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Facilitating Small-Scale Implementation of Inquiry-Based Teaching: Encounters and Experiences of Experimento Multipliers in One South African Province
(Springer, 2017)This paper explores the experiences of 37 physical science high school teachers who participated in a professional development (PD) programme coordinated by three Experimento multipliers. The Experimento programme is a ... -
Factors that promote teacher well-being in the physical environment: the context of a rural high school
(International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 2023)Although factors that affect teacher well-being are better understood, there is a lack of clarity on factors that bolster teacher well-being in rural schools. This study illustrates the factors that promote teacher well-being ... -
Fasilitering van refleksie by onderrig of leer van wiskunde– geïnspireer deur maatskaplike verantwoordelikheid
(AOSIS, 2012)When studying learners’ performance in mathematics, it is important to investigate more than just their cognitive performance in the subject. The purpose of this study was to investigate, identify and reflect on the ... -
‘Father to sue education department over rape1’ – civil remedies for sexual violence and harassment in public schools
(SAPSAC (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children), 2013)In the light of the matter reported by Samodien (2012) where a father intends to sue the Department of Education for damages incurred by his child who was raped at school, this article focuses on the duty of educators and ... -
The feasibility of localised strike action by educators in case of learner misconduct
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2012)Developments in South African labour legislation since the inception of the new democracy indicate serious attempts by the legislators to protect the interests of employees. The Bill of Rights has, concurrently, enshrined ... -
Financial accountability at schools: challenges and implications
([School of Education and Development (SETD) ] University of KwaZulu Natal, 2010)Financial accountability is the cornerstone of ensuring that schools disburse funds allocated to them for the sole purpose of advancing the best interests of the learners. The prescriptions of the South African Schools Act ... -
Finding Academic Voice - A Critical Narrative of Knowledge-Making and Discovery
(Sage Publications, 2009)The narrative in this discussion article portrays the quest by two researchers to find their scholarly identity in their craft. The central issue in this narrative piece as design type of this inquiry is the space of ... -
Folk taxonomy and indigenous names for frogs in Zululand, South Africa
(BMC, 2019)Background We use taxonomy to organize the world into recognizable units. Folk taxonomy deals with the naming and classification of organisms through culture. Unlike its scientific counterpart, folk taxonomy is mostly ... -
Foundations in the South African senior phase curriculum for entrepreneurship education in consumer studies
(AJOL, 2016)The entrepreneurship education embedded in Consumer Studies can contribute positively to the lives of South African learners. However, this subject is only offered in the final phase of learners' education in the South ... -
A framework for project-based learning in consumer studies teacher preparation
(International Federation of Home Economics, 2017)Consumer Studies is a South African high school subject selected by a growing number of learners, requiring that more teachers need to be trained to facilitate the subject in schools. Teacher preparation is based on a ... -
From a concentration camp to a post apartheid South African school: a historical-enviromental perspective in developing a new identity
(South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT), 2012)The overall goal of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014, as proclaimed by the United Nations, is to integrate the principles, values and practices of sustainable development into all aspects ... -
Furthering national values through religion in public schools: comparing the United States, Australia and South Africa
(SUN MeDIA, 2010)Changing support, rejection or indifference to religion has shaped the relationship between government and religion in the United States, Australia and South Africa. The place of religion as moulder of national values in ... -
The Game Object Model and expansive learning: creation, instantiation, expansion, and re-representation
(Universiteit van die Vrystaat/ Sabinet, 2011)In this paper, the collaborative development, instantiation, expansion and re-representation as research instrument of the Game Object Model (GOM) are explored from a Cultural Historical Activity Theory perspective. The ... -
Gender stereotypes in selected fairy tales: implications for teaching reading in the foundation phase in South Africa
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)The purpose of this study was to investigate gender stereotypes in fairy tales in order to raise awareness of gender issues in learning and teaching, especially in the reading process. A purposive sample of two English ... -
Gendered Experiences of Social Disengagement among Selected Professionals in Nigeria And South Africa
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)The study of aging and society with regards to the worthiness and validity or otherwise of the social disengagement theory is controversial and some researchers do not agree with its principles. Some of the critics of this ... -
A generic model of "the" education system for the purpose of making critical comparison and policy
(Faculty of Teacher Education, 2015)The education system per se, despite its central position in the field of study proclaimed by the scholarly community of Comparative and International Education, has never taken a central stage/role in Comparative and ... -
Geography student tutors' perceptions and experiences in problem-based learning tutoral sessions
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)In this study, a qualitative case study design situated within the social constructivism was used to explore Geography Education student tutors' perceptions and experiences in the problem-based learning (PBL) tutorial ... -
Get set! e-Ready, ... e-Learn! The e-Readiness of Warehouse Workers.
(International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, 2008)