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Land reform in the news: An analysis of how certain South African newspapers covered land reform before and after the 2005 National Land Summit
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis investigates land reform coverage at the time of the land summit through quantitative and qualitative content analysis. Hard news reports, editorials and opinion pieces that appeared in the daily newspapers ... -
The leadership role of primary school principals in economically disadvantaged areas affected by HIV and AIDS
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This study formed part of the broad theme on the impact of HIV and AIDS on school-going learners sponsored by the Dynamics for Building a Better Society programme of the University of the Western Cape and the VLIR Partnership. ... -
The leadership role of principals in managing HIV and AIDS at schools of the Western Cape Education Department
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The HIV and AIDS epidemic is deemed the single greatest threat to South Africa's future and its growth in one of the most rapid in the world. The South African government has marked 2006 as the year of accelerated HIV and ... -
Learners' motivations for preferred contexts in mathematical literacy
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The National Curriculum Statement introduced mathematical literacy officially in 2006. Learners in general perform poorly at mathematics in South Africa but there is strong belief that learners should graduate from schools ... -
Learnerships and transformation in the insurance industry
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This case study explored the lessons arising from the implementation of the Insurance Preparedness Project. This was a pilot project funded by the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority as part of a strategy for ... -
Learning to manage workplace stress as practiced by teachers at three under-resourced Western Cape High Schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)The focus of the study is the teacher in the under-resourced schools in the townships of the Western Cape. The purpose is to discover how teachers learn to cope under adverse working conditions. In a systematic way, we try ... -
Looking beyond educational indicators: an analysis of differences in learner results of a standardised English language comprehension test administered in Katima Mulilo and Rundu educational regions of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This thesis attempted to develop insight into why, contrary to expectation and predictions, learners in Rundu obtained better scores in a standardised English comprehension test than learners in Katima Mulilo, given that ... -
Men's attitudes and responses to the Gender Equity Strategy at South African Nylon Spinner Polymer Plant (2002-2004): Implications for an education and training intervention
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study investigated the attitudes and responses of male employees to the implemention of the Gender Equity Strategy and considered the implementation for the development of a gender education and training intervention. ... -
Mental health promotion in Western Cape schools: an exploration of factors relating to risk, resilience and health promotion
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Recent South African research has confirmed that there is reason to be concerned about the mental health status and well-being of our youth. School-going youth are engaging in a wide array of risk behaviours that seriously ... -
The motivation for, and establishment of education management and development centres (EMDCs) in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the motivation for the proposed Education Management Development Centres (EMDCs). It also addresses what improvements to the current system EMDCs are supposed to make and how EMDCs ... -
n Ondersoekende studie na die verband tussen leesvaardighede en leerdervordering van Graad 10 leerders
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Lees le die grondslag van leer en studie en is deel van elke opgevoede mens se toerusting (Meyer, 1987). Die fokus en hoof doelwit van die navorsing was om die verband tussen leesvaardighede en leerdervordering van Graad ... -
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 ... -
Objective teacher evaluation and democracy in a changing South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1992)In this minithesis I attempt to explain what could be meant by an objective and democratic teacher evaluation system. The central question which I address is whether the current South African teacher evaluation system could ... -
Occupational therapy graduates’ conceptualisations of occupational justice in community service practice in South Africa: a uwc case study
(2013)The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify ways in which the University of the Western Cape (UWC) occupational therapy (OT) curriculum could be developed to prepare its graduates to advance occupational justice ... -
Parental Choice in South African High Schools: An urban Cape Town Case Study
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This study examines how families judge and choose high schools. The review of literature relating to school choice provides a theoretical framework for the study. The review includes an international perspective including ... -
Parental participation in school governing body in relation to employment of teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)This study examines how and the extent to which parents participate in the decision making process in school governing bodies in relation to teacher employment. To determine the nature and extent of parental participation ... -
Parents' and educators' perceptions of factors influencing high rate of academic failure of learners in Clarke Estate Primary Schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The purpose of this study was to investigate parents' and ducators' perceptions of factors influencing high rate of academic failure of learners in Clarke Estate primary schools. A quantitative, descriptive study design ... -
The pastoral role and primary school teachers’ identity in the Western Cape: a multiple case study
(2012)After South Africa became a democratic country in 1994, the South African education ministry devised curriculum changes at a national level that would reflect an equal education structure for all South Africans. Curriculum ... -
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 ... -
Preferred contexts for mathematical literacy of Korean grade 8-10 learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The twenty-first century society demands a high level of mathematical literacy. This drove Korean educators to evaluate their students using international mathematics tests such as TIMSS, PISA and IMO. In these tests, ...