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Crouching learners, hidden values: values in school mathematical literacy lessons
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Local and international pundits concur that education systems play a pivotal role in fostering and developing values in learners. In some countries, like South Africa, the values and rights enshrined in the Constitution ...
Group polarization in decision making: a study of selected secondary school disciplinary panels in Rongo District of Kenya
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
Behaviour problems have been on the rise in Kenyan schools for some time now.
Various maladaptive behaviours found among school children include bullying,
vandalism, stealing, alcohol and drug abuse, truancy, not completing ...
Effects of a dialogical argumentation based instruction on grade 9 learners’ conceptions of a meteorological concept: cold fronts in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
This study looks at the effects of a dialogical argumentation instructional model (DAIM) on grade 9 learners understanding of selected meteorological concepts: Cold fronts in the Western Cape of South Africa. Using a ...
Adult learning and social reconciliation: a case study of an academic programme at a Western Cape Higher Education Institution
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Heterogeneous school communities are becoming more apparent under local and global conditions. A school community is more diverse and similar, not only racially but also in respect of economic, cultural, national and ...
The role and impact of Shaykh Shakier Gamieldien in the establishment of modern Rational Islam in the Western Cape, with specific reference to his educational endeavours, 1950 - 1996
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis discusses the impact of modern Rational Islam on the Muslim community of the Western Cape between 1950 and 1996. It is particularly concerned with the role of Shaykh Shakier Gamieldien in establishing and ...
The contexts which Namibian learners in grades 8 to 10 prefer to use in mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
One of the key ideas in the research on mathematics education is that the mathematical knowledge that learners acquire is strongly tied to the particular situation in which it is learnt. This study investigated the contexts ...
Effects of using a dialogical argumentation instructional model to teach grade 11 learners some concepts of sound by means of indigenous musical instruments
(UWC, 2012)
Two grade 11 classes of two high schools in Cape Town were taught some concepts
of sound by means of indigenous musical instruments. The purpose was to find out
the relative effects (or none) of two instructional strategies. ...
Analysis of the ways of working of learners in the final grade 12 mathematical literacy examination papers: focussing on questions related to measurement
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
Mathematical Literacy has a dual meaning in South Africa. On the one hand it alludes to an understanding of the role of Mathematics in the real world. On the other hand it refers to a subject that is taken by students who ...
An analysis of learners’ ways of working in high stakes mathematics examinations: quadratic equations and inequalities
(2012)
Every year there is a national outcry by educationists in South Africa relating to the poor performance of grade 12 mathematics learners. This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs in a country where mathematics is seen ...
A capability analysis of the working relationships between principals and chairpersons of school management committees in Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
A larger number of schools in Lesotho are owned and controlled by churches whereas the government pays teachers’ salaries and provides school facilities through the national budget. It is through this partnership that the ...