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An analysis of teachers' methods of teaching numeracy skills in Standard 10 geography in three schools in Eastern Cape Province.
(1998)
This study aimed at investigating the methods used by teachers to assist the acquisition of numeracy skills by Standard 10 Geography learners. The problem of high failure rate in these skills was considered in terms of ...
A small-scale investigation of the extent to which the skill of mindmapping improves conceptual learning in history in standard 8.
(1997)
This study investigated, in a small-scale, the extent to which the skill of mind-mapping improves conceptual learning in history in Standard eight. The study was carried out using two Standard eight classes. Each class had ...
Gendered social relations among adolescents in a South African secondary school : the Greenvale case study.
(1999)
This dissertation incorporates a number of ethnographic case studies done within the qualitative paradigm from a feminist stance (Nielsen, 1995). It served to explore and understand the attributions and aspirations of ...
A report on some tests of standard 6 pupils' performance in general science at a KwaZulu-Natal secondary school, some possible contributory factors, and implications for teachers.
(1996)
This research made a diagnostic assessment of some aspects of pupil performance in General Science on entry to secondary school. This assessment included written content and skills assessment of all standard 6 pupils at a ...
A small-scale investigation of the group administration of Feuerstein's learning potential assessment device.
(1996)
This study had two specific aims: Firstly, to determine whether or not, within a given group of subjects in a school in Kwa-Zulu Natal, the mediation offered during an application of Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment ...
An analysis of teachers' use of various means of assisting learners' performance in the second language lessons where new materials are being trialled.
(1998)
This dissertation investigates the impact on classroom practice of the use of new language texts which are based on the Thinking Actively in a Social Context (TASC) model, and the principles of Communicative Language ...
An evaluative analysis of educational administration in KwaZulu.
(1991)
The study deals with administration of education in
KwaZulu where the concern is for efficient and
effective use of limited financial, human and material
resources. The purpose of this evaluative analysis of
educational ...
Curriculum reform at the University of Natal Medical School : purging content and changing paradigm.
(1999)
This work discusses issues of curriculum in terms of a case study of curriculum reform at a
South African medical school, from the viewpoint of a clinical department of which teaching input
is predominantly postgraduate ...
Curriculum theory and teacher education.
(1991)
It will be generally accepted that teacher education is an
important factor underpinning the quality and success of the
schooling system in South Africa. Key agenda items in the debate
and discourse on the provision of ...
The effectiveness of current preschool education programmes with special reference to children's readiness for formal schooling.
(1993)
The two principal aims of this study were:
(a) to evaluate the effectiveness of existing pre-primary
education for Indian children and
(b) to determine the relative effectiveness of three
current school readiness ...