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Responsiveness and its institutionalisation in higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This thesis proposes a typology of responsiveness in order to reduce interpretive ambiguity and to provide a framework which makes possible an assessment of the extent to which responsiveness is likely to be institutionalised ...
Group work in management education - the role of task design
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This theses examined adult learners' experiences of group work in management education. Group work is an integral part of learning and teaching methods at most business schools because it develops team skills demanded by ...
Access to higher education: to break the vicious cycle of working class schools producing working class citizens
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study investigated why learners from low socio-economic communities such as Delft, a township in the Cape Flats, fail to achieve matriculation exemption and do not meet the criteria for tertiary education admission. ...
The utilization of a partnership to provide quality education to a historically disadvantaged primary school in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Eleven years into the South African democracy there are still huge challenges facing South African public schools, especially with regard to the notions of equity and redress. Increasingly historically advantaged and ...
Die Afname van Leerdergetalle by ʼn Hoërskool in ʼn Sub-ekonomiese Woonbuurt van Kaapstad
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration.
An investigation of the challenges of implementing inclusive education in one Khayelitsha mainstream school
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study investigated the challenges of implementing inclusive education in one Khayelitsha mainstream school. The key objectives of this study were to determine which aspects of implementation have worked well in the ...
An exploration of the use of African proverbs and metaphors in a visual communication design course
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study was envisioned to investigate and improve multicultural education in a visual communication design course. It aimed to explore the educational use of proverbs for the benefit of improving multicultural teaching ...
Protective factors that could foster resilience in first year students
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Large numbers of students tend to experience failure and dropout in their first year at university. The fundamental aim of this research was to explore protective factors that could foster resilience amongst first year ...
Using collaborative action research to improve classroom discipline: an action research study at a secondary school in the Boland
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study focused on improving the learners behaviour through classroom management and the implementation of human rights awareness as an intervention strategy. The purpose of the research was to prevent learners from ...
Teacher support teams in primary schools, of the West Coast Winelands Education Management and Development Centre, Western Cape Education Department, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The functioning of a teacher support team is an important aspect in improving quality of education, because it has as its purpose the enhancement of collaboration and support to educators and development of conditions for ...