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Context Preferences of Teachers in South Africa and South Korea for Mathematics in schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The study is located within the project: Relevance of School Mathematics Education (ROSME) of the Department of Didactics at the University of the Western Cape. The research is undertaken in the belief that Mathematics ...
The effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on learners' conceptions of lightning and attitudes towards science
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
This study looks at the effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on the learners' conceptions of lightning and attitude towards science. It explored Basotho conceptions of lightning and thunder under the following ...
An educational perspective on marginalisation and discrimination in the integration process of the health services of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)
The Constitution provides that the primary object of the SANDF is to defend and protect the
Republic, its territorial integrity and its people, in accordance with the Constitution and the
principles of international law ...
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, ...
An analysis of the Eritrean grade 9 biology textbook
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)
Teachers, during various seminars, workshops and departmental meetings, continuously
complained about the inadequacy of the grade 9 biology textbook used in the Eritrean
secondary schools. Among others, the teachers ...
Bridging the gap between school and university: a case study of the University of Namibia's Access Programme
(University of Cape Town, 2002)
Without neglecting the broader scope of the phenomenon of student access, this study focuses
mainly on student academic access. An Access Programme, initiated by the University of
Namibia, is used as a case study in order ...
Towards English for academic purposes in the Rwandan context: The case of the first year of the Management Faculty
(University of Western Cape, 2001)
This study investigates the extent to which the one-year English course that the National University of Rwanda offers equips Francophone students with the linguistic tools they need in order to cope with content subjects ...
The development of supplementary materials for English language teaching in a scarce resource environment: an action research study
(University of Western Cape, 2001)
Task based language instruction has generated some debate among researchers. Some argue in favour of task based language instruction by claiming that tasks focus learners' attention on meaning and thus facilitate second ...
A Comparison between the Contexts learners in Grades 8,9 and 10 prefer for Mathematical Literacy
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The use of contexts in school mathematics is receiving much attention both nationally and internationally. This as well as the scarcity of research focusing on the topic stimulated me to research the contexts preferred by ...
Investigating leadership styles in tertiary institutions in Lesotho: Comparing and contrasting practices
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The study investigated the leadership styles used in the Lesotho tertiary institutions. The research was undertaken at two institutions - Lerotholi Polytechnic and the National Teacher Training College. The population of ...