Masters Degrees (Science and Technology Education)
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Dynamical mass estimates of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich E_ect selected galaxy clusters in the millennium gas simulations.
(2016)Abstract To extract and make estimates of the cosmological parameters requires knowledge of the cluster mass. Cluster mass is not directly observable but can be predicted by numerical simulations of structure formation ... -
Exploring Grade 10 learners’ engagement with the Kahoot game in Physical Sciences: action research study in Umgungundlovu District.
(2022)Digital educational games can enhance learners’ engagement in learning different concepts. This action research study, therefore, endeavoured to enhance learners’ engagement when learning Physical Sciences via a digital ... -
The effectiveness of YouTube videos in developing process skills in grade 10 Life Sciences curriculum.
(2022)For effective science enquiry and acquisition of concepts in science learning, learners should have a good mastery of the science process skills (SPS). SPS are the fundamental components of problem-solving, critical thinking ... -
Exploring the impact of the use of technologies on accounting lecturers’ pedagogy during online teaching.
(2022)The adoption of online learning by many institutions has become essential since December 2019, when COVID-19 cases began to manifest all over the world. South Africa's lockdown, which began on March 26, 2020, compelled ... -
Grade 11 Civil Technology teachers’ practice of promoting active learning during the teaching of graphic communication.
(2022)Graphic communication is a language of communication that is used for visual representation and expression of ideas and concepts. In the field of engineering and the manufacturing industry, graphic communication is useful ... -
Exploring grade 10 physical sciences learners’ views and preferences of instructional strategies in electricity.
(2022)Physical Sciences is one of the subjects perceived by high school learners in South Africa and beyond as difficult. The examiners’ report from Department of Basic Education over the years have highlighted a poor performance ... -
Understanding teachers’ integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching Grade 7 natural sciences.
(2022)Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have evolved into the most fundamental component of modern industrial civilization. Many countries have now acknowledged, adopted and are starting to master and understand ... -
Grade 9 learners’ views concerning the environment: a correlation study in Msunduzi and the Midlands, Kwazulu-Natal.
(2022)Environmental justice is one of the leading principles infused throughout the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) Grades R-12 (DBE, 2011). The NCS places an emphasis on an active and critical approach to learning. Furthermore, ... -
Towards decolonising a unit of work in the curriculum: exploring the inclusion of scientists of non-western descent in the science curriculum, by pre-service teachers.
(2021)Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements of 2010, was established after 1994 to deal with several things such as gender and racial inequalities in education. However, women and individuals of non-western descent continue ... -
A self-study of a novice teacher’s experiences of using information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching grade 10 physical sciences.
(2020)The purpose of this study is to improve my technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) in teaching grade 10 Physical Sciences. I use my experiences of ICT in education to understand my current teaching as a ... -
Exploring the development of TSPCK of grade six natural science and technology pre-service teachers: a case for matter and materials.
(2021)The literature suggests that pre-service teachers lack an integrated Natural Science and Technology pedagogical content knowledge and as a result cannot make good pedagogical decisions in classroom practice. This study ... -
Exploring how Science teachers engage with the curriculum to teach socially responsive Science.
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Senior certificate examinations November 1996 Physical Science : factors contributing to pupils' performance as perceived by various role players.
(1997)Abstract available in the PDF. -
Secondary school learners' intuitive modelling strategies for solving problems in kinematics.
(2000)Abstract available in the PDF. -
Exploring understandings of key concepts in electric circuits: a case of 20 grade 11 Physical Sciences learners in uMgungundlovu District collaboratively constructing concept maps.
(2020)This study presents an action research project on teaching and learning where understanding of fundamental concepts and their relationships in electric circuits were explored. A sample of 20 Grade 11 Physical Sciences ... -
Mainstreaming climate smart technology adaptation in Msinga’s farmers’ everyday agricultural practices through university, smallholding farming community and government partnerships: the place and space for indigenous knowledge systems.
(2020)This study adopted the Sustainable Livelihood Approaches (SLA) and the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model (QHIM) to explore the mainstreaming of climate smart technology adaptation in the everyday agricultural practices of ... -
Putative HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors: design, synthesis, in vitro evaluation and in silico analysis.
(2018)One of the most significant treatments for HIV-1 infection has been the combination of drugs targeting the HIV life cycle with the aim of preventing further destruction of the host immune system. This study addresses the ... -
Exploring gender representations in selected science textbooks.
(2019)South African education policies such as Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements of 2010, and legislation such as National Education Policy Act of 1997, and South African Schools Act of 1996, were established after ... -
Exploring Life Sciences educators’ enactment of resource-based teaching in three rural secondary schools in South Africa.
(2019)The purpose of the study was to explore Life Sciences educators’ enactment of resource-based teaching. Resource-based teaching refers to the use of teaching and learning resources by educators to mediate the subject ... -
Exploring the effects of computer simulations in developing conceptual understanding of Grade 10 learners in direct current circuits.
(2018)Physical sciences are perceived as difficult by learners in high school in South Africa and beyond. One of the challenging topics in Physical sciences is the topic of electricity. The Physical sciences National Further ...
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