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Enhancing postgraduate learning and development: a participatory action learning and action research approach through conferences
(Routledge, 2017)As supervisors who advocate the transformational potential of research both to generate theory and practical and emancipatory outcomes, we practice participatory action learning and action research (PALAR). This paper ... -
Enriched and empowered: nature's influence on the psyche in two Afrikaans youth novels
(2009)In this article two Afrikaans youth novels are analysed in order to determine to what extent nature and elements of the natural environment can influence a child's experience and view of life. In "Gamkab" (Betsie van ... -
Ensuring academic depth and rigour in teacher education through benchmarking, with special attention to context
(University of the Free State, 2016)Benchmarking is one way of ensuring academic depth and rigour in teacher education. After making a case for setting benchmarks in teacher education based on the widely recognised intra-education system contextual factors, ... -
Ensuring the continuation of school feeding programmes during COVID-19 Pandemic : a case of “New Normal” management
(Bulgarian Comparative Education Society_ERIC, 2021)The issue of school feeding is placed at the top of global agenda currently more than ever before. Challenges imposed by COVID-19 have created an opportunity to broaden and deepen debates focusing around the significance ... -
Entrepreneurial orientation and practive: three case examples of historically disadvantaged primary schools
(Educational Asociation of SA (EASA), 2010)Historically disadvantaged schools are mostly in a position where they cannot easily practise entrepreneurial customs like innovation, proactiveness and risktaking. However, some of these schools perform well under similar ... -
An epidemiological injury profile of South African youth soccer players
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009)It is generally assumed that violent conflict has a negative effect on social capital, and war zones are considered to be 'zones of social capital deficiency'. This article challenges this position, and attempts to develop ... -
Ethical implications of community-based research: a call to rethink current review requirements
(Sage, 2017)Researchers need to provide evidence that they have met ethical requirements before entering the field-rightly so, since the power and privilege embedded in academic researchers is considerable. However, given the calls ... -
Evaluating conceptual progression of music assessment standards in the Learning Area Arts and Culture (Grades R-9)
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An evaluation of technology teacher in training in South Africa: shortcomings and recommendations
(Springer, 2011)Compared to other subjects Technology Education (TE) is regarded as a new subject both nationally and internationally. In the absence of an established subject philosophy Technology educators had little alternative than ... -
An evaluation of the integration of a board game in introductory accounting
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'Every teacher is a researcher!': creating indigenous epistemologies and practices for HIV prevention through values-ased action research
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Since gender is an undisputed driver of HIV infection, teachers concerned with HIV prevention education should ideally encourage critical awareness of and culturally sensitive practices around gender inequalities. Many ... -
Evolutionary ideas held by experienced South African Biology teachers
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)With evolutionary biology relatively recently introduced into the South African school curriculum, the need arose to explore practising teachers' knowledge of the subject. A number of anticipated as well as unanticipated ... -
Experiences and challenges of evidence leaders ("prosecutors") in learner disciplinary hearings in public schools
(2015)After the abolition of corporal punishment at schools, teachers have been faced with an increase in unacceptable learner behaviour and threatening situations in their classrooms. An urgent need arose to address learner ... -
Exploiting metacognitive networks embedded in narrative focus Group Interviews using NodeXL
(Nova South-Eastern University, 2016)Development of metacognitive theory for changing pedagogy remains an essential research activity. A lack of sufficient clear-cut qualitative analysis procedures extracting embedded metacognitive constructs from qualitative ... -
Exploring a cohort of South African lecturers' views on the implementation of rubrics in a higher education environment
(Central University of Technology, Free State, 2017)Although the implementation of rubrics as teaching-learning and assessment tools has progressively become more visible in all educational settings, including the higher education context, lecturers' bona fide viewpoints ... -
Exploring a cooperative learning approach to improve self-directed learning in higher education
(Central University of Technology, Free State, 2016)This investigation explores the influence of incorporating five elements (positive interdependence, individual accountability, promotive face-to-face interaction, appropriate social skills, group processing) regarded as ... -
Exploring Black Student Teacher Motivation for Community Service Involvement
(AesthetixMS, 2017)Research in South Africa has paid little attention to black student motivation for voluntary community-service engagement. Motivation for community service engagement is probably the most important factor for student ... -
Exploring differences between self-regulated learning strategies of high and low achievers in open distance learning
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Open distance students differ in their preparedness for higher education studies. Students who are less self-regulated risk failure and drop out in the challenging milieu of open distance learning. In this study, the ... -
Exploring effective communication in district education offices in South Africa
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2014)Managers at district education offices in South Africa should be able to apply a variety of communication skills effectively in a range of management contexts for these district offices to be successful. This paper reports ... -
Exploring Group Life Design with teachers in the context poverty related psychosocial challenges
(Education Association of South Africa, 2017)Working in challenging contexts can impact negatively on a teacher's sense of purpose and efficacy. This article explores the potential of group Life Design (LD), a narrative constructivist career counselling process, for ...