Browsing Research Publications by Subject "South Africa"
Now showing items 1-19 of 19
-
English: Language of hope or broken dream?
(Oxford University Press, 1992)In this chapter, the ESL approaches adopted by seven different literacy organisations in South Africa are described and analysed. The approaches are identified in relation to developments in the field of applied linguistics ... -
For sustainable funding and fees, the undergraduate system in South Africa must be restructured
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016)South Africa has the most diverse and differentiated higher education system in Africa – despite some persistent attempts at academic drift and mimetic normative isomorphism. Globally, in the 2008 country system ranking ... -
The impact of the neoliberal technological epoch and Covid-19 on the decolonization of the university curriculum
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)In this article we will argue that South Africa’s capitalist neoliberal agenda for higher education, where the focus is on the shift from a knowledge economy to a digital economy, will choke the life of indigenous knowledge ... -
The integration of semiotic resources and modalities in the teaching of geometry in a Grade 9 class in a South African high school: The four cases of congruency
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2020)In this article we examine the nature of inter-semiotic and intermodal construction in the exposition of a solution for a geometry rider. In the tradition of hermeneutic phenomenology, this case study involved an exploration ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Principals’ views on the implementation of the no-fee policy through the lens of capability theory
(Education Association of South Africa, 2020)The purpose of the study reported on here was to investigate the implementation of the no-fee schools policy in quintile 1 schools in the Frances Baard district of the Northern Cape province. The South African schooling ... -
Reconceptualising teacher education for teachers of learners with severe to profound disabilities
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)This paper considers teacher education for teachers of learners withsevere to profound disabilities (SPD) in South Africa, in both formaland non-formal learning programmes within a disability studies ineducation framework. ... -
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 ... -
The Rise of the University without Classrooms after COVID-19
(CSSALL, 2020)In this chapter we argue that university face-to-face teaching will gradually be replaced in the future with online teaching. In particular, we argue, this will happen in the light of the Fallist movement that has affected ... -
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. ... -
Signposting foundation phase teachers’ professional identities in selected Western Cape primary schools, South Africa
(Education Association South Africa, 2018)The aim of this article is to report on the Foundation Phase (FP) teachers’ professional identities in two primary schools in the Western Cape. This is meant to serve as a basis for understanding teachers’ identities with ... -
Skills development and structural change: possibilities for and limitations of redressing structural racial inequalities in South Africa
(Springer, 2013)Improving structural racial equality for historically-disadvantaged Black South Africans, including low-skilled and unemployed adults and youths, is a pertinent challenge for the South African government during the ongoing ... -
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 ... -
Tuition fees and the challenge of making higher education a popular commodity in South Africa
(Springer Verlag, 2012)The funding of higher education in South Africa has in the recent past been a subject of animated debate. This debate has ranged from the adequacy of government funding of higher education, the suitability of the funding ... -
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 ... -
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 ...