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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 ...
Use of indigenous stone play in child psychological assessment
(Taylor and Francis, 2011)
The purpose of the study was to investigate an indigenous stone play called Masekitlana, as a projection technique in child psychological assessment. A qualitative research approach, guided by an interpretivist epistemology, ...
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 ...
COMPARE Forum: The idea of North-South and South-South collaboration
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The idea of having a Compare Forum focusing on the above title was first discussed with one of the Editors of Compare during a PhD defence in Oslo in 2011. The PhD dissertation itself was linked to a larger project in which ...
The roles of higher education in the democratization of politics in Africa: survey reports from HERANA
(CODESRIA, 2012)
Against the theory on the nexus of higher education and citizenship, this
article brings together the main findings and conclusions of three related
studies with African mass publics, parliamentarians from African ...
Integrating principles underlying ancestral spirits belief in counseling and psychotherapy
(Ife Centre for Psychological Studies, 2013)
This article discusses the traditional beliefs, of many indigenous cultures of Africa, associated with ancestral spirits and its use as powerful therapeutic agent for
influencing behavior or lifestyle changes. Explanatory ...
Unlocking the grid: Language-in-education policy realisation in post-apartheid South Africa
(Routledge, 2014)
This paper reflects on the state of educational language policy two decades into a postApartheid South Africa caught between official multilingualism and English. The
focus is on the national language-in-education policy ...
Testing the waters: Exploring the teaching of genres in a Cape flats primary school in South Africa
(Routledge, 2015)
Twenty years after democracy, the legacy of apartheid and hitherto unmet challenges of
resourcing and teacher development are reflected in a severely inequitable and
underperforming education system. This paper focuses ...
Are school-based mentors adequately equipped to fulfil their roles? A case study in learning to teach accountancy
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)
This article reports on a study that explored how school-based teachers fulfilled their roles as mentors in response to challenges faced by pre-service teachers while learning to teach accounting. Pre-service teachers in ...
Diffracting diffractive readings of texts as methodology: Some propositions
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-30)
Re-turning to our experiences of putting a diffractive methodology to work ourselves, as well as engaging with the writings of Donna Haraway and Karen Barad, we produce some propositions regarding a diffractive methodology ...