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University affiliation as a strategy for higher education development: the case of the University of Botswana and its affiliated institutions
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The study examines the relationship of these institutions with the University of Botswana within the affiliation system. The issues that were investigated were related to the affiliation system in general, and whether it ...
Effects of an argumentation-based instruction on grade 10 learners' understanding of the causes of pollution at a river site
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This study was based on the Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project (SIKSP) at the School of Science and Mathematics Education, University of the Western Cape. The project seeks to enhance educators' understanding ...
Parental involvement in the education of learners on farm schools in the Citrusdal area
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This research focused on parental involvement in the rural farm area in Citrusdal to examine the nature and characteristics of farm worker parents' involvement in their children' education. This study followed a mixed ...
Recognition of prior learning, benefits and social justice in the policing sector
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Conceptualised within Habermasian critical theory, the conceptual framework includes concepts such as domination, emancipation and emancipatory education, and frames RPL as emancipation. Recognition of prior learning is ...
The changing nature of academic development: exploring student perceptions and experiences of a learning skills programme in higher education
(2011)
In this paper, I focus on the issue of student perceptions and experiences of a 3rd generation academic development programme in higher education. I set out to explore the issue from two perspectives: firstly from the ...
Stories as teaching tools in grade R classes
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
The rationale to embark upon this research is based on the notion that stories are effective tools to support the teacher in implementing the curriculum as an entity instead of fragmented sections. Learning Outcome 1 ...
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 ...
Addressing the needs of underachieving students in an extended curriculum programme
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The purpose of this study is to determine the nature of support services offered to Extended Curriculum Programme students in a South African university. The primary goals of support services in higher education are to ...
An ethnographic study of the learning practices of grade 6 students in an urban township school in the Western Cape: a sociological perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The study's main starting premises is that there is a disjuncture between the rich educational engagements of these students in their environmental space and how their learning practices are framed, informed and positioned ...
Teacher stress factors in the Metropole North, Circuit 6 of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of stress by teachers in the Metropole North, Circuit 6 of the Western Cape, South Africa, The study investigated factors causing teachers to experience stress as ...