Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Education, Development, Leadership and Management) by Title
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Alternate systems of education (distance and virtual) : South African trends.
(2001)It has been well documented (Education and Training White Paper I,II and III) that one of the key challenges facing South African post apartheid education is the need to transform the educational sector that was ... -
An analysis of higher education funding: consideration towards a viable model for South Africa.
(2019)The funding framework for Higher Education has always been a contentious issue in South Africa, and more so in recent years. For some time now, it has continued to adopt a predominantly performance-based model within a ... -
An autoethnographic study of the person in the principal's office.
(2013)The role of a school principal is complex and multidimensional, and is pivotal to the success of an educational institution. It is widely recognised by researchers that the effectiveness of a principal depends on his or ... -
The changing dynamics of teacher learning : an exploration of teacher learning through the lens of assessment.
(2012)The National Curriculum Statement advocates a shift in focus with regards to the manner in which assessment and learning are conceptualized (Department of Education, 2002). Consequently, new forms of assessment that are ... -
Changing times, changing values : an alchemy of values education.
(2008)This study sought to explore what human values were being fostered by teachers at secondary schools within the context of the transformation that is occurring in South Africa and in education. Teachers from three different ... -
Communities of learning and action? : a case study of the human rights, democracy and development project, 1999-2005.
(2009)Enduring levels of illiteracy point to a long-term failure to address one of society's more solvable problems. The conditions giving rise to illiteracy are systemic and complex, but also deeply personal. Such conditions ... -
A comparative study of the use of microteaching and an analysis of factors which affect its use in one year postgraduate teacher training courses.
(1985)This thesis is concerned with a study of the use of microteaching in the one year postgraduate teacher training course. It consists of two national surveys using two types of questionnaire, an Organisation and an ... -
Constructions of childhood for and by children in two early childhood centres in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2006)This thesis examines the constructions of childhood by seven early childhood teachers and twenty young children (ten boys and ten girls) in two private early childhood centres catering for children below Grade R in urban ... -
Constructions of gender in the context of free primary education : a multi-site case study of three schools in Lesotho.
(2009)his thesis reports on a qualitative study of stakeholders’ constructions of gender in the context of the Free Primary Education policy in three primary schools in Lesotho. Through the lens of the social constructionist ... -
A critical appraisal of policy on educator post provisioning in public schools with particular reference to secondary schools in Kwazulu-Natal.
(2005)Historically, educator post provisioning in South African public schools has been a -
A critical study of aspects of the political, constitutional, administrative and professional development of Indian teacher education in South Africa with particular reference to the period 1965 to 1984.
(1985)This study deals with the administrative and curricular development of Indian teacher education in South Africa for the period 1860 - 1984. It is set against the background of developments in the education system for ... -
A critical study of some aspects of teacher training in the Commonwealth.
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A critique of school leadership : life histories of selected principals in Kwazulu-Natal.
(2007)The central aim of this study was to describe through qualitative inquiry how school principals have dealt with the post-1994 changes in school governance and the change in their leadership roles as leaders and professional ... -
Curriculum intellectualization: an engagement with decision-makers.
(2015)Over two decades into democracy, stakeholders are still voicing disappointment with the quality of graduates and the advancing of the curriculum; both in education and teacher education that are strongly inter-linked. The ... -
Developing a doctoral identity : a narrative study in an autoethnographic frame.
(2009)The global interest in the production of advanced knowledge workers as one of the drivers of economic growth, has led to questions about the cost and length of time spent in doctoral study. As a result, the pedagogy of ... -
The development of the linguistic repertoire of primary school learners within the Mauritian multilingual educational system.
(2017)Since Mauritius gained its independence in 1968, English has remained the official medium of instruction within its schooling system, despite the fact that it is used minimally within the broader Mauritian society. This ... -
Distributed teacher leadership in South African schools : troubling the terrain.
(2010)This publication-based study aims to ‘trouble’ the terrain of teacher leadership – at the level of both theory and praxis, in the South African schooling context. The motivation for this study came from my increasing ... -
The dynamics of generating and managing educational resources in Swaziland selected secondary schools.
(2017)In this study I investigated the dynamics of generating and managing educational resources in Swaziland secondary schools. The need for this study arose out of my realisation of a knowledge gap namely the inefficiency in ... -
The dynamics of implementing school-based teacher professional development in South Africa: a case study of one rural education circuit in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)To transform education in South Africa, it is necessary that teachers, school principals and the circuit manager be appropriately equipped to meet the mounting challenges and needs of this developing country through the ...