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The development of the teacher support team in assisting teachers of learners with special educational needs in one school in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)This research study explored the process in the development of the Teacher Support Team in assisting teachers of learners with special educational needs in the mainstream classroom. This research was conducted in the context ... -
Die Afname van Leerdergetalle by ʼn Hoërskool in ʼn Sub-ekonomiese Woonbuurt van Kaapstad
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration. -
Die impak van onderwysers se identiteitsbasis op hul ontvang en implementering van kurrikulum 2005 in sekere verafgelee skole van die Wes-Kaap
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis was undertaken as an empirical study which focused on curriculum implementation in a remote geographical region in post-apartheid South Africa, known as the Overberg. The identity basis on which teachers receive ... -
Die moomtlike spanning tussen die opvoedkundtge en die politieke verantwoordelikttede van die opvoeder
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Die motivering vir die keuse van di6 onderwerp spruit uit die spanni-ng wat daar tussen hierdie twee verantwoordel-ikhede van die onderwyser binne die formele skoolopset bestaan. Hj-erdie spanning veroorsaak onsekerhej-d ... -
Does ethnic diversity feature as an issue in open schools?
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)There is more to the phrase "South African schools belong to all South African children". While it sounds simple and true there is more to it in the case of the schools which once excluded other race groups under the ... -
Does ethnic diversity feature as an issue in open schools?
(University of Western Cape, 1998)There is more to the phrase "South African schools belong to all South African children". While it sounds simple and true there is more to it in the case of the schools which once excluded other race groups under the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on learners’ conceptions of lightning and attitudes towards science
(2008)This study looks at the effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on the learners’ conceptions of lightning and attitude towards science. It explored Basotho conceptions of lightning and thunder under the following ... -
Effect of Vee-diagramming on grade 10 township learners understanding of some electrical concepts
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)This study was based on the Scientific and Technology Literacy Project study done between 1996 and 2001. It sought to determine whether Vee-diagramming could help enhance grade 10 township learners understanding of some ... -
Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ... -
Eritrean primary school teachers' perceptions of the relationship between pre-service education and the demands of the workplace
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This study investigates six Eritrean primary school teacher's perceptions of their pre-service education. Six primary school teachers from three different schools in two different regions of Eritrea were interviewed. The ... -
Ethno-regional disparities in primary schooling in Eritrea, 1992-2001
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Eritreans have been subjected to limited and unequal education provision. throughout their hundred years of colonial history. It was expected that in post-independence Eritrea education provision would be equitably provided ... -
An exploration of the use of African proverbs and metaphors in a visual communication design course
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural education in a visual communication design course. It aimed to explore the educational use of proverbs for the benefit of improving multicultural teaching ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Factors that contribute towards students' successful participation and completion of the intercontinental Masters Programme (Adult Learning and Global Change) at one of the partner universities
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This Research sets out to understand the participation experiences of a selected group of adult learners at one of the partner institutionsof the online Intercontinental Masters in Adult Learning and Global Change. The ... -
From policy to praxis: a study of the implementation of representative councils of learners in the Western Cape, from 1997-2003
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This thesis traces the evolution of learner participation in school governance in South Africa, identifies international trends in school governance, particularly learner participation, and then analyses the progress made ... -
Fundamental validity issues of an english as a foreign language test: a process-oriented approach to examining the reading construct as measured by the DR Congo English state examination
(2014)The study aims to investigate the fundamental validity issues that can affect the DR Congo English state examination, a national exit test administered to high school final year students for certification. The study aspires ...