Browsing Faculty of Education by Title
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Professional and personal development of school management teams in three rural primary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The essential role that school management teams (SMTs) play in managing change has been debated for many years both nationally and internationally. Central to these debates has been the need to understand how to best empower ... -
Professional development for contemporary roles of high school principals by an education management and development centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This study seeks to present a case study of professional development for contemporary roles of high school principals of an EMDC in the Western Cape. The advent of a democratic government in South Africa in 1994 inevitably ... -
The professional preparedness of the primary school principals in the Oshikoto Region of Nothern Namibia to Implement the policy on the National Standards for School Leadership and Management
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)After seventeen years since the apartheid education system was abolished in Namibia, the education system remains stagnant. The government has been spending big budgets on Education. The Ministry of Education introduced ... -
Professionele aanspreeklikheid en onderwyserstakings
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)In hierdie mini-tesis probeer ek bepaal of onderwyserstakings in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks moreel regverdigbaar is. In hoofstuk I stel ek kortliks ondersoek in na die historiese verloop van stakings in Suid- Afrika en ... -
Promoting Educational Change: Reflections on a Namibian Non-Governmental Educational Organisation 1989 - 1992
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)In this dissertation I set out to reflect on and examine a case study of a Namibian nongovernmental educational organisation (NGEO),the Primary Teachers Project (PTP),from 1989to 1992 focusing on issuesof educational change ... -
Promoting participatory teaching and learning in the senior primary classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)Educational change is perhaps one of the most difficult processes that teachers might, experience in search of democratising their classroom practices. Being a traditional mathematics teacher who resorted to autocratic ... -
The promotion of reading among high school learners through text selection, evaluation and innovative methodologies
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study facilitated and evaluated the pedagogical approaches to the literacy pandemic that has afflicted South African learners, particularly high school learners in grade 8 and 10 in the English Home language classrooms. ... -
The promotion of reading among high school learners through text selection, evaluation and innovative methodologies
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study facilitated and evaluated the pedagogical approaches to the literacy pandemic that has afflicted South African learners, particularly high school learners in grade 8 and 10 in the English Home language classrooms. ... -
Prospective Zimbabwean "A" level mathematics teacher's knowledge of the concept of a function
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of the study was to investigate prospective 'A' level mathematics teachers’ knowledge of the concept of a function. The study was a case study of six prospective Zimbabwean teachers who were majoring in mathematics ... -
Protective factors that could foster resilience in first year students
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Large numbers of students tend to experience failure and dropout in their first year at university. The fundamental aim of this research was to explore protective factors that could foster resilience amongst first year ... -
The provision of holistic and .co-ordinated support in an education management and development centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The central aim of this study was to examine the Western Cape Education Department's restructuring process, which entails changing the centralised support service to a more decentralized one through the newly constituted ... -
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 ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a PsychoSocial Interaction Model
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Adult learners’ perception of factors that are internal to their perceived control of their lives can be challenging to overcome when making a decision to participate in learning. There are complex relationships between ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a psychosocial Interaction model
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Adult learners’ perception of factors that are internal to their perceived control of their lives can be challenging to overcome when making a decision to participate in learning. There are complex relationships between ... -
Psychosocial barriers to participation in adult learning and education: Applying a PsychoSocial Interaction Model
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Adult learners’ perception of factors that are internal to their perceived control of their lives can be challenging to overcome when making a decision to participate in learning. There are complex relationships between ... -
Psychosocial factors that influence peer interaction among francophone adolescent learners in the selected high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Immigrant adolescent learners are at risk for loneliness, isolation, rejection, and interpersonal distress from being perceived as outsiders or not belonging to the groups. This may be explained by host country or setting ... -
Psychosocial factors that influence peer interaction among francophone adolescent learners in the selected high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Immigrant adolescent learners are at risk for loneliness, isolation, rejection, and interpersonal distress from being perceived as outsiders or not belonging to the groups. This may be explained by host country or setting ... -
Psychosocial interaction model and barriers to participation in adult learning: a case of community caregiver training in Gauteng
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study was prompted by my observations and feedback from trainers and learners on an array of barriers to participation in learning which are experienced by learners participating in accredited adult learning programmes ... -
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 ... -
Publishing in english and its implications for researchers and higher education institutions in multilingual contexts in Africa: a multiple case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)African universities are often considered teaching-intensive as opposed to being research oriented. More recently, however, some flagship universities are focusing on becoming more research intensive. Against this backdrop, ...