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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 ...
Pornographic objectification of women through Kwaito lyrics

Blose, Maud (Routledgehttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10130950.2012.729384, 2012-10-29)

This Profile discusses the portrayal of women through Kwaito music and their frequent pornographic objectification in the popular township music genre. It considers the apparent shift away of Kwaito from its roots in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
The relationship between script and image with specific reference to the work of Celeste van der Merwe, Willem Boshoff and Barbara Kruger

Van der Merwe, Celeste (2012-09-10)

The crux of my thesis is the study of the relationship of script and image in the work of contemporary arts. I chose to focus on three selected artists, i.e. myself, Celeste van der Merwe, a local South African male artist ...
Craft practised by Afrikaner women during and after the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and the appropriation of similar craft in the work of selected contemporary South African artists

Alkema, Joan (2012-09-10)

This dissertation was researched in two main parts. The first enquiry was to establish whether the Afrikaner women practised any form of craft during their time of interment in the Anglo-Boer War concentration camps, during ...
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. ...
A critical realist approach to literacy acquisition and development, with specific application to teacher traning and support in primary education in KwaZulu-Natal

Govender, Rookumani (2012-09-10)

In adopting a critical realist approach, this study offers a view of the complex social and contextual factors impacting on literacy acquisition and development in primary education, which is thought to be its main ...
A self study of curriculum design for the teaching and learning of isiZulu as an additional language in primary schools in the Maye babo! series

Soni, Sumithra Jaysooklal (2012-09-10)

This autoethnographic self study tracks my new ways of knowing in the various roles I play from daughter (passive recipient) to curriculum designer (active analytical composer). It retells my journey in the teaching ...
Coloured lens : a study of the socio-cultural context of Wentworth in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, towards a photographic documentary

Houston, Natalie (2012-09-10)

Social issues are a very real problem in South Africa. Violent protests in poorer communities around South Africa indicate a need to better understand negative social realities impacting on communities. This research ...
Teachers' understanding and implementation of the design process as it relates to teaching Technology Education in the intermediate and senior phases (Grades 4-9) in the General Education and Training Band in KwaZulu-Natal

De Jager, Maria Louisa Elizabeth (2012-09-03)

Outcomes-based education compelled South African teachers to make an important paradigm shift in education from a teacher-centred approach to a learner-centred approach. This paradigm shift in teaching and learning emphasised ...
An auto-ethnographic enquiry : critical reflection on the influences in the development of a black African male educator

Gumede, Jerome Thamsanqa (2012-09-03)

This thesis sets out to demonstrate the influences on the personality of a Black African Male Educator – specifically mine - as I enquire: ―Why do I do things the way I do?‖ and ―What has enabled me to meet, face and ...
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. ...
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 ...
The use of adapted teaching strategies in literacy by grade three educators in the northern KwaZulu-Natal region

Loopoo, Veena (2012-08-21)

The literacy levels in South African schools are alarmingly low. Educators are challenged in diverse classrooms with multicultural and multilingual learners as they are faced with the problems that these learners are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Development of an interpreting service model at the Durban University of Technology

Makhubu, Rosethal Loli (2012-08-17)

This research deals with the development of a model of interpreting services for a newly merged multilingual University of Technology, the Durban University of Technology. The rationale for the study was the urgent need ...
A documentary investigation of the Imvunge group of street photographers in Durban with specific reference to the develpment of photographic and business skills (1999-2009)

Khubisa, Mandla Bheka Moses (2012-08-17)

The aim of this research is to document and evaluate the Imvunge group of street photographers in Durban with specific reference to the development of photographic and business skills from 1999 to 2009. This study will ...
The creation of a multi-cultural identity for window displays in Durban's fashion retail shop fronts

Lichkus, Sarah Christine (2012-08-17)

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of creating shop window displays focussing on a South African identity in the Durban region. The impetus for the study stemmed from the design of the Constitutional ...

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