Magister Educationis - MEd (Comparative Education)
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Does ethnic diversity feature as an issue in open schools?
(University of Western Cape, 1998)There is more to the phrase "South African schools belong to all South African children". While it sounds simple and true there is more to it in the case of the schools which once excluded other race groups under the ... -
How is the organisational success of a school assessed by students, parents, staff and educational administration?: A case study of a high school in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)This study examines how the various stakeholder groups assess the degree of school organisational success. A review of the literature relating to organisational success and school administrative theory provides a theoretical ... -
Does ethnic diversity feature as an issue in open schools?
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)There is more to the phrase "South African schools belong to all South African children". While it sounds simple and true there is more to it in the case of the schools which once excluded other race groups under the ... -
Parental participation in school governing body in relation to employment of teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)This study examines how and the extent to which parents participate in the decision making process in school governing bodies in relation to teacher employment. To determine the nature and extent of parental participation ... -
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 ... -
Demokratisering van die gesagsverhouding: 'n aksienavorsingprojek
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This mini-thesis is about an action research project that started in my classroom in order to improve or change my teaching practice. I wanted to involve the pupils in classroom activities so as to promote pupil involvement. ... -
The induction and professional socialisation of beginner teachers in Cape Town schools
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)This study has its roots in my striving to become a competent teacher. Despite being armed with a teaching qualification, I found that I was ill-prepared for the rigours of the classroom and the broader school environment. ... -
Analysis of the relationship between teacher characteristics and learner performance in english reading in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This mini thesis investigates the relationship between teacher characteristics and learner performance in English reading in Namibia. The level of performance in national examinations is often linked to the level of English ... -
Die moomtlike spanning tussen die opvoedkundtge en die politieke verantwoordelikttede van die opvoeder
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Die motivering vir die keuse van di6 onderwerp spruit uit die spanni-ng wat daar tussen hierdie twee verantwoordel-ikhede van die onderwyser binne die formele skoolopset bestaan. Hj-erdie spanning veroorsaak onsekerhej-d ... -
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 curriculum ... -
Towards defining the role of the school inspector as multi-functional educational manager and administrator in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This study is an attempt to define the role of the school inspector as a multi-functional educational manager and administrator in Namibia. It aims at understanding the situation that prevails in the inspectorate in order ... -
Probleemstelling en terrreinafbakening
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)Een van rLie id.eale in terslBre on,1.errig is waarskynlik om akademiese :=elfwerksaamheid en onafhanklikheld by studente te bewerkstellig. Vir die student om tot akademiese self-werksaamtreid te ontwikkel is dit na my ... -
Understanding effective primary school management: A Qualitative Study of Selected Schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)The SA Schools Act (1996, p. 2) acknowledges that the past system of education was based on segregation and racial inequality. Prior to 1994, at the national level, the Department of National Education (DNE) was responsible ... -
Identifying the problems and needs of beginner teachers in senior secondary schools in the Western Cape townships
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)The research study identifies the problems and needs of beginner teachers in senior secondary schools in the Western Cape townships. It identifies the kind of support that was received immediately before and after starting ... -
Ideology and the training of history at colleges of education in South teachers Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1990)This dissertation is an attempt at locating the connections that there exist between ideolog and education. To this end I have looked at the training of History teachers at Colleges of Education under the Department of ... -
An analysis of the concept participation in South African education policy texts from 1980-1996
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This mini thesis traces the concept 'participation' in South African education policy texts from 1980-1996. Bowe, Ball and Gold's (1992) conceptualization of the policy process guides the analysis in terms of the context ... -
An analysis of learners’ ways of working in high stakes mathematics examinations: quadratic equations and inequalities
(2012)Every year there is a national outcry by educationists in South Africa relating to the poor performance of grade 12 mathematics learners. This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs in a country where mathematics is seen ... -
Learning to manage workplace stress as practiced by teachers at three under-resourced Western Cape High Schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)The focus of the study is the teacher in the under-resourced schools in the townships of the Western Cape. The purpose is to discover how teachers learn to cope under adverse working conditions. In a systematic way, we try ... -
How do FET College educators explain the role and function of college occupational training units? A case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This paper documents a case study of the Innovation and Development Divisions of two public FET Colleges. The research asked the following question:How do FET College educators explain the role and function of college ... -
A comparison between the contexts learners in Grades 8, 9 and 10 prefer for mathematical literacy and gender
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)For many years, there have been calls for the mathematics curriculum in South African schools to be made more meaningful and relevant to young people's everyday lives. Despite efforts to address this issue, there is a ...
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