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13-18 year old school girls’ account and their experience of gender violence in a township school in Umlazi.
(2016)This study is a qualitative study that draws on an interpretive approach. The gender relational theory was used as the theoretical lens with which to view how young girls’ gendered identities are socially constructed. ... -
Absenteeism among secondary school pupils.
(1995)The overall aim of this study was to ascertain the nature of the differences that exist, in selected aspects, between two groups of pupils, viz. regular attenders and persistent absentees. More specifically, the research ... -
Academic (institutional) support to first year students who have limited proficiency in English as language of learning and teaching at a South African university : lecturers' experiences.
(2014-10-30)This qualitative case study was carried out in the School of Education, Edgewood Campus, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. The study had two objectives: firstly, to understand lecturers’ experiences ... -
The academic challenges facing deaf students at Durban University of Technology.
(2011)This study will take the form of a case study of a group of Deaf Information Technology (IT) students and their Sign Language interpreters at Durban University of Technology (DUT). These students are enrolled under ... -
Academic intervention experiences of 'at-risk' students : a case of an undergraduate programme in a South African university.
(2014)The higher education landscape in South Africa has significantly changed upon attainment of democracy in 1994. Access to higher education has been increased for students from previously disadvantaged groups. However, access ... -
Access to schooling spaces for my child with Down Syndrome : an autoethnography.
(2016-01-19)As part of the Indian diaspora whose ancestors were indentured labourers brought to South Africa to work in the sugar plantation (Mishra, 1996) with little scope for education, I repeatedly heard the expression ‘the only ... -
Accountability to whom? For what? : teacher identity and the Force Field Model of teacher development.
(University of the Free State, 2008)The rise of fundamentalism in the sphere of teacher education points to a swing back towards teachers as service workers for State agendas. Increasingly, teachers are expected to account for the outcomes of their practices. ... -
ACE technology lecturers' and in-service teachers' understanding of the design process and its enactment in their pedagogical practice.
(2015)This thesis is an exploration of Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) Technology lecturers’ and in-service teachers’ understanding of the design process and how it influences their pedagogical practice. Creativity, ... -
Addressing educational and pastoral needs of vulnerable children in the eThekwini region : a case study of two drop-in sites.
(2007)This study presents the findings of a qualitative case study research to explore and -
Adolescent attitude to authority : a study done at Boys' Town, Tongaat.
(2003)The present study investigates the attitude of adolescents to authority. Thirty-eight adolescents from Boys' Town, Tongaat, participated in this study. The intention of the study was to investigate the attitude of the boys ... -
Adolescent suicidal behaviour : a desperate cry for help.
(2007)There appears to be a need to demystify suicidal behaviour not just for the benefit of researchers and health workers but equally for parents, teachers and most importantly for adolescents themselves. The focus in this ... -
Adult education for community development : the case of Ugandan non-governmental organization.
(2014-12-01)A number of studies have explored the relationship between adult education and community development. These often do not provide in-depth accounts of how such relationships emerge and develop. The case study of Emesco ... -
Adults in the mainstream : free primary education in the southern districts of Lesotho.
(2002)The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights has as one of its components and the world call to achieve education for all has led to a number of countries' introduction of Free Education. In Lesotho the call was heeded ... -
Affected by the loss of a classmate.
(2007)The HIV and AIDS pandemic that has struck worldwide has impacted not only on those whose lives it has taken but on the loved ones left behind to cope with the trauma, stigma and discrimination of the disease. HIV and AIDS ... -
African boys and gangs : construction of masculinities within gang cultures in a primary school in Inanda, Durban.
(2004)This thesis explores the ways in which a group of boys who belong to gangs enact their masculinity. The focus is on African boys' construction of their masculinities within gang cultures at a primary school in Inanda, ... -
African secondary school pupils' and their teachers' perceptions of their performance in selected schools.
(1999)The concept of racially-desegregated state schooling in South Africa was officially implemented in 1991. This change to racially-mixed schooling was not without problems. There are, to date, few known studies on this theme ... -
African Students who Excel in South African Higher Education: Retro(Pro)Spectivity and Co-Regulation of Learning.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2015)In addition to being more likely to fail and dropout, African students are also less likely to succeed academically, let alone excel while doing so. In a critical move against a dominant deficit, failure, and drop-out ... -
African teenage girls' understandings of sexual risk in the context of HIV and AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)This study investigated black African teenage girls’ understanding of sexual risk. The focus of the study was to understand the participants’ deeper meanings attached to what they regard as sexual risk. I was interested ... -
African urban high school girls' constructions of sexuality and sexual risk.
(2016-03-15)This study investigated how a group of African high school girls attending an urban high school construct their sexual identities and how their particular constructions are related to their engagement in risky sexual ...
