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Capability sets of teachers with regards to the implementation of the curriculum and policy statement in a no-fee school community in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the onset of democracy in 1994, education in South Africa has undergone many
developments and changes due to curriculum innovations and interventions. For more than two
decades, the government has been seeking to ...
Mental Health of Coloured Female Teachers Working in Historically Disadvantaged Special Schools in the Cape Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The World Health Organisation defines mental health as "a state of well-being in which the
individual realizes her or his own abilities, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able
to make a contribution to her or ...
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 ...
Using ICTs as a pedagogical resource to facilitate epistemological access in science with teacher education students
(UWC, 2020)
The study aimed to investigate the kind of knowledge privileged when student teachers use Information Communication Technologies in facilitating learning in science subjects. The assumptions were that future student teachers, ...
Factors influencing the implementation of a grade R school readiness learning support programme in two previously disadvantaged primary schools in the Cape Town metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study investigated the factors that impacted positively or militated against the implementation of a
learning support programme (ISP) in grade R classes at two primary schools located in the same poor
socio-economic ...
Intercultural peer group interactions, integration and student persistence between Nigerian students and students from other countries at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
As a Nigerian, I became interested in investigating how Nigerian students, from
different cultural backgrounds are able to integrate and persist in their academic
programmes. I used Tinto‟s (1993) Longitudinal Model of ...
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 ...
Improving Pre-Service Teacher Development Practices in English as a Second Language: A case of Secondary School Teacher Preparation at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Ordinarily, Teacher Development at the level of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) at Great
Zimbabwe University (GZU) comes in two major phases spread over four years - the
theoretical and the practical based phases. The ...
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 ...
Language of instruction and quality of education in Rwanda: A case study of secondary school third form learners in the Gisagara district
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The language of instruction plays a determining role in students’ academic performance. This suggests that students should be taught in a language they are familiar with in order to enhance understanding of the content ...