Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Education): Recent submissions
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Exploring competence development through the transfer of specialist knowledge and skills from engineering lecturers to students in South African technical and vocational education and training colleges: a comet study
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)This study investigates the potential of the COMET (Competency Measurement in Electrotechnology) occupational competence diagnostic model to assist TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) college lecturers ... -
A case study exploring teachers’ perceptions of capability enhancement in South African schooling: Towards quality education
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Quality of education and schooling in South Africa (SA) has been a topic of interest for the last decade. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) strives to encourage quality education for all learners in South Africa as ... -
Exploring trajectories of success in research and innovation: A comparative study of women in academic careers in South Africa and Sweden
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)This study investigates the factors contributing to women's success in academic careers within research and innovation fields, comparing perspectives from South Africa and Sweden. Despite the underrepresentation of women ... -
Towards a critical pedagogy: an action research investigation into democratic practices in a primary school classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)This dissertation is a study of a primary school teacher researching her classroom practice within the broader struggle for a People's Education for People's Power. The specific aim of the project was to investigate how a ... -
Education policy development in South Africa, 1994 -1997
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It was expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post-apartheid period. In this thesis, I have provided ... -
The development and implementation of School Governance Policy in South African Schools Act (SASA) and the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (WCPSA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study was initiated while the researcher was still an educator at a secondary school in Cape Town, South Africa. This was the period of the mid-1990s soon after the first democratically elected government assumed power ... -
Border crossing: a case study of selected scientific and traditional worldview presuppositions among Swaziland high school students
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)The study, situated within the socio-cultural constructivist theory, involved the administration of two instruments namely, 'My Idea about nature (MIAN) and the Physics Achievement Test (PAT), as well as the use of a ... -
The effect of goal structures on intergroup relations in the classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This thesis investigated the effectiveness of cooperative learning, individualistic learning, competitive learning and traditional learning (control group) in promoting more positive intergroup relations in the classroom. ... -
Exploring the implications of work-integrated learning for mining engineering bachelor’s degree training in traditional research universities: a case of University of the Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The level of industry-based experiences and the development of work-ready graduates has long been an issue of concern at universities. Rapidly evolving changes in the labour market have contributed to this concern, and ... -
Difficulties experienced by grade 6 Isixhosa-speaking learners in learning science through the medium of English: a case study at a primary school in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This thesis examined the difficulties experienced by Grade 6 isiXhosa-speaking learners in learning Natural Science through English as the medium of instruction at a primary school in the Western Cape. In 1994, South Africa ... -
Rethinking representation of African identity and belonging in a selection of south African writings
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)In debates around Afrocentrism and decolonisation after the #rhodesmustfall student protests, as well as in historicising the marginalisation of black writings in the South African literary landscape, there is agreement ... -
The synthesis,characterization and reactivity of diene and functionalized alkyl complexes of iron
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This thesis deals with the synthesis, characterisation and reactivity of a number of diene and functionalized alkyl complexes of iron. Iron alkenyl complexes of the type [(Cp)(C02)Fe{(CH2)nCH=CH2] (n = 2-4, 6), were used ... -
An investigation of Zimbabwe a-level chemistry teachers' epistemological beliefs, laboratory instructional practices and students' images of the nature of science
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)This study set out to investigate the nature of A-level Chemistry teachers' science epistemological beliefs, the teachers' laboratory instructional practices and their students' images of science. Science epistemological ... -
The Development of a Reference Framework for Measuring Students' Understanding in a First Year Calculus Course
(UWC, 2003)This thesis investigates the development of an instrument, a reference framework, for measuring students' understanding of mathematical concepts in a first year calculus course at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). ... -
Within the subject discipline of mathematics In differential calculus to investigate the learning/teaching Of some specific learning skills
(UWC, 1992)Data were collected from secondary school teachers on a first-year University Inservice course for mathematics in a calculus module. There appeared little provision in the course to assist the teacher with learning ... -
Publishing in english and its implications for researchers and higher education institutions in multilingual contexts in Africa: a multiple case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)African universities are often considered teaching-intensive as opposed to being research oriented. More recently, however, some flagship universities are focusing on becoming more research intensive. Against this backdrop, ... -
Border crossing: A case study of selected scientific and traditional worldview presuppositions among Swaziland high school students
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This study investigated: l) the nature of worldviews presuppositions held by three groups of learners in Form IV classes in three high schools in Swaziland; 2) the nature of cognitive border crossing exhibited by the ... -
Mediating children’s development through storytelling and play activities: a socio-cultural study of a Waldorf kindergarten in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The study focused on a Waldorf kindergarten, investigating the role of storytelling by the teacher, and the free imaginative play of the children. It utilised the socio-cultural theories of Lev Vygotsky as a theoretical ... -
Exploring the curriculum implementation challenges faced by early childhood education teachers in Ethiopia in ensuring the holistic development of young children.
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Globally, there is a growing interest in enhancing Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to ensure quality education in this sector. The reason for this is the realisation that ECCE is a sensitive period marked by rapid ... -
Blended learning approach in the BED (foundation phase teaching) programme: strengths and challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Blended learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has become increasingly popular (Graham, 2006; Guangying, 2014; Win & Wyn, 2015). In 2015 and 2016 South African Higher Education Institutions struggled with the ...