Browsing Masters Degrees (Science and Technology Education) by Title
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An action research study exploring how three grade 9 teachers develop their understanding and practice of "education for sustainable development".
(2009)The purpose of this action research study was to explore how three Grade 9 teachers developed their understanding and practice of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through the use of a participant-designed ... -
Biology and its recontextualisation in the school curriculum : a comparative analysis of post-apartheid South African life sciences curricula.
(2009)This study explored the way biological knowledge is transformed when it moves from its disciplinary form to a high school biology curriculum, and how this occurred in successive versions of the life sciences curriculum ... -
A case study of a high achiever's learning of physical science.
(2002)This is a case study of the learning of physical science of a high achiever, selected on the assumption that instruction in learning strategies and styles used by successful learners may improve learning effectiveness ... -
A case study of gender differences in 8th grade students’ performance in TIMSS 2011 science test in United Arab Emirates, Dubai schools.
(2016)The UAE suffers from a serious shortage of professional scientists, mathematics and science teachers, engineers and technologists due to low levels of engagement and reduced enrollment in science, technology, engineering, ... -
A case study of girls' participation in physical science at a rural high school.
(2005)The study aimed to add to our understanding of why many girls in rural high schools were not choosing to study Physical Science. A case study of a local high school was used as the research method. Questionnaires to the ... -
A case study of intermediate phase learner's success with science problem-solving tasks.
(2006)This is an evaluative case study to determine what science problem-solving skills learners have developed at the end of the Intermediate Phase. Grade six learners were used in this study as they represented the last grade ... -
A case study of science student teachers' experiences of teaching practices in the faculty of education of University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2005.
(2006)The study aimed at exploring science student teachers' experiences of teaching practice and in particular, it focussed on five areas related to: (a) the science student teachers' practices and views ofteaching practice; ... -
A case study of teachers' implementation of the grade four natural sciences curriculum.
(2014-10-31)Many teachers have difficulty in implementing the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS). This is particularly true of the natural science curriculum. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which natural ... -
A case study of the constraints to the effective teaching of technology in grade 7 experienced by schools of a district in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2006)This study concerned itself with the constraints experienced to the effective teaching of Technology in Grade 7 by schools of a district in KwaZulu-Natal. The study arose out of personal experiences of managing staff who ... -
A case study of the implementation of continuous assessment in grades 11 and 12 physical science classrooms in three secondary schools.
(2004)The Department of Education has introduced a policy of Continuous Assessment (CASS) in grades 11 and 12. This, however, does not mean that the current policies such as senior certificate examinations will immediately ... -
A case study of the relationship between students' home backgrounds and their mathematics performance.
(2006)This is an investigation explaining the relationship between the home environment and mathematics performance of 12 grade eight students from a high school in Durban, South Africa. One of the data collection methods was a ... -
Concept development in mathematics : teaching and learning of quadratic equations, inequalities and their graphs.
(1994)This was an evaluative study undertaken to unpack some of the factors which could explain Transkei matriculation students' apparent poor conceptual understanding of Mathematics and to throw some light on possible ... -
A context-based problem solving approach in grade 8 natural sciences teaching and learning.
(2009)The demands of the new curriculum are such that problem solving is foregrounded as one of the core skills in the learning of the Natural Sciences. However teachers in general have difficulties in conceptualizing how this ... -
A critical review of postgraduate environmental education research from selected South African universities, 1995-2004.
(2009)This study focuses on reviewing Environmental Education (EE) research that has been conducted by M. Ed and PhD postgraduates from selected South African universities during the period 1995 to 2004. This period 1995-2004 ... -
Current difficulties experienced by grade 10 mathematics educators after the implementation of the new curriculum in grade 9.
(2005)The purpose of this study was to establish current difficulties experienced by grade 10 mathematics educators after the implementation of the new curriculum in grade 9 (Senior Phase). Qualitative approach, using questionnaires' ... -
A description of mathematical proficiency in number skills of grade ten learners in both the mathematics and mathematics literacy cohorts at a north Durban school.
(2008)The main objective of this study was to determine the progress made in the development of mathematical proficiency, in the domain of number skills, by learners in the two cohorts (namely: Mathematics and Mathematical ... -
Environmental education case studies for curriculum development in science teacher education.
(1998)Science student teachers' participation with practising teachers in developing curriculum in environmental education for implementation in schools has been a neglected field. This study focuses on the collaboration of ... -
An exploration into grade seven teacher assessment practices in technology education within the Pinetown district.
(2013-08-07)As the political milieu in South Africa changed in 1990, a new curriculum framework guided by the principles of Outcomes Based Education (OBE) emerged. The paradigm shift from a traditional to an OBE curriculum was ... -
An exploration of biology teachers' practice with regard to practical work and how it relates to the NCS-FET life science policy document.
(2004)When democracy was achieved in South Africa there was a need to create an education system that served the needs of all South Africans. An education system which would produce literate, creative, critical and productive ... -
An exploration of grade 11 mathematical literacy learner's engagement with start-unknown and result-unknown type problems set in a variety of real life contexts.
(2014-10-30)With the introduction in 2006 of the school subject Mathematical Literacy (ML) in the further Education and Training band, there have been expectations that such a subject might develop responsible citizens, contributing ...
