Browsing Masters Degrees (Education, Development, Leadership and Management) by Title
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Teaching for social justice within the language curriculum : embedded assumptions and pedagogical practices of a secondary school teacher.
(2012)This study was located within the critical research paradigm. It examined the ways a secondary teacher of English Home Language conceptualised and interpreted social justice imperatives in the English Home Language Curriculum ... -
Teaching legal writing in a South African context : an evaluation of the work of student tutors in assisting with the development of legal writing skills in first year law students at one South African law school.
(2001)In this study, an analysis and an evaluation of the feedback comments made by fourth year law students on legal writing assignments of first year law students is made. The purpose is to formulate a sense of the student ... -
A team-based approach to leading and managing a rural primary school.
(2011)The aim of this study is to explore a team-based approach to leading and managing a rural primary school. A requirement in a team-based approach to make quality decisions and improvements in the school, comes from people ... -
Teenage pregnancy : young mothers in grade twelve : shh ... there are mothers amongst us.
(2005)My interest in teenage pregnancy began when I discovered pregnant girls in my class. Upon discussion with other educators in my school, I discovered that there were many pregnant girls in school. Thus began a journey in ... -
Theory versus practice of inclusive education : an exploration of teacher development in selected affluent high schools in greater Durban.
(2012)Despite a national and international focus on the effective implementation of inclusive education, there remains a discrepancy between the desire to provide inclusive education and the realities of providing such an ... -
Thriving instructional leadership practices and functions in challenging contexts : lessons from two Nigerian principals.
(2016)The purpose of this study is to account for instructional leadership practices and functions of principals that succeed in challenging contexts and to know how these principals demonstrated these behaviours and functions ... -
"Towards improved praxis" : a case study of the certificate in education (participatory development)
(2006)This study set out to provide an understanding of the Certificate in Education programme, CE (PD), in terms of various stakeholder perspectives and its historical development. Through the use of case study method the study ... -
Tracer study of teacher education graduates.
(1997)In the years since the Bantu Education Act of 1954, and other race-based legislation which introduced apartheid education into South African schools, it was widely believed that the majority of black school teachers were ... -
Tracing the use of pedagogical content knowledge in Grade 6 mathematics classrooms in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)The aim of this study was to explore the concept of pedagogical content knowledge, or PCK, and its use in the practice of teaching. Teacher knowledge is a significant factor in determining learner gains in all school ... -
Transformation schools into professional learning communities (PLCS) : perspectives from 5 primary school principals who completed ACE in Uthungulu District.
(2014)This study explores the perspectives of rural primary school principals that completed the Advanced Certificate in Education: School Leadership (ACE: SL) in their efforts of transforming schools to professional learning ... -
Transformational leadership : an investigation into the existence of transformational leadership at a Durban secondary school.
(2004)Coinciding with a rebirth in South Africa, new education legislation has given considerable more power and responsibility for making decisions. While assuming a degree of autonomy, schools are also expected to resource ... -
Transforming township schools into learning organisations : the challenges of leadership and management.
(2012)The purpose of this study was to establish challenges associated with leadership and management in transforming township schools into learning organisations. The study examined the leadership and management styles that ... -
Traversing the realm of school governance: storied narratives of female parent governors serving township schools.
(2019)There seems to be a wealth of studies conducted from the perspectives of different stakeholders, namely: principals; teachers and parents, about their experiences in school governance, however, there seems to be a gap in ... -
Trends in M. Ed. studies about educational leadership and management conducted at one South African Higher education institution during 1995-2004.
(2012)The advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994 led to new areas of research interest, not least in the field of educational leadership and management (ELM). However, besides the Project on Postgraduate Education Research ... -
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 ...