Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Education Studies) by Issue Date
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Pregnant at the wrong time : experiences of being a pregnant young woman while schooling : selected Lesotho cases.
(2005)This study is an exploration of participants' experiences of being pregnant as young women. The study attempts to respond to the following set of questions: What are the issues that surround young women's pregnancy in ... -
Principals as professional leaders : implications for management of rural secondary schools during transition.
(2005)This study is about documenting rural principals' stories, and voices regarding their experiences of education policy changes and how such changes are impacting on their day-to-day management lives. In capturing their ... -
Racism and the science classroom : towards a critical biology education.
(2005)This study explores how students experience oppression and subordination in and through biology education. The exploration is guided by the following questions: how is racism/discrimination played out in my biology ... -
Reconceptualising history teachers' identities within the context of changing curriculum.
(2005)Teachers are considered by most policymakers and school change experts to be the centerpiece of educational change. Therefore, it is not surprising that many current educational reform efforts in South Africa are directed ... -
Trials, tribulations and triumphs of transnational teachers : teacher migration between South Africa and United Kingdom.
(2005)The aim of this study was to analyse teacher migration between South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK). An understanding of teacher migration and migration patterns is of vital importance especially to SA. As a ... -
Negotiating roles and responsibilities in the context of decentralised school governance : case study of one cluster of schools in Zimbabwe.
(2006)On attaining independence in 1980, Zimbabwe invested heavily in its education system in order to redress the colonial inequalities and to 'grow it's own timber' in terms of the knowledge and skills desperately needed by ... -
Negotiated understandings of the academic literacy practices of tertiary educators.
(2006)This study explores the process that occurred between a group of language lecturers and disciplinary specialists at a tertiary institution in South Africa as they negotiated common understandings of an integrated approach ... -
Empowering secondary school learners to explore risk perceptions and the role of gender among young people in the context of HIV/AIDS.
(2006)The challenge that confronts South Africa 's emerging democracy is that an increasing percentage of its population is being infected with HIV/AIDS daily . The socio-political impact of the disease has resulted in the ... -
An ordinary teacher : an autoethnography.
(2006)In my search for work of and about autoethnography and teacher self-study, I realised the -
From our frames : exploring visual arts-based approaches for addressing HIV and AIDS with pre-service teachers.
(2006)This research is a qualitative study of a short project set up to explore the uses of a visual arts-based approach for addressing HIV and AIDS through teacher development. It was undertaken at the University of KwaZulu-Natal ... -
Gender-based violence and masculinity : a study of rural male youth.
(2006)Gender-based violence is a violation of human rights and includes acts that result in -
Violence in schools : a recipe for disaster.
(2006)A plenitude of media and research reports suggest that aggressive behaviour amongst the youth is becoming more confrontational, violent and common place. Factors spawning violence in schools are numerous and complex and ... -
The complexities of educational policy dissemination in the South African context : a case study of teachers' experiences of inclusive education policy in selected schools in greater Durban.
(2006)The study reported in this thesis is a qualitative case study of teachers' experiences of the dissemination of Education White Paper 6 on Special Needs Education – Building an Inclusive Education and Training System in two ... -
The physiotherapy undergraduate curriculum : a case for professional development.
(2006)This study focuses on physiotherapy professional development and professional education and the multitude of theoretical, practical and political forces that shape and influence physiotherapy education. It does so by ... -
Curriculum, context and identity : an investigation of the curriculum practices of grade 9 teachers in three contrasting socio-economic school contexts.
(2006)This study investigates variations in actual curricular practices across three diverse socio-economic status (SES) urban schools in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, at the end of the first decade of democracy. The aim of the ... -
Indigenous fruits from exotic roots? : revisiting the South African occupational therapy curriculum.
(2007)This thesis explores the origins of occupational therapy in South Africa and how its birth, at the end of the Second World War, in a post-colonial era, with an emerging apartheid government, gave rise to an epistemology ... -
Adolescent suicidal behaviour : a desperate cry for help.
(2007)There appears to be a need to demystify suicidal behaviour not just for the benefit of researchers and health workers but equally for parents, teachers and most importantly for adolescents themselves. The focus in this ... -
Perceptions and understandings about mental health problems of children and adolescents in Zambia : implications for innovative curriculum development for PHC practitioners.
(2007)An exploratory study covering phase 1 stages 1, 2 and 3 only was undertaken in this large hybrid research project to determine perceptions and understandings of the practitioners and the community about mental health ... -
Teacher desegregation in KwaZulu-Natal : a spatial analysis.
(2007)Given the historically repressive and racist legislation and practices of a white supremacist government, and notwithstanding the subsequent advent of a new democratic state, this thesis argues that the desegregation of ...