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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Emergences and affordances as opportunities to develop teachers’ mathematical content knowledge
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Teachers’ mathematical content knowledge has been under scrutiny for some time. This development is in the wake of learners’ unsatisfactory performance in national examinations and international achievement tests. A widely ...
An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students
(Springer, 2014)
In this article, an instrument for assessing upper secondary school students’
levels of technological literacy is presented. The items making up the instrument emerged
from a previous study that employed a phenomenographic ...
From theory to practice: Beginner teachers’ experiences of the rigour of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education programme
(© UV/UFS, 2016)
This article focuses on how recent graduates perceive the rigour of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) initial teacher education (ITE) programme. The article is based on qualitative data collected from a ...
Indigenous knowledge systems and early literacy development: An analysis of isiXhosa and isiZulu traditional children’s folktales and songs
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This paper provides an analysis of IsiXhosa and IsiZulu folktales and traditional children’s songs in order to highlight the relationship between Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and early literacy development in young ...
The Anthropocene crisis and higher education: A fundamental shift
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)
This article seeks to address a fundamental shift that has occurred in reality; a displacement that requires us to critically account for the ways in which knowledge is both being produced and taught at universities. The ...
Preparing isiXhosa home language teachers for the 21st century classroom: Student teachers' experiences, challenges and reflections
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The aim of the article is to identify the gaps between theory and practice in pre-service teacher training with special reference to the teaching of isiXhosa as a home language in the Further Education and Training (FET) ...
A capability analysis on the implementation of the school progression policy and its impact on learner performance
(Wayne Hugo, 2016)
This paper focuses on the extent and consequences of learner progression in the form of ‘automatic
promotion’ or grade promotion for reasons other than academic achievement, as propagated by the
existing School Progression ...