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Teacher educators' perceptions about possibilities and challenges of the merger between Namibian Higher Education institutions for improving teacher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of the teacher educators about the merger between the University of Namibia and Namibia’s former Colleges of Education with regards to the merger's capacity to improve ...
Exploring habitus and writer identities : an ethnographic study of writer identity construction in the FET phase at two schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the writing identities constructed in the Further Education and Training (FET) Phase and the ways in which these identities either strengthen or impede academic writing at ...
What do Grade 1 learners write? a study of literacy development at a multilingual primary school in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Research shows that there is a literacy crisis in many South African primary schools, especially in the Foundation and Intermediate Phases (Grades 1 – ). The latest Annual National Assessments (ANA) results released in ...
Investigation of learners’ ways of working with algebraic graphs in high-stakes mathematics examinations
(University of the Western Cape, 2015-11)
Algebraic graphs are a difficult topic for most secondary school mathematics learners. My experience as a Mathematics teacher in the Further Education and Training Phase (FET) is that learners solve problems involving ...
Workplace learning experiences of TVET college candidates in learnership programmes : an exploration of the workplace learning environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Skills development policies in South Africa and further afield consider learning in and from the workplace as critical to the training of artisans at intermediate level. Since the inception of democracy, South Africa has ...
A sociolinguistic analysis of the effective translanguaging strategies of some first year bilingual students at University of the Western Cape (UWC)
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In South Africa's educational system, many learners' academic literacy is substantially affected by the multi-language background and its inconsiderate language policies. From time to time, South African Education board ...
A critical ethnography of Kreol Morisien as an optional language in primary education within the Republic of Mauritius
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This research is a critical ethnography of KM in primary schools. Its purpose is to explore the link between heritage language and identity construction. My central research question is: how does the introduction of KM as ...
National higher education reform in Tanzania : understanding institutional and state leaders' responses to access and quality initiatives at selected public universities
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Like many universities across the globe, African universities were not exceptional in so far as they were under the control of their nation states. While studies have explored the relationship between the State and the ...
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 role that parents play in their children's academic progress at a previously disadvantaged primary school in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Different studies indicate that parents, who offer their services as volunteers at their children's school, assist with homework and participate in school activities, can influence the learners’ academic success in a ...