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Research conducted in the Faculty of Education reflects the following areas of interest: education policy research, curriculum research, professional teacher education, adult education, science teaching, maths education, and the history of education in South Africa.
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A critical discussion of music education as an aspect of aesthetic education with special reference to general music education at Secondary Schools
(University of the Western Cape, 1990)This thesis is concerned with discussing music education as an aspect of aesthetic education, with special reference to the general music (Class music) curriculum at the secondary schools. Class music, or general music ... -
Educational aspirations and gender equality: Pathways to the empowerment of girls in disadvantaged communities in North and South Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Sudan is one of the countries with a large number of people who move around the country for safety and better living conditions due to conflicts and the long-lasting war. These people are referred to as Internally Displaced ... -
Understanding adult education: Case-studies of three university-based adult education certificate programs.
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)By the mid-1980s, the Nationalist Party had sought to salvage almost four decades of apartheid policies that were based on white supremacy. In this regard, it engaged in dual strategies of repression and reform. The ... -
Die opstel van ‘n kriteriale struktuur vir die ontwerp van ‘n geskrewe arbeidsterapiekurrikulum, met spesiale verwysing na die Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)The purpose of this study was, first, to develop an occupational therapy curriculum theory to serve as a guideline for South African occupational therapy educators wishing to expand their insight into their work. This was ... -
An evaluation of a community-based interdisciplinary health promotion course in one South African university.
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Health professionals worldwide are currently inadequately trained to address the health issues of communities, particularly in developing countries where there are major health disparities. This study argues for an ... -
Promoting Educational Change: Reflections on a Namibian Non-Governmental Educational Organisation 1989 - 1992
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)In this dissertation I set out to reflect on and examine a case study of a Namibian nongovernmental educational organisation (NGEO),the Primary Teachers Project (PTP),from 1989to 1992 focusing on issuesof educational change ... -
Adult learners, access and higher education: learning as meaning-making and negotiation in context
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)This study focuses on the learning experiences of adult learners entering higher education for the first time. Based in the Department of Adult Education and Extra-Mural Studies at the University of Cape Town, it analyses ... -
The provision of holistic and .co-ordinated support in an education management and development centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The central aim of this study was to examine the Western Cape Education Department's restructuring process, which entails changing the centralised support service to a more decentralized one through the newly constituted ... -
Multilingual teacher-talk in Secondary school classrooms in Yola, North-East Nigeria: Exploring the interface of language and knowledge using legitimation code theory and terminology theory
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)It has been noted by Lin (2013) that studies on multilingual talk, as illustrated by code switching in the classroom, have been repetitive and descriptive, and have for a while not been underpinned by substantially new or ... -
Implementing lifelong learning at a Technikon in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2001)The nature of lifelong learning in the context of a South African technikon is the investigation focus of this mini-thesis. It argues for the adoption of a holistic and humanistic conceptualization to lifelong learning ... -
A transformative approach to teaching adults in a culturally diverse context
(University of Western Cape, 2013)The post-modem society is described as a society on the move, a phenomenon the anthropologist, (Vigouroux, 2005) describes as 'flows'. These flows are mostly manifested by people moving in and towards countries with ... -
The status and value of physical education at primary schools in the Kuils River area with specific reference to curriculum 2005
(University of Western Cape, 2001)The purpose of this project was to determine the status and value of physical education at primary schools as well as the extent to which it is offered. It is also hoped that this study will be useful in putting forward ... -
Die impak van onderwysers se identiteitsbasis op hul ontvang en implementering van kurrikulum 2005 in sekere verafgeleë skole van die Wes-Kaap
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Hierdie tesis was onderneem as 'n empiriese studie wat fokus op kurrikulumimplementering in 'n afgesonderde geografiese streek in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika, bekend as die Overberg. Die identiteitsbasis waarvolgens onderwysers ... -
Koloniale en post-koloniale onderwys in Suid-Afrika en die erkenning van diversiteit as teenvoeter vir diskriminerende praktyke in skole
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This thesis examines the way in which the recognition of diversity can be applied as a strategy in South African education to erode the bitter legacy of colonial education. The establishment of formal education, built on ... -
Guidelines for empowering secondary school educators, in loco parentis, in addressing truancy among early adolescent learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study examined the prevalence and the nature of truancy among early adolescent learners attending secondary schools in the Education Management and Development Centre (EMDC) in the eastern metropole of the Western ... -
Understanding the social and institutional factors related to the retention and progression of selected female academics in four higher education institutions in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This study set out to investigate the social and institutional factors which impact on the retention and progression of female academics in four universities in Zimbabwe. Drawing on a qualitative research methodology the ... -
Towards an Inclusive Democratic Educational Theory and Practice in South Africa: Mediating Individualism and Collectivism, Difference and Commonality
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)This thesis is concerned with the definition of an inclusive democratic educational theory and practice which mediates the assumed tension between individualism and collectivism, difference and equality, and liberty and ... -
Students' experiences, learning styles and understanding of certain calculus concepts: A case of distance learning at the Zimbabwe open University
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This study attempts to understand how distance education practices influence the learning of calculus. Understanding student learning in a distance education environment is an important factor to consider in improving the ... -
The effectiveness of senior students as tutor assistants in the English special project for academic development at UWC
(University of the Western Cape, 1992)Since the inception of the University in 1960 under the Apartheid regime and up until a few years ago Afrikaans had dominated both as educational and as communication medium. However, political change - at the University ... -
Capability theory, school dropout, exclusion and inclusion. The case of Youth Care School.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The study was prompted by the need to look at alternative options to mainstream education for learners who are too old for their grade, who have opted out of the education system but find themselves wanting to re-access ...
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