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Care, caring and coping: attitudes of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and their caregivers towards schooling in a South African Township
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
In many countries, the scale of poverty, and the alarming number of children now being orphaned by HIV and AIDS, has increased the roles and responsibilities of grandparents as caregivers in their grandchildren's lives. ...
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 professional preparedness of the primary school principals in the Oshikoto Region of Nothern Namibia to Implement the policy on the National Standards for School Leadership and Management
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
After seventeen years since the apartheid education system was abolished in Namibia, the education system remains stagnant. The government has been spending big budgets on Education. The Ministry of Education introduced ...
A comparison between the contexts learners in grades 8, 9 and 10 prefer for mathematical literacy
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The use of contexts in school mathematics is receiving much attention both nationally and internationally. This as well as the scarcity of research focusing on the topic stimulated me to research the contexts preferred by ...
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 ...
Incorporating technology into the Lesotho science curriculum: investigating the gap between the intended and the implemented curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The inclusion of technology in the school curriculum has been a concern in many countries following the 1990 Jomtien World Conference on Education for ALL (Jenkins, 1996). However, there are different perspectives and views ...
The relevance of science education: as seen by pupils in Ghanaian junior secondary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This thesis was based on a larger international comparative study called the ROSE (Relevance of Science Education) project. The study investigated the affective factors pupils perceive might be of relevance for the learning ...
Perceived experiences that grade seven learners have in learning algebra
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This thesis investigates grade seven learners perceived experiences in learning algebra.Things that learners do and say during algebra lessons and about algebra were investigated. The study was done at one of the previously ...
Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ...
Prospective Zimbabwean "A" level mathematics teacher's knowledge of the concept of a function
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The purpose of the study was to investigate prospective 'A' level mathematics teachers’ knowledge of the concept of a function. The study was a case study of six prospective Zimbabwean teachers who were majoring in mathematics ...