Masters Degrees (Education Studies)
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Novice teachers' stories of lived educational experiences: negotiating dilemmas in classroom practice during covid-19.
(2022)This study on “Novice Teachers’ stories of lived educational experiences: Negotiating the dilemmas of classroom practice during a pandemic” explores the everyday lives of three South African novice teachers teaching in ... -
Understanding the principals’ leadership role in promoting teaching and learning in the 21st century.
(2022)The study reported in this document was conducted as a research project towards a Masters’ degree (MEd). The study focused on exploring the principals’ leadership role in promoting teaching and learning in the 21st century ... -
Exploring the experiences and challenges of adult learners employed as Correctional Officials in the context of COVID-19.
(2023)According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), “most governments around the world temporarily closed education and training institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic” (ILO, 2020, ... -
Teachers’ perceptions of effective teaching and learning in poor primary schools in the uMgungundlovu district.
(2023)All South African children have a right to access teaching and learning with equal educational opportunities and adequate teaching and learning resources. As much as all children have this right, a number of rural schools ... -
The learning involved in the path of becoming a traditional healer in an African context.
(2023)Traditional healing practices are generally utilised by black South Africans from different socio-economic backgrounds. These practices are highly valued by most, while disapproved by others. Scholars have drowned in various ... -
Learning to care: nurses’ experiences of learning in a quality improvement intervention in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2023)This study examined nurses' experiences of a quality improvement (QI) intervention to increase the identification and treatment of children and adolescents with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Despite the high prevalence ... -
Reading habits of successful readers in deprived contexts.
(2022)This qualitative research is based on the reading habits of successful readers in deprived contexts positioned within the interpretivist paradigm. Five Grade 4 learners were purposively selected to explore and understand ... -
Teachers’ understandings and experiences of the Integrated Quality Management System in a primary school in KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2020)Various studies on professional development have examined related purposes of Integrated Quality Management Systems (IQMS) to assess strength and areas for development as well as to provide support and opportunities for ... -
Narratives of English home language teachers’ personal and professional identities at two secondary schools in the Wembezi Circuit of the Uthukela District.
(2022)English Home Language is a medium of instruction in schools. The manner in which learners adapt to the subject is dependent on English teachers. This study explored the personal and professional identities of teachers of ... -
An exploration of the role of professional supportive conversations as a strategy to enhance school management team’s capacity to manage the curriculum.
(2022)The introduction of Outcomes-Based Education and the implementation of C2005 post-1994 put a strong emphasis on effective curriculum management. The implementation of C2005 resulted in a number of challenges in the education ... -
Drawing to learn as an alternative teaching strategy to enhance interpretation and understanding of electrical drawings.
(2021)Industry requires electrical artisans to be competent in designing, reading and interpreting schematics. However, curriculum guidelines at Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges do not provide this aspect of ... -
For the love of teaching!: narratives of teacher identity and teacher emotion of learning support teachers.
(2021)There is a growing need to develop teachers in the field of inclusive education. This thesis presents an exploration and understanding of the stories and lived experiences of learning support teachers. Given that this ... -
A mixed method study exploring induction experiences of novice teachers.
(2022)The development and support provided to novice teachers is of paramount importance for the provision and maintenance of quality education and bringing about educational reform. Therefore, the training of new teachers ... -
Teachers’ competencies in the development of economic and management sciences formal assessment tasks.
(2022)The main purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine competencies of Grade 7 Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) teachers in designing formal assessment tasks in the Umzinyathi District. The study was conducted ... -
Exploring Business Studies student teachers’ experiences on the integration of educational technological resources at uMgungundlovu District.
(2021)Student teachers’ have been raved to move from traditional to online pedagogy to tie with the demands of the fourth (4th) industrial revolution. Hence, schools makes provision of educational technological resources which ... -
Teachers’ visualisation of the mathematics curriculum.
(2022)This study explores how teachers in a suburb of Durban visualise the Mathematics curriculum. The inquiry is predicated on the assumption that teachers’ visualisations make visible their foci on aspects of the Mathematics ... -
Lecturers’ experiences in a TVET faculty: culture and the effects on their wellbeing.
(2019)The purpose of the study was to understand the experiences TVET college lecturers had of their faculty culture and what affect, if any, these experiences had on their wellbeing. This was a qualitative study and focused on ... -
Adult learning in a Bible study group: an Apostolic Faith Mission case study in the Bulwer rural area.
(2022)The way in which adults learn the Bible depends on the approach that the church uses when it comes to Bible teachings. This study explored what keeps adults coming to Bible study group meetings, and what and how they learn ... -
An investigation of teachers’ experiences of teaching learners with learning disabilities in a rural primary mainstream school in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2022)The importance of education as a fundamental human right was first declared by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 (United Nations, 1948). To this end, this study sought to explore the experiences of teachers ... -
Exploring teacher learning through the use of PILO toolkits in Grade 8 and 9 mathematics classrooms in the Pinetown district.
(2022)Curriculum coverage in mathematics has been an ongoing concern in South African schools. The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Education in partnership with National Education Collaborative Trust (NECT) initiated the ...