Browsing Masters Degrees (Social Science Education) by Title
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Analysing the dominant discourses on the Holocaust in Grade 9 South African history textbooks.
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An analysis of the representation of citizenship education in contemporary grade six South African social sciences textbooks.
(2017)This thesis comprises a case study of four grade six South African Social Sciences textbooks, published in the post-apartheid era. The study focuses on how they represent citizenship education. It examines citizenship ... -
An analysis of the visual images of women in grade 12 South African history textbooks.
(2014)This dissertation has contributed to the debate of the depiction of women in visual images in selected Grade 12 history textbooks. This dissertation was triggered by what I read in the South African Constitution and the ... -
Cataloguing practices from creation to use: A study of Cape Town Metropolitan Public Libraries in Western Cape Province, South Africa
(2019)Cataloguing is the process of creating metadata representing information sources such as books, sound recordings, digital video disks (DVDs), journals and other materials found in a library or group of libraries. This ... -
A comparative investigation into the representation of Russia in apartheid and post-apartheid history textbooks.
(2016)South Africa’s relationship with Russia has been determined by the significant shifts in the political ideologies within South Africa. It is this changing relationship that will be examined in order to identify the ... -
Conceptualising historical literacy in Zimbabwe : a textbook analysis.
(2009)While debates rage over the relevance and worth of school history, history has been one of the five compulsory subjects up to Ordinary Level in Zimbabwe. However, far away from the corridors of power, it is essential that ... -
An exploration of adolescents' problems and ways of coping in a South African context.
(2005)Many areas of development converge as adolescents confront their major task of establishing an adult identity. However this is a complex task complicated by the difficulties experienced in the South African context. ... -
An exploration of first-year, non-major accounting students' learning experiences at a private higher education institution in South Africa.
(2012)This research project focuses on Accounting education at tertiary level. There is limited understanding of students' experiences of learning Accounting in higher education institutions. Furthermore, Accounting is generally ... -
An exploration of the experiences of gays and lesbians living in the Inanada area.
(2014)The study emerges against a global and local backdrop of longstanding oppression and stigmatization of gays and lesbians, due to their sexual orientation. Regardless of transformative policies in South Africa which declare ... -
An exploration of the ideology in economic and management sciences textbooks : a critical discourse analysis.
(2012)Pupils acquire skills, knowledge, values and attitudes through the important institution of education. An essential tool used in the transmission of these socially approved attitudes and values is the textbook. Because ... -
Exploring experiences and practices of teachers in the implementation of inclusive education : a case of one full-service school in the uMgungundlovu District.
(2016)After the first democratic elections in 1994 the South African Government was faced with many challenges within the Education System. The Government committed itself to the principles of an Inclusive Education approach ... -
Heritage in contemporary grade 10 South African history textbooks : a case study.
(2011)Drawing on two research questions, this study presents an understanding of the nature of heritage in selected contemporary Grade 10 South African history textbooks, and elucidates factors responsible for the depiction ... -
HIStory : masculinity and history in an independent boys' school.
(2013)Boys do not learn history in isolation. They learn history in genderised and genderising institutions. Many all-boys’ schools construct their own particular kind of masculinity that is unique to the school. This may be the ... -
"History through drama" : perceptions, opinions, and experiences of history educators in the further education and training (FET) band at schools in the eThekwini region, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
(2007)The National Curriculum Statement for history aims to make history accessible and enjoyable to all learners. To do this, educators have to interest and engage their charges in the classroom by using learner-centred ... -
How does historical literacy manifest itself in South African grade 10 history textbooks?
(2009)The aim of this study was to identify how historical literacy manifested itself in Grade 10 history textbooks. The use of two distinct time periods was used in my study to chart the changes in history education, in South ... -
Investigating Holocaust education through the work of the museum educators at the Durban Holocaust Centre : a case study.
(2011)What is the work of the Durban Holocaust Centre museum educators and how are they shaping Holocaust education there? These questions provided the impetus for this study. Education about the Holocaust has been included ... -
An investigation into educator perceptions of the implementation of the rationalization and redeployment policy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : the Port Shepstone/Harding district as a case study.
(2005)Much has been said about rationalization and redeployment in socio-economic and political circles in South Africa, with many of the associated problems inherited from the apartheid government. These problems included, ... -
An investigation into the implementation of oral history in the further education and training (FET) phase in selected KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) schools.
(2008)The National Curriculum Statement (NCS) for history, in accordance with the pedagogy of Outcomes Based Education (OBE) and Curriculum 2005 (c2005), aims to make history learner-centred, emancipatory and skills-based . ... -
An investigation into the social sciences in the general education and training band : teachers' views and pedagogy as in relation to integration.
(2011)Since the advent of democracy in 1994, there have been several turning points in South African education. One of the key changes has been the conception of Social Sciences (SS) – a learning area under the National Curriculum ... -
Literacy practices of the African Gospel Church members in the KwaMashu Circuit, Durban : a case study.
(2011)This is an exploratory qualitative study which is an in-depth investigation into the literacy practices of the congregants of the KwaMashu African Gospel Church circuit (Durban). The study focuses on the practices, uses ...