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Using Dialogical Argumentation instruction model on grade 6 learners' understanding of the cause of the phases of the moon
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The aim of this study was to explore ways in which a dialogical argumentation instruction
model (DAIM) could be used to assist and enhance grade 6 learners' understanding of the
causes of the phases of the moon.
The study ...
The impact of neoliberalism on South Africa's education policy discourse post-1994: The quest for a radical critical pedagogy
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the 1980s several different forms of privatisation had been introduced into
the South African educational system by the De Lange Commission. Since the 1990s
a raft of neoliberal policies has been implemented under ...
Inclusive alternative assessment: Exploring the use of scribes in a Cape Town primary school
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Learners in mainstream schools have diverse learning needs and experience a variety of learning
barriers. Many of the learners struggle to read and write, and are therefore in need of assistance to
enhance their academic ...
External communities, integration and student persistence among distance students at a university in Southern Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Student persistence is a thorn area which did not receive much publication in Namibia and
South Africa. Many research focused on why students fail to persist in higher education
opposed to why they succeed. This research ...
Factors impacting on first-year students' academic progress at a South African university
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This research project explored the learning experiences of two groups of first-year students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape during the course of 2009/2010. The aim was ...
Investigating the implementation of a school-based literacy intervention programme: A case of grade one isiXhosa speaking learners in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of a Literacy Intervention
Programme with Grade One isiXhosa speaking learners in one primary school in the Western
Cape. The study was motivated by the ...
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 ...
Die opleiding van hoerskoolonderwysers binne die verband van binnelands aangeleenthede en die rol wat die Universiteit van Wes Kaapland
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Die men6 is van sy geboorte af aangerdese op die hulp en bystartd van andere en vir'n aantal jare bly hy op veral die volwassenes
aangewese om ondersteuning, leiding en ook ondenysing. Tereg verklaar Bavinck rivan alle ...
An analysis of pre-service teachers‘ ability to use a dialogical argumentation instructional model to solve mathematical problems in physics
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This study chronicles a teacher training education programme. The findings emerged from
the observation of argumentation skills employed by students in a physical science
education classroom for pre-service high school ...
Pre-service science teachers’ conceptual and procedural difficulties in solving mathematical problems in physical science
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Students frequently leave first-year physical science classes with a dual set of
physical laws in mind- the equations to be applied to qualitative problems and the
entrenched set of concepts, many erroneous, to be applied ...