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A qualitative analysis of facilities maintenance – a school governance function in South Africa
(Educational Asociation of SA (EASA), 2012)I analysed school facilities maintenance, a school governance function in South Africa. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 principals and three deputy principals as coordinators of this function at their schools. ... -
Random drug-testing: the duty to act against learners who use drugs
(University of the Free State, 2007)This article explores educators’ duty in terms of running their own schools. It weighs the importance of a drug-using learner’s right to privacy against that of the school community’s security on the issue of random ... -
Rapporteerder as slagoffer: die joernalistieke werkwyse in Slagoffers
(Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2005)This article investigates the nature of the interaction between two systems of representation in Slagoffers (Dine van Zyl, 2001). From the research it is evident that the author uses the literary convention of fictionalisation; ... -
Read me to resilience : exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses ... -
'Read me to resilience': exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses ... -
Read-only participants: a case for student communication in online classes
(Routledge, 2009)The establishment of an online community is widely held as the most important prerequisite for successful course completion and depends on an interaction between a peer group and a facilitator. Beaudoin reasoned that online ... -
Reading comprehension and strategy awareness of Grade 11 English second language learners
(AOSIS, 2012)The aim of this study was to examine the reading strategies used by Grade 11 English Second Language (ESL) learners and the possible effects of reading instruction on their reading comprehension and strategy awareness. ... -
The reading literacy profiles of first-year BEd foundation phase students
(University of Johannesburg, 2014)Reading is not simply an additional tool that students need at university; it constitutes the very process whereby learning occurs. Pre-service students are required to read prescribed course material which is predominantly ... -
Reaksie op die artikel “ʼn Ekokrities-filosofiese perspektief op die kortverhaal ‘Katvoet’ (Riana Scheepers)” deur Carien Smith (Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 58(2):310-329)
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2018)Ek reageer graag op Carien Smith se artikel “ʼn Ekokrities-filosofiese perspektief op die kortverhaal “Katvoet” (Riana Scheepers)” in die Junie-uitgawe. Die energie van ʼn jong navorser in die veld van die ekokritiese ... -
Reconceptualising the standard of care in Sport: the case of youth rugby in England and South Africa
(2015)Sport is an important area of civil society in both South Africa and England, and this article is broadly concerned with the relationship between sport and personal injury. More specifically, the article compares how rugby ... -
Reconciliation through dialogical nostalgia in post-confict societies: a curriculum to intersect
(Routledge, 2014)The curriculum has been proposed as a powerful means with the potential to initiate social transformation. It reflects the dominant social, economical and political discourses and for this reason it seems reasonable to ... -
Reconciliation through dialogical nostalgia in post-confict societies: a curriculum to intersect.
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)The curriculum has been proposed as a powerful means with the potential to initiate social transformation. It reflects the dominant social, economical and political discourses and for this reason it seems reasonable to ... -
Reflections on the use of grounded theory to uncover patterns of exclusion in an online discussion forum at an instutution of higher education
(Redman-MacLaren and Mills, 2013)This article reports on an example of grounded theory methodology used in a case study to describe power inequalities among participants in an online forum at a higher education institution in South Africa. Critical ... -
Reflective learning in training mental health practitioners
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Regulating research learning spaces: an ethical-juridical perspective from South African and Canadian contexts
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2015)This article explores the need for formal regulations within South African and Canadian higher education institutions' (HEIs) research assistantships in which postgraduate students acquire research knowledge and skills ... -
Reise in identiteit: aspekte van plek en hoort in verhale van Elsa Joubert en Riana Scheepers
(AOSIS, 2006)’n Ondersoek na die belewing van plek en die veranderende aard daarvan in die verhaal “Bloed” (uit Melk, 1980) van Joubert en enkele verhale uit Scheepers se bundel Die ding in die vuur (1990) dien om vas te stel wat ... -
Relational aggression: the voices of primary school learners
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2014)The aim of this research was to explore and describe primary school learners’ experiences of relational aggression at school. This was done within a qualitative research design with a phenomenological approach. In order ... -
The relationship between an effective organizational culture and student discipline in a boarding school
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Relationship between physical fitness and academic performance in South African children
(University of Stellenbosch, 2011)The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement in an urban South African group of primary school children. A one-way cross-sectional design was used to assess ... -
The relationship between the critical thinking skills and the academic language proficiency of prospective teachers
(Educational Asociation of SA (EASA), 2013)We report on the relationships that exist between the critical thinking skills and the academic language proficiency of a group of first-year prospective teachers at a South African university (n = 89). The results revealed ...
