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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...