Browsing Masters Degrees (Education, Development, Leadership and Management) by Title
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Ubuntu and school leadership : perspectives of teachers from two schools at Umbumbulu Circuit.
(2015)The aim of this study was to explore the teachers understanding of the effects of Ubuntu in teacher leadership. Further to this was to understand teachers` views on ways and challenges of Ubuntu leadership implementation. ... -
Understanding the educational needs of rural teachers : a case study of a rural education innovation in KwaNgwanase.
(1992)This dissertation examines the following key educational issues: the needs of rural teachers, the role of rural parents in education and the nature of support provided by non-governmental organisations. The literature on ... -
The unification of amateur club soccer in Durban, 1980-1997 : a study of integration.
(1997)This study is a micro level case study which in addition to attempting to establish whether integration in sport lends itself to the integration of broader society, documents and analyses the integration experiences of ... -
Using an academic literacy course in a first year educational programme to investigate àt risk' Technikon Natal students perceptions of learning, learning styles and use of learning strategies in relation to their achievement levels.
(2004)This research report is about a study into formerly Technikon Natal (now DIT) 'at risk' students' perceptions of learning (deep or surface), learning styles and use of self-regulating learning strategies (level of ... -
Using an orientation programme to prepare first year medical students for a problem based curriculum : a South African case study.
(2004)The Nelson R Mandela Medical School is currently implementing Curriculum 2001, which is based on integrated, student centred, problem and groupbased learning. In 2002 a three-week orientation Module was introduced to prepare ... -
The value attached to teaching qualifications by educators and other stakeholders at a FET college in southern Kwa-Zulu Natal [sic].
(2009)This study is an interpretive one which investigates the value attached to teaching qualifications by educators and other stakeholders, viz. learners, management and council at a FET College. The research focuses on the ... -
What informs the implementation strategies of the Lesotho free primary education? : an analysis of stakeholders' perception at Pitseng primary school.
(2004)This is a case study that investigated the Pitseng Primary School stakeholders' understanding of the purpose and objectives of Free Primary Education (FPE), the strategies that they have developed and adopted for the ... -
What keeps teachers motivated? An exploration of teachers' desire to learn and develop in their professional practice.
(2011)During this explorative journey, I investigated what keeps teachers motivated to learn and develop in their professional practice. I employed Bell and Gilbert’s (1994) model which encapsulates and examines the personal, ... -
What makes school community partnership work? : a case study.
(2011)While school-community partnership is highly encouraged in South Africa, schools and their communities seem reluctant to take up this opportunity to develop themselves and in the process improve learner attainment. This ... -
"What's a teacher anyway?" : a construction of teacher self and teacher work in a South African primary school.
(2010)This research seeks to understand what it means to be a teacher and the experiences that shape what teachers do in the context of a primary school. In asking the question, What’s a teacher anyway? I produced data of ... -
Where to from IQMS : teachers' experience after evaluation.
(2009)This study primarily looked at teachers¡¦ experiences of the IQMS evaluation and its impact on their professional development. IQMS has been actively introduced at the school system for the past five years. The purpose of ... -
Why are large numbers of illiterate adult members of the Luthuli rural community not attending ABET classes? : an investigation of their needs and aspirations regarding adult basic education and training.
(2007)It is suprising that many people, especially in rural areas, remain illiterate despite efforts by the government to have all people of South Africa literate. This study examines factors that make it impractical or unattractive ... -
Women in management : perceptions of eight women in the Kwazulu-Natal department of education.
(2003)In South Africa, one site where women in management are most underrepresented is educational management Equal opportunity for women as a political objective is entrenched in the Constitution of the Republic of South ... -
Women principals in KwaZulu-Natal : reshaping the landscape of educational leadership.
(2005)The concept and approaches of leadership focused mainly on the male experience and interpretation of what constitutes leadership. Studies on leadership in the main have ignored the perspective of women and this then impacts ... -
Workbased learning : an analysis of the expectations of staff, students and employers of students placed for inservice learning.
(2000)Experiential learning is an integral part of most programs offered at the M.L.Sultan Technikon because of the technical nature of the programs. This study focuses on learning from experience when students from the technikon ... -
Young, gifted and black : oral histories of young activists in Cape Town and Durban in the early 1970s.
(2007)This study highlights the contribution of activists from Durban and Cape Town in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa in the early nineteen seventies. Historians tend to generally disregard this period, that followed ...