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Comparing the technological literacy of pre-service teachers and secondary school students in South Africa
(IATED, 2012)
Technology education was introduced for the first time after the abolition of Apartheid in South Africa in 1994. The technology curriculum required that students become technologically literate. However, in order for ...
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 ...
Developing the language of thinking within a classroom community of inquiry: pre-service teachers’ experiences
(Education Association of South Africa, 2012-08)
We argue that the “community of inquiry” approach, using reading materials
modelled on Lipman’s Philosophy for Children programme, is a theoretically justified
and teacher-friendly means of promoting effective thinking ...
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, ...
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 ...