western Cape primary school
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)In this study I researched the effectiveness of a ‘Thinking Schools’ initiative at a local primary school between April 2010 and September 2011. I looked at how the school began the journey, what has changed in the school, ... -
Explaining differential performance of teacher college students
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between identity and differential academic performance in a cohort of preprimary teachers-in-training. The study draws on indepth interviews with, and detailed ... -
An exploration of critical Latin American historical analyses of the capitalist state and the University system in Argentina
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)This investigation into certain elements of critical Latin American Literature was prompted by the apparent post-1980s neglect by academics of Anglo-Saxon origin to engage with the state and social class, in the contextual ... -
An exploration of how teachers’ use of video-stimulated recall as a reflective practice tool enhances mathematics teacher professional development
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The aim of professional development is to enhance teaching and learning. Reflection is a valuable way of developing professionally. However, teachers may need support and feedback on a regular basis to reflect on their ... -
An exploration of micro-teaching skills with digital technology (cell phone) in B.ED. programmes at a Western Cape University
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Micro-teaching provides a framework for teachers’ professional development with emphasis on the teach and re-teach cycle as a practical procedure for the development of micro-teaching skills. One fundamental element in ...