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Internal strategies and mechanisms for combating corruption during the Covid-19 pandemic in Zambia: A linguistic turn
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This article analyses internal strategies and mechanisms in Zambia that have triggered corruption challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic. In doing so, it focuses on a localised practice known as the bineyi phenomenon and ... -
Internationalisation of the curriculum in higher education: A case from a Mozambican university
(Cogent Education, 2023)Internationalisation of the curriculum has been the subject of various debates in recent years in higher education institutions. In particular, the need to incorporate local knowledge systems when internationalising the ... -
Internationalisation of the curriculum in higher education: A case from a Mozambican university
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Internationalisation of the curriculum has been the subject of various debates in recent years in higher education institutions. In particular, the need to incorporate local knowledge systems when internationalising the ... -
Interprofessional learning through 3D printing of assistive devices
(Wiley, 2023)Emerging technologies in the rehabilitative component of patient care in community settings continue to grow. One of the emerging technological fields in the health sciences arena is 3D printing. It is particularly useful ... -
Keeping sites in sight: Conversations with teachers about the design of toolkits peculiar to a continuous professional development initiative
(AOSIS, 2019)The aim of this article is to shift the notion of ‘sites’ as places of work peculiar to continuous professional development (CPD) to a theoretical level, independent of, yet intimately connected to, their physical meanings, ... -
Key dimensions of effective leadership for change: a focus on township and rural schools in South Africa
(SAGE, 2010)The article identifies key dimensions of effective leadership for change in historically disadvantaged, township and rural schools in South Africa. It is based on original case study research in 13 schools in Kwa-Zulu ... -
The lack of good governance in Nigeria and its impact on functional science education
(ISDS LLC, 2017)The paper reviewed the importance of science education in the development of every nation of the world including Nigeria. However, it argued that the science education in Nigeria as studied in the Universities, Polytechnics, ... -
Learner perceptions of the introduction of computerassisted learning in mathematics at a peri-urban school in South Africa
(Springer, 2014)This study responded to a national call to improve the outcomes in mathematics in the Grade 12 matriculation examination in South Africa by reporting learners’ perceptions of the introduction of computer-assisted learning ... -
Learners’ experiences of learning support in selected Western Cape schools
(Education Association of South Africa, 2014)The study explored Western Cape primary and secondary school learners’ experiences regarding the provision and utilization of support services for improving learning. A qualitative interpretive approach was adopted and ... -
Learning about action research
(Juta & Company Ltd, 1997)The book gives detailed and theoretically-grounded practical advice on how to proceed collaboratively through the various stages of the action research cycle, including building a repertoire of literacy practices and ... -
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 ... -
Local languages: good for the informal marketplace but not for the formal classroom?
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)The maxim that ‘Languages develop through use, particularly in high domains such as education and the courts’ was propagated by Neville Alexander. He was committed to ‘intellectualising African languages’. In the spirit ... -
Management and Governance in Higher Education: South African Universities under Siege
(Vilnius University Press, 2021)The recent spate of changes in university management worldwide should be carefully considered, interrogated and assessed against its impact on the capacity of the university fulfilling its unique role in society. For various ... -
The manifestations of the practice of within-class homogeneous ability grouping
(AOSIS, 2019)This article casts the analytical spotlight on the practice of within-class homogeneous (same) ability grouping where learners are placed in small groups for instruction based on their perceived performances, reading ... -
Mapping higher education policymaking in Ghana with aquadruple helix framework
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Whilst research works have identified many actors involved inhigher education public policymaking in the Ghanaian context,there is a paucity of empirical studies on how the application of aquadruple helix network of policy ... -
Moral dogma and ethical relativity in joseph conrad’s almayer’s folly
(Routledge, 2022)This paper studies the intricate treatment of the abstract and dogmatic order of imperial, racial, and religious morality, and the issue of ethical commitment in the concrete and fleeting relationships between individual ... -
Multilingual tasks as a springboard for transversal practice: Teachers’ decisions and dilemmas in a functional multilingual learning approach
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Functional Multilingual Learning (FML) aims to leverage pupils’ full language repertoire in a strategic and transversal way across the curriculum in order to enhance access to conceptual understanding and improve skills ... -
The Namibian inclusive education policy’s responseto gender nonconforming learners
(Wiley, 2023)The provision of education to children is a human right that most countries including Namibia are trying to achieve. Hence, through educational inclusion, educators strive for removal of barriers within education systems ... -
A narration of a physical science teacher's experience of implementing a new curriculum
(UNISA Press, 2016)This article narrates the lived experiences of a Physical Science teacher named Thobani (pseudonym) in implementing a new curriculum in South Africa. Drawing on the work of Husserl and Heidegger, the article describes the ... -
Nature of Problem-Solving Skills for 21st Century STEM Learners: What Teachers Need to Know
(Springer, 2020)Since the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution which calls for a new model of learning for the twenty-first century learners, it has been argued that the nature of problems that learners must solve in science, ...