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Research conducted in the Faculty of Education reflects the following areas of interest: education policy research, curriculum research, professional teacher education, adult education, science teaching, maths education, and the history of education in South Africa.
Electronic theses and dissertations are available in the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository .
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Unmasking the state of basic education in South Africa
(José Frantz, 2021)The Covid-19 lockdown period laid bare the fibre of South African society: poverty, homelessness, welfare dependence, domestic violence, police and military brutality, healthcare and hunger are all suddenly under national ... -
Literacy teaching in disadvantaged South African schools
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019)This article analyses the experiences of teachers of literacy working in underprivileged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. The purpose is to provide teachers in poorly resourced schools within economically ... -
The tale of academic practice in a rising knowledge society: focus on a university in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)This paper is based on a study conducted to establish if academic practice in a university designated as Azania is aligning or diverting from the expectations of the rising knowledge society in South Africa. The paper is ... -
Being and becoming a university teacher
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)This study examined how one academic framed the enablements and constraints to her project of being and becoming an academic. Complexity facilitated reflection in that it provided a visual representation of data, which was ... -
The baseline assessment of Grade 1 learners’ literacy skills in a socio-economically disadvantaged school setting
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Research has revealed that the academic performances of learners in South Africa are below the required level. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) launched the literacy and numeracy strategy 2006–2016 in response ... -
Predictors of academic performance among second-year nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)Students with low grades in high school science related subjects as well as those that obtained low grades in their first year of study should be given the necessary support to avoid the risk of unsatisfactory academic ... -
A curriculum of inclusivity: Towards a “lived-body” and “lived-experience” curriculum in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s “lived body” theory, we argue for a shift towards a lived-experience and body-specific curriculum in South Africa. Such a curriculum would view learning as a lived, embodied, social and culturally ... -
Creating ‘safe-ish’ learning spaces—attempts to practice an ethics of care
(South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)One way to approach the project of decolonising the university is to employ decolonising pedagogies, which allow the whole of people’s lived experience into teaching and learning spaces, affirm this experience as worthy ... -
Activity theory as a lens to examine pre-service teachers' perceptions of learning and teaching of mathematics within an intervention programme
(Routledge, 2012)This study was prompted by concerns around mathematics teaching and learning in the South African education system. Contributory factors to this situation are the lack of competent mathematics teachers in the classroom ... -
Working the ‘in-between-spaces’ for transformation within the academy
(South African Journal of Education, 2018)This paper considers the importance of ‘in-between spaces’ within the academy for challenging dominant institutional culture and hegemonic power relations towards a ‘de-colonised’ university. It questions ‘mainstreaming’ ... -
The body as blind spot: Towards lived experience and a body-specific philosophy in education
(UNISA Press, 2018)What do the philosophies of phenomenological scholars such as Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty tell us about education in South Africa? How can we use the philosophies of these scholars to develop the minds of our ... -
What mathematics education may prepare students for the society of the future?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)This paper attempts to engage the field in a discussion about what mathematics is needed for students to engage in society, especially with an increase in technology and digitalization. In this respect, mathematics holds ... -
A schizoanalytical praxis for social justice education
(University of Johannesburg and UNISA Press, 2017)This paper uses Deleuzoguattarian schizoanalysis to interrogate concepts of social justice in relation to the crisis of neo-liberal capitalism by referring to the work of the Situationist International movement, the posthuman ... -
Factors influencing the in-service programmes: Case study of teachers with learner-centred strategies in Blue Waters setting
(Education Association of South Africa, 2018)Key policies on teacher development emphasise the necessity of a teaching force that is competent to apply learner-centred practices. Barriers to learning, like poverty, present huge classroom challenges and have implications ... -
Brexit: some implications for African higher Education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This article considers how the decisions of the UK government, following the Brexit referendum, may impact on higher education in Africa. Ghana and South Africa are the two countries chosen to exemplify the claim that ... -
Sexual diversity and the role of educators on a South African teacher education module
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2017)This article is a reflection on a 5-credit, 50 hour stand-alone module titled ‘Sexual Diversity and the Role of Educators’ for final-year pre-service education students at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. ... -
Pre-service science teachers’ understanding of argumentation
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The study is part of a larger project concerned with addressing the problem that Eritrean science teachers face in their attempt to implement a new learner-centred science curriculum. Specifically, the study attempted to ... -
Revisiting the role of the ‘expert other’ in learners’ acquisition of workplace competence
(UKZN, 2017)Skills development policies in South Africa and further afield consider learning in and from the workplace as critical to the training of artisans at intermediate level, bringing together theoretical learning undertaken ... -
“Walking the talk”: The influence of an introduction to cognitive education on school leaders
(University of Pretoria, 2017)The current emphasis on curriculum leadership implies the need to update school leaders’ pedagogical knowledge. This paper will interest local and international readers because it highlights both essential content and the ... -
First year students’ experience of access and engagement at a University of Technology
(Bioinfo Publications, 2017)Universities in South Africa have opened access to a diverse population of students, which has resulted in an increased participation of first-generation, low-income and mature students. Concomitant to the widening access, ...
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