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Emotional and social education rethinking the curriculum for primary school student teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)
The aim of this thesis is to explore the notion of emotional and social education in the curriculum for primary school student teachers, focusing on the development of students 'emotional and social competence. I argue ...
Finishing schools as a strategy to address high matric failure rate
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
This mini-thesis investigates the extent to which the problem of high matric failure rate in Black schools in South Afric4 specifically in the Western Cape has been addressed by the emergence of Finishing Schools. Finishing ...
Professionele aanspreeklikheid en onderwyserstakings
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)
In hierdie mini-tesis probeer ek bepaal of onderwyserstakings in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks moreel regverdigbaar is. In hoofstuk I stel ek kortliks ondersoek in na die historiese verloop van stakings in Suid- Afrika en ...
Luck, knowledge and excellence in teaching
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
Three questions are central to this thesis: First, can the practice of teaching be made safe from luck through the controlling power of knowledge and reason? Second, even if it can be made safe from luck, should it be? ...
Dialogical pedagogy and the concept of liberty
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
Paul Freire's argument is that dialogical pedagogy, in contrast to other modes of teaching like "chalk and talk" or "top-down" teaching can lead to the learner's full independence. The focal question of this mini thesis ...
A critique of the structural deterministic approach to education and the paradoxical struggles it spawned against Bantu education
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
The question which the mini thesis seeks to answer is:- To what extent did oppositional projects against Bantu Education advance the emancipatory process in the sphere of Education? The question has been prompted by the ...
Education, freedom and reason: The Foucauldian challenge to enlightenment ideals
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
This thesis explores the formative influence which the enlightenment movement's proposal for the pursuit of freedom through the exercise of reason has had upon the development of liberal and Maxist thought. !t indicates ...
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 ...
Can the view of persons and society that is presupposed by Higgs's account of fundamental pedagogics be compatible with a concept of demographic education?
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
Yes, the view of persons and society that is presupposed.by Higgs's account of Fundamental Pedagogics can be compatible with a concept of democratic education. However, I shall argue that this is a charitable rather than ...
An analysis of the concept of decentralization in South African education policy after 1990
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
This mini-thesis traces the evolution of the South African education policy of decentralization from 1990 to 1996. The tracer study is guided by Bowe, Ball with Gold (1992)'s conceptualization of the policy process and the ...