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Teaching about social justice: black lecturer, white students
(Sun Media, Bloemfontein, 2011)Abstract: Teaching about social justice: black lecturer, white students This article reports an analysis of white students’ reflections on the teaching of social justice issues by their black lecturer. These reflections ... -
Teaching-learning and curriculum development for human rights education: two sides of the same coin
(University of KwaZulu Natal, 2012)The diverse nature of South African classrooms presents a number of challenges. One of these is creating a culture of human rights. Although South African school curricula promote the infusion of human rights, teachers are ... -
Technological pedagogical content knowledge in South African mathematics classrooms: a secondary analys of SITES 2006 data
(AOSIS, 2013)This article reports on a secondary data analysis conducted on the South African mathematics teachers’ dataset of the Second Information Technology in Education Study (SITES 2006). The sample consisted of a stratified ... -
The application of a resilience assessment approach to promote campus environmental management: a South African case study
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose - This paper aims to outline the benefits of using resilience assessment instead of command and control mechanisms to evaluate sustainable campus environments. Design/methodology/approach - An exploratory mixed-method ... -
The corruption bogey in South Africa: Is public education safe?
(Education Assoc South Africa, 2015)Corruption is a constant global phenomenon, which is becoming more complex and intense as competition for resources increases. It is even more so amongst those living in developing countries, particularly emerging economies ... -
The effect of a perceptual motor-intervention programme on learning readiness of Grade R learners from South African deprived environments
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)South Africa consists of developed and developing contexts. This article reports on a study undertaken to determine the effect of a Perceptual–motor Intervention Programme in learning readiness of Grade R learners from ... -
The Effect of Job Demands and a Lack of Job Resources on South African Educators' Mental and Physical Resources
(Kamla Raj Enterprises, 2015)In this paper, the authors report on the perceptions of educators in the Further Education and Training (FET) band in the Sedibeng West District (D8) of the Gauteng Province regarding the effect of job demands (workload) ... -
The effect of multimedia use on the teaching and learning of Social Sciences at tertiary level: a case study
(The South African Society For History Teaching (SASHT), 2017)Instructors in higher education are under pressure to provide their students with more effective and efficient learning environments and educational experiences. Instructional systems and educational technology have been ... -
The Empowerment Approach To Parental Involvement In Education
(Kamla Raj Enterprises, 2015)The purpose of this study was to explore how parents perceive the essence of parental involvement in education. A qualitative phenomenological design using eight group interviews of ten parent participants was used for ... -
The Geography of authorship regarding research in Education
(SRCE, 2017)The first aim of this study was to build a theoretical framework considering the relevance of the author's provenance with respect to research on Education, and then to investigate the current patterns of the above-mentioned ... -
The idealism of education policies and the realities in schools: the implementation of inclusive education in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Inclusive education as a global movement emerged over the past 30 years to ensure quality mainstream education for all learners. Since 1994 the newly democratic South Africa also had expectations as well as the political ... -
The implementation of stress management strategies in schools
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)The focus of this paper is to investigate the possibility of creating an action plan for the implementation of stress management strategies in schools. The specific objectives are to describe the essence and nature of ... -
The interactive GIS-Tutor(IGIST): an option for GIS teaching in resource-poor South African schools
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This paper reports findings from a study that examined geographic information system (GIS) knowledge development after the introduction of an Interactive-GIS-Tutor (IGIST) as a multimedia teaching tool. Although GIS has ... -
The Philanthropic mission of Comparative and international education bequeathed by Jullien: continuing capstone of the field
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The aim of this lead article of this special issue of Compare is to assess the value of Jullien's vision for the field of comparative and international education today. The life, writings and ideas of Jullien are sketched, ... -
The practice of Lobola in contemporary South African society
(Association of Third World Studies, 2016)In some African countries, for example, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho, the tradition of paying Lobola for a wife is common practice. According to this ... -
The Principals Role In Developing Social Capital For The Promotion Of Healthy School Environments
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)healthy school environments. In this respect, the building of social capital is very important for a school's improvement. The aim of this paper was to determine the role principals played in developing social capital to ... -
The Professional Development Needs Analysis Questionnaire for Deputy Principals
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This article reports on the design of the Professional Development Needs Analysis Questionnaire for Deputy Principals (PDNAQ) to measure the problems they experienced and the skills they needed. In the literature, no ... -
The Relationship between Management Strategies for Learner Discipline and Learner Discipline Legal Framework: A South African Perspective
(PONTE Journal, 2017)Learner discipline is undoubtedly a serious problem in South Africa. Up until now, the Department through legislation and research has offered various ways managing learner discipline but discovering the most effective ... -
The resilience-enabling value of African folktales: the read-me-to resilience intervention
(Sage, 2017)Resilience, or the process of adjusting well to adversity, draws on personal and social ecological resources (i.e., caregiving and community supports). Previous research-conducted mostly in the Global North-has shown that ... -
The value of pair programming in the IT classroom
(Independent Institute of Education, 2017)In the South African curriculum, Information Technology (IT) is one of the elective subjects in high school. In IT, 60% of the subject focuses on software development, an aspect that has proved to be challenging. In this ...