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Bullying at a high school in KwaZulu-Natal : narratives of eight grade 10 learners.
(2015)This study sought to research bullying – a phenomenon which is seen as a major social problem that has a serious impact on the wellbeing of children and youth. The study contributes to the small body of research that has ... -
Bullying in and out of school : personal narratives of primary school learners.
(2014)The study emerges against a global and local backdrop of the prevalence of bullying in and out of schools. Growing incidents of bullying are a direct threat to the expectation that schools should be safe places for learners ... -
Burning candles: Turkish Student Teachers’ Experiences of South African (Teacher) Education.
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2011)This paper uses a life history methodology to trace the experiences of a group of Turkish students who are training as teachers in the South African higher education system. It analyses the influence of culture, wider ... -
Burnout in special needs educators in Pietermaritzburg : associations with intentions to leave.
(2015)The concept of burnout emerged from pragmatic, social concerns and the conceptualisation of this construct developed in parallel to the development of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). While research has focused on ... -
Career awareness and school subject selection of black secondary school learners in a rural area.
(1998)This study explored the career awareness of learners in grade 9 and their selection of school subjects for their subsequent years of study in the secondary school. This was based in a remote rural setting with a sample ... -
Career decision-making the relationship between educational indecision and vocational indecision.
(1997)The present study investigates the relationship between educational and vocational indecision. It examines gender and cultural differences in relation to these two main variables. Three levels of educational and vocational ... -
A case of informal teacher learning in a secondary school.
(2011)The purpose of this study was to explore how teacher learning happened informally at the workplace. Another aim was to describe the ways in which informal learning contributes to teacher development. The study also endeavoured ... -
Case studies of economics teaching in secondary schools.
(1998)The purpose of this research study was to establish the perceptions of economics teaching of two teachers of economics who were functioning in two contrasting contexts. The intention was to examine their practice and to ... -
A case study : the role of school management teams in curriculum management.
(2009)This study investigates the role of the School Management Team in curriculum -
A case study exploring how grade three learners with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder experience the support provided by their educators in an inclusive education context.
(2008)South Africa is a country with tremendous diversity. Previously, many learners who experienced barriers to learning and development were excluded from the education system, preventing them from meeting their educational ... -
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 Endleleni Adult Education Centre and how it relates to the community in Madadeni, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)Adult education contributes to poverty mitigation and enables members of the community to acquire knowledge and skills for development within their local communities. The White Paper for Post-Schooling Education and Training ... -
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 informal teacher learning in the foundation phase.
This study describes how two teachers in foundation phase learn informally in the workplace. It also aims to analyse the context within each school and evaluates to what extent the context supports teacher learning. A case ... -
A case study of instructional leadership practices of four school principals in the Pinetown District.
(2015)The purpose of this study was to gain a greater understanding of the instructional leadership practices of school principals in the four researched schools. The study explored what school principals actually do to support ... -
A case study of integrated schooling within a co-educational high school in the Durban area.
(1994)Issues relating to racial integration in white schools in South Africa during the period 1976-1992 are explored within the South African (historical, social, political) context. The introduction by the state of alternative ... -
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 learners' gender constructions in a physical sciences classroom.
(2009)Contemporary gender studies focus on the contexts in which particular discourses shape the construction of masculinities and femininities. With a need to understand what it means for boys and girls in particular South ... -
A case study of professional development for history teachers in rural KwaZulu schools.
(1996)The aim of the study was to report and evaluate a programme of teacher development in which the teachers themselves would be actively involved. A case study approach was adopted to monitor the programme of teacher development ... -
A case study of school principals' leadership styles and the sustainability of professional learning communities.
(2014)The Principal leadership styles play a significant role in professional learning communities (PLCs). Historically most principals have led schools autocratically and this has stifled teachers and the progress of schools. ...
