Magister Educationis - MEd: Recent submissions
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Effects of a distributed interleaved teaching strategy on automaticity in intermediate phase Mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2015 indicate that South African learners fare poorly against their international counterparts. Results of these tests show that South African learners ... -
An investigation into the use of graphic calculators for teaching the manipulative aspects of school calculus
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)In a teaching experiment conducted over a period of three weeks, matric pupils were exposed to the teaching of introductory calculus in a graphically enriched environment. Materials were designed to explore and experiment ... -
Managing educational change in the Paarl region: the role of school management teams in staff development
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The objective of this mini-thesis was to investigate the management of educational change in the Paarl region - the role of school management teams (SMTs) in staff development. As leaders or managers, SMTs are regarded as ... -
Towards developing reflective practitioners in basic education in Namibia: the case of the Keetmanshoop region
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)The Basic Education Teacher Diploma (BETD) in Namibia was developed to transform the fragmented and segregated teacher education in the country before independence in 1990. The main aim of the BETD is to empower teachers ... -
The influence of using video-stimulated recall as a reflective tool for professional development amongst novice mathematics educators
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study investigated the influence of using Video-Stimulated Recall (VSR) as a tool for professional development (PD) among novice mathematics educators. The primary focus was the novice mathematics educators’ ability ... -
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 ... -
Higher education and democracy: A study of students' and student leaders' attitudes towards democracy in Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)Students in African universities have a long history of political involvement at the institutional level and in national politics. The present study investigates the political opinions of students in Tanzania with respect ... -
Exploring transformative possibilities in the use of computers in education
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)This mini-thesis deals essentially with the issue of computers in- education. It, is a very basic investigation into the impact of computers on the learning and teaching environment and is particularly concerned with 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 ... -
Werkwyses ter bevordering van leerlingdeelname en -aktiwtiet in die huishoudkunde klaskamer
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)This thesis documen6 and analyses an action research project undertaken in my Secondary School Home Economics classroom in 1993. The purposes of the project were to investigate and attempt to change my teaching - so that ... -
An analysis of the concept of decentralization in South African education policy after 1990
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)This mini-thesis traces the evolution of the South African education policy of decentralization from 1990 to 1996. The tracer study is guided by Bowe, Ball with Gold (1992)'s conceptualization of the policy process and the ... -
Gender issues and classroom practice in Namibia classrooms
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This study investigates the extent to which sexist practices and gender bias are evident in particular Namibian school classrooms. The investigation was carried out at a Combined school in the Ondangwa West Region of ... -
Provision of Schooling by the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) in the Field from 1976-91
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This mini thesis deals with the historical development of the provision of schooling in the war zones under the EPLF focusing on the period between 1976-1991, that is, from the establishment of the Revolutionary School ... -
Emotional and social education rethinking the curriculum for primary school student teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)The aim of this thesis is to explore the notion of emotional and social education in the curriculum for primary school student teachers, focusing on the development of students 'emotional and social competence. I argue ... -
Finishing schools as a strategy to address high matric failure rate
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)This mini-thesis investigates the extent to which the problem of high matric failure rate in Black schools in South Afric4 specifically in the Western Cape has been addressed by the emergence of Finishing Schools. Finishing ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into the adjustment problems experienced by an initiated Xhosa male student in a high school
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This study set out to investigate the impact of being a circumcised Xhosa male student at a high school where the rights and privileges promised by this status are not necessarily entrenched in the school's ethos nor guarded ... -
Feuerstein' s Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) and Self-concept of Biology Students
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This study focuses on the underachieving student. In particular, it examines the effect on a group of underachieving biology students, drawn from three standard nine classes in a girls' secondary school in Elsies River, ... -
The transformational role of primary school principals in the Bellville region of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)In retrospect in education, many changes and initiatives for restructuring have taken place in South Africa since 1994, among others: from apartheid to a democratic societ5r, from discrimination to equity and from Christian ... -
Towards A Contextual Analysis of Structural Patterns of Private Public Higher education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This mini thesis examines a key phenomenon currently confronting the higher education system in South Africa. The study analyses the development of different types of structural patterns which characterise the private and ...