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Parental involvement in the governance of secondary school in Eritrea: Current trends and future possibilities
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This study was designed to investigate the current policies and practices of secondary school governance in Eritrea. There is a basic need to investigate the nature of parental involvement in school governance, particularly ... -
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 ... -
Participation and barriers to participation in adult learning at a community college in the Western Cape: A chain-of-response model
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study investigates “why adults participate in learning activities” and “what barriers deter adults from participating in learning activities.” Learning activities can include informal learning initiatives and formal ... -
Participatory decision-making to democratize school, Governance: the role of the parent-teacher-student association
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This mini-thesis is an attempt to investigate how the Parent- Teacher-Student Association of one high school goes about its aim of democratising school governance. It attempts to identify the influences and constraints ... -
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 ... -
Peer group interaction, academic integration and persistence in a foundation programme at a university in the Western Cape
(UWC, 2020)This research paper is based on an investigation of the factors that enabled final year students to persist in a four-year degree programme (Foundation Programme). This study is important given that students who generally ... -
Perceived deterrents to participation in compensatory education educationally disadvantaged adult South Africans
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)South African society is regulated by inequality and discrimination based on race. Fundamental human rights and privileges have been extended only to a small sector of the population. The majority of South African citizens ... -
Perceived experiences that grade seven learners have in learning algebra
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis investigates grade seven learners perceived experiences in learning algebra.Things that learners do and say during algebra lessons and about algebra were investigated. The study was done at one of the previously ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A Phenomenological investigation into selected grade seven teachers’ integration of democratic values into their ems lessons
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Schools played an important role during apartheid in shaping the mindsets of learners. In contemporary South Africa schools can now play a similar role in promoting democratic values in order to build a more just, humane ... -
"Political changes and access policies in Malagasy Higher Education since independence (1960-2008)"
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The objective of this research was to investigate the relationships between the political change and the access policy changes in Madagascar since independence. In this study qualitative and quantitative data were used. ... -
Political prisoner education through sport on Robben Island: 1960-1990
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This research was motivated by my interest in the sport and the systems of provision of the education on Robben Island. The problem that gave rise to the study was to determine how political prisoners were able to organise ... -
Positioning : a linguistic ethnography of Cameroonian children in and out of South African primary school spaces
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This thesis traces the trajectories of a group of young Cameroonian learners as they engage in new social and educational spaces in two South African primary schools. Designed as a Linguistic Ethnography and using data ... -
Pre-service mathematics teachers’ engagement with the evaluation and construction of alternative mathematical models for the same phenomena
(University of Western Cape, 2020)The overarching purpose of this research study was to ascertain the deliberations preservice mathematics teachers engage with when they construct alternative mathematical models for social phenomena. The study is situated ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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, ... -
Preferred contexts of Korean youth for the learning of school mathematics (grades 8-10)
(2012)This study investigated real life situations which learners in South Korea grade 8-10 learners would prefer to be used in school mathematics.This thesis is based on the ROSMEII (Relevance of School Mathematics ducation) ...