Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Education Studies) by Issue Date
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Ideology and its influence on educational leadership, structure and process : with reference to a dominant and dominated ideologies in South Africa.
(1992)This study examines the concept of ideology and then surveys the relationship between ideology and education. Particular forces that help to shape ideologies which affect education are indicated. The focus then moves to ... -
Biosocial issues as a component of biology education.
(1993)This study was designed to investigate the extent to which the biology teachers and student teachers are aware and understand biology-related problems that affect the African communities in the Natal north-coastal region. ... -
Learning science at the interface between Zulu and English.
(1994)Abstract available in pdf file. -
Shifts in societal perception of mental retardation concurrent with social, economic and political change.
(1996)This thesis assesses shifts in societal perceptions of mental retardation in South Africa from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1990s and investigates the influence of political, economic and social change on such ... -
Developments in the South African fitness industry : implications for education and training.
(1997)No abstract available. -
An action research study of cooperative learning in a pre-service natural science course.
(1997)Cooperative learning (CL) research has gone through a series of phases representing different orientations of research. This inquiry uses action-research as a way of implementing cooperative learning in a pre-service science ... -
Words, lives and music: on becoming a teacher of English.
(1998)"How do student teachers experience the learning and teaching of English over different periods of their lives?" is the question that this research study attempts to address. Drawing on the biographical experiences of nine ... -
A liberating breeze of western civilisation? : a political history of fundamental pedagogics as an expression of Dutch-Afrikaner relationships.
(1998)Fundamental pedagogics was the only education theory that was taught to the vast majority of student teachers during the apartheid era. This exclusivity was consciously created and maintained in the context of Christian ... -
Intruders in the sacred grove of science? : a critical analysis of women academics' participation in research in the humanities and social sciences.
(2000)Knowledge production or research in South Africa, as elsewhere in the world, does not occur within 'innocent' spaces devoid of personal, social, political, economic and cultural contexts. Research in the ... -
Occupational choices of women in South Africa.
(2000)The purpose of this study is to determine women's perceptions and choices of different categories of occupations and the reasons for such choices. Since the installation of the first democratic post apartheid government ... -
Life histories of Black South African scientists : academic success in an unequal society.
(2000)The purpose of this research is to document the experiences of black South African scientists en-route to gaining a doctorate and provide an explanation of how and why they achieved academic success in the unequal South ... -
Depressive symptoms in adolescents : contributory factors at home and in school.
(2002)Depression is a serious mental health problem in adolescents. Schools and primary health care providers are flooded with adolescents who have serious emotional and behavioural problems. Mental health specialists initially ... -
The working conditions and careers of KwaZulu-Natal women teachers.
(2002)Women activists in teacher unions such as Sadtu claimed that there was a disjuncture between what the South African Constitution says about gender equity and what is happening in reality. This study was undertaken to ... -
Making gender in early schooling : a multi-sited ethnography of power and discourse : from grade one to two in Durban.
(2002)No abstract available. -
Real or imagined worlds : an analysis of beginner level reading books for adult literacy learners in South Africa.
(2003)The content of books published for adult beginner readers reveals as much about how literacy is understood and valued as it does about how literacy learners are viewed and constructed. This research consists of a description ... -
Teacher professional development : an integrated approach.
(2003)The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of teachers with respect to the intentions of the Developmental Appraisal Policy, how the policy was implemented at school level and its influence on Teaching. How ... -
Self-concept of the physically disabled in inclusive secondary schools.
(2003)This study assessed and described the self-concept of adolescents with physically disabilities in inclusive secondary schools, in Lagos state, Nigeria. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were employed to ... -
Successful teachers : a Cubist narrative of lives, practices and the evaded.
(2003)This research presents an understanding of the world of successful teachers. In documenting their life histories, I composed a research text which explored the presences and absences, identities and differences, changes ... -
Life histories of people who stutter : on becoming someone.
(2003)This study explores participants' experiences of stuttering in their lifeworlds over time through the lens of self-identity formations. The critical questions raised are: How do participants form their self-identities ...