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An exploration of the teaching and learning of mathematics word problems in English to second language grade 8 learners in the Mafukuzela-Gandhi Circuit

Pooran, Annaleah (2012-08-21)

The abolition of apartheid in South Africa in the late 1980s and the advent of democracy in 1994 resulted in dramatic changes in the education system. Of great significance to this study is the freedom African parents were ...
Foundation phase educators' knowledge and attitudes towards implementation of the National Reading Strategy

Singh, Prabitha (2012-09-10)

In response to the alarmingly low literacy rates in South Africa and to improve reading instruction in schools, the National Department of Education introduced the National Reading Strategy (NRS) in primary schools in 2008. ...
From social algorithm to pedagogical application: some implications for educational software.

Pratt, Deirdre Denise (2006)

Educational software geared to literacy development is too often based on what computer programs can do rather than on any deep-level consideration of the social process involved or how social processes are learned. As ...
Graphic design for social justice in South Africa

Ravjee, Latha (2012-10-16)

In this dissertation I examine of the role of graphic design in the struggle for social justice in South Africa - with specific reference to the concept of human rights. I am motivated by an overwhelming awareness that ...
The hegemonic position of English as a medium of instruction at primary school level in KwaZulu-Natal, and its impact on parents' preferences of schooling for their children

Naidoo, Jeevarathanum (2012-08-21)

This study is concerned with the choices parents of second language learners make with regard to the schooling of their children in respect of medium of instruction, and explores the reasons why parents choose to ...
The impact of English as medium of instruction on the academic performance of second language learners in the Further Education and Traning band at schools in KwaZulu-Natal

Dorasamy, Rajendren Sabapathy (2012-09-03)

This study, in adopting a phenomenological approach, provides an overview of the contextual realities surrounding language choice and usage as it impacts on the academic performance of English second language learners. ...
The impact of socio-cultural factors on blended learning in the development of academic literacy in a tertiary vocational context

Gutteridge, Robert Geoffrey (2009)

This study investigated key factors impacting on blended learning delivery with particular focus on socio-cultural and human-computer-interface issues, in the hope that the outcome of this enquiry might contribute positively ...
The influence of the fine art market on the work produced by black artists (post 1994)

Shibase, Thembalakhe (2009)

This paper explores the chronological relationship between the fine art market and the work produced by black South African artists since the emergence of a black urban class in the 1940s. It stems from the hypothesis that ...
Integrated arts as a transformational medium of instruction in KwaZulu-Natal schools : a narrative self study

Peat, Beth Maureen (2012-09-10)

South Africa’s dynamic post-Apartheid education climate is beset by a plethora of new policies designed to transform education. Our county’s educators are expected to be the alchemists of change to create the new and ...
Introduction

Stewart, Graham Douglas James (Alternation. International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languageshttp://alternation.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/archive/13-volume-9/24-alternation-92-2002, 2002)

Humanities Computing is a new discipline unfamiliar to the South African literary community. This special number of Alternation is intended to bring some perspective to the practice of humanities computing in South Africa ...
An investigation of educators' perceptions of the Integrated Quality Management System in South African schools

Biputh, Barathwanth (2008)

Educational institutions are pursuing quality improvement for various reasons. A great deal of literature on staff evaluation covering a wide spectrum of fields such as industry and commerce, including schools, has been ...
A journey in family literacy : investigation into influences on the development of an approach to family literacy

Desmond, Alethea Snoeks (2012-08-20)

In this critical reflective self study I have examined the Family Literacy Project (FLP) to determine the influences that contributed to the development of an approach to family literacy. This study responds to the ...
Journey of awareness : an exploration of identity through design

De Beer, Marlene (2006)

My journey of awareness which is an exploration of my identity through design has resulted in a body of artefacts presenting as sculptures and various pieces of jewellery and a written dissertation. The sculptures include ...
The language of digital learning : developing an e-learning approach for the elderly

Sheridan, Richard David (2010)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the current learning methods that are typically used by special populations (an elderly subject group), and to explore their general level of effectiveness. The primary ...
The making of CourseMaker, a web-based shell program which can be set up by the teacher to run online courses

Pratt, Deirdre Denise (2003)

CourseMaker is an HTML shell program which was developed by the presenter as part of a Ph.D. research project on CAI/written composition, but which can be used for a variety of other instructional purposes. CourseMaker ...
Mechanism and software design: the use of a stochastic social-process algorithm in the design of a writing tutor program.

Pratt, Deirdre Denise (2005)

One of the chief difficulties in designing effective courseware for improving writing proficiency is that composing, like other forms of human communication, is a complex social process with little or no agreement as to ...
Mirage of us. A reflection on the role of the Web in widening access to references on Southern African arts, culture and heritage

Stewart, Graham Douglas James (Tydskrif Vir Letterkundehttp://www.letterkunde.up.ac.za/argief/47_2/10%20Stewart%2003.pdf, 2010)

This article outlines the broad aims of the Encyclopaedia of South African Arts, Culture and Heritage (ESAACH) Project then goes on to consider the ESAACH Website as a networked resource that speaks to the project’s vision ...
Modelling social algorithms as design templates for educational software

Pratt, Deirdre Denise (2006)

Education involves a process of initiating learners into complex socio-cultural processes which may vary from culture to culture and even between institutions within the same culture, making it difficult to design versatile ...
Modelling writing as the basis for a writing tutor computer program.

Pratt, Deirdre Denise (2005)

To provide the basis for a writing tutor program which could be used in a variety of contexts, a modelling process was followed which produced both a practical and a theoretical model of writing. While the practical model ...
My journey of awareness : a study in memory, identity and creative development

Pretorius, Anna M. (2013-05-08)

I believe that the election in 1994 of the first democratic government in South Africa has presented a challenge to all South Africans in different ways. I believe that one of the principal challenges that the 1994 ...

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