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The educational support of teenage mothers at Western Cape school
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Teenage pregnancy has increased in recent years, and it is viewed as a social problem that has led to various research studies. Most teenage mothers are more motivated to complete their schooling and pursue further education ... -
Multiple perceptions (teachers’, parents’, learners’) of Somali learner acculturation in a Cape Town primary school setting
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)During the 1990s many Somali families settled in South Africa amid severe protracted inter-clan conflict in Somalia. Other Somali families migrated to the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and other ... -
Curriculum leadership practices of senior management in developing a ‘Thinking School’: A case study of a Western Cape primary school
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This research study explored the curriculum leadership practices by senior management which support the development of a selected primary school as Thinking School. A review of the literature shows that many learners in ... -
A comparison between the contexts grade 10 learners prefer for mathematical literacy and those reflected in the timss survey
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study focuses on the contexts grade 10 learners prefer to deal with in mathematical literacy. These preferred contexts of the learners were then compared with the contextual situations found in the Third International ... -
Die verskille en ooreenkomste van die wetlike regte van blanke, kleurling, en swart onderwysers in Suid-Afrika vanaf 1963-1996
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)In hierdie mini -tesis ondersoek ek die verskille en ooreenkomste, tussen die wetli ke regte van Blanke , Kleurling en Swart onderwysers, wat bestaan het vanaf die tydperk 1963- 1996. Ek argumenteer dat hierdie verskille ... -
Exploring strategies and approaches grade ten learners in eritrea use when studying a given mathematical model
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This study explores the strategies and approaches grade ten leaners in Eritrea use when studying a given mathematical model. In this study, ten learners selected from a grade ten mathematics class had been presented with ... -
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 ... -
To move with a different view : a critical review of physical education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)The purpose of this study lies in its contribution to a critical analysis of physical education in South Africa and the provision of a framework aimed at its reconstruction, by pointing to the characteristics of a ... -
Investigating the effectiveness of concept mapping in improving science language writing for English second language grade 12 learners at Lagunya finishing school in Langa
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This research deals with a particular type of learner - a learner having English as a second language as medium of instruction at a finishing school, repeating a subject which he/she has failed in the final matriculation ... -
AUTHORITY IN SCHOOLING IN POST 1990 SOUTH AFRICA
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)In Chapter One I explore Berlin's concepts of positive and negative freedom to (a) show that the concept freedom, is not transparent and (b) explain how divergent conceptions of freedom give rise to divergent conceptions ... -
The interpretation and construction of global graphs by eritrean grade nine students (an exploratory study)
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)In this study the interpretation and construction of global graphs by grade nine Eritrean students is explored in a qualitative research paradigm called developmental research. The experience of these students in an ... -
An investigation into effective management by principals of selected schools in the Rundu region of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This M.Ed. mini-thesis is concerned with how schools are managed effectively by primary school principles. The major question addressed is: “what do principles do to manage schools effectively”? The researcher explored six ... -
Cooperative learning for Interracial Interaction: An action research study
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)South Africans are challenged daily by the legacy of apartheid. The racial divisions of the past continue to haunt South Africans, nine years into its democracy. This mini-thesis reports on an action research project that ... -
An activity -based approach towards developing critical thinking in the Geography classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 1990)This thesis deals with an attempt to employ the research methodology of action research to focus on classroom strategies involving a range of resources, including indigenously generated ones, as a way of enhancing critical ... -
An analysis of the feasibility of incorporating production activities in school Mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)I taught for fourteen years, as a secondary school mathematics teacher, at schools in disadvantaged communities in South Africa. During this period pupils' attitude towards school mathematics textbooks drew my attention, ... -
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 effects of an instructional strategy on Grade 11 learners understanding of genetics
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Research into learning genetics has largely focused on issues such as problem solving and the process of meiosis. The central concept of genetics, however, has received very little attention despite the fact that it is ... -
Schema theory and problem-solving in biology
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)There is ongoing research to understand why some students experience difficulty in solving problems. There is an equal concern over students that do arrive at correct solutions to problems, but who are unable to justify ... -
The qualities needed for effective school leadership in the disadvantaged area of Lavender Hill, Cape Town
(UWC, 1996)The South African education system is currently at a maior crossroad. Apartheid education with its associate bureaucracy its curriculum and underlying assumptions is in a process of transformation. Amidst all I this, the ... -
Kan afstandsonderrig bydra tot die demokratisering van onderwyseropleiding in Suid-Afrika ?
(UWC, 1997)Onderwyseropleiding in Suid-Afrika is die fokus van hierdie mini-tesis. Die kernvraag is of afstandsonderrig kan bydra tot die demokratisering van onderwyseropleiding in Suid-Afrika. Om die vraag in perspektief te stel ...