Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Education)
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Facilitating educational change: academic development in a university setting
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)ln this thesis my project is to examine the academic development programme (ADP) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as a project of possibility mirrored against its basic premises and the practices which flowed ... -
Education policy development in South Africa, 1994 -1997
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It has been expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post apartheid period. In this thesis I have ... -
The Development and Implementation of School Governance Policy in South African Schools Act (SASA) and the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (WCPSA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study was initiated while the researcher was still an educator at' a secondary school in Cape' Town, South Africa. This was the period of the mid-1990s soon after the first democratically elected government assumed ... -
Educational aspirations and gender equality: Pathways to the empowerment of girls in disadvantaged communities in North and South Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Sudan is one of the countries with a large number of people who move around the country for safety and better living conditions due to conflicts and the long-lasting war. These people are referred to as Internally Displaced ... -
Implementing Educational Innovations: The case of the Secondary School Curriculum Diversification Programme in Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)Between 1974 and 1982 the MOE introduced in two phases the diversification programme [SSCDP] which sought to establish practical subjects in the secondary school curriculum. This study examines the sustainability of ... -
Success, failure and drop-out at university : a comparative, longitudinal study with special reference to the University of Durban-Westville
(University of the Western Cape, 1983)It has become a world trend that the opportunity for university education should be made available to all. The twentieth century witnessed the partial demolition of the barrier that retained higher education as the privilege ... -
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 ... -
Teachers' understanding of social justice in rural education schools in the Overberg education district in the Western Cape : a grounded theory approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Social justice is embedded in the South African constitution and various policy documents as an important concept and vision for a democratic South Africa. Yet, twenty two years after democracy, South African society ... -
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, ... -
A comparative study of the development of vocational education in South Africa and China between 1948 and 1993
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study has compared and investigated the historical evolution and development of public vocational education in South Africa and China, between 1948 and 1994. The purpose of the study has been to understand and trace ... -
Understanding the social and institutional factors related to the retention and progression of selected female academics in four higher education institutions in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This study set out to investigate the social and institutional factors which impact on the retention and progression of female academics in four universities in Zimbabwe. Drawing on a qualitative research methodology the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An investigation of the pedagogic and contextual factors that contribute to learner achievement levels in South Africa : a study of selected public schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Poor performance by South African students especially in literacy and numeracy are at a level of national crisis. Theory, as well as international and national systemic tests, show that the reasons for this is both multiple ... -
Exploring the Teaching and Learning of English (L2) Writing : A Case of Three Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Nigeria is one of the most multilingual nations in Africa which consists of over 450 languages (Adegbija, 2004; Danladi, 2013). It has a population of more than 150 million people, with three major languages, namely Hausa, ... -
A capability analysis of performance in quintile-1 schools in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Learner underperformance, especially in poor school communities has been an issue of contestation since 1994, and remains a major challenge in South Africa. Learner performance in this category of schools continues to ... -
An investigation into the scope, role, and function of student development and support within the context of higher education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This study is an investigation into the scope, role, and function of student development and support (SDS) within higher education in South Africa. The underpinnings and frameworks of SDS were explored during the research, ... -
Stories as teaching tools in grade R classes
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The rationale to embark upon this research is based on the notion that stories are effective tools to support the teacher in implementing the curriculum as an entity instead of fragmented sections. Learning Outcome 1 ... -
An investigation of L2 expressive writing in a tertiary institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study investigates the use of expressive writing in the L2 classroom as the mainstay approach to help students improve their writing skills. This study focuses on literacy pedagogy as it is manifested in the understanding ... -
Student politics and the funding of higher education in South Africa: the case of the University of the Western Cape, 1995-2005
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This dissertation examines various ways in which the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, South Africa, confronted the paradoxical post-apartheid higher education policy of expansion of access to historically ...
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