Browsing Masters Degrees (Education Studies) by Issue Date
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An investigation into the effects of coaching on non-verbal intelligence tests on European, Indian and African children.
(1958)No abstract available. -
An analysis of the home conditions in relationship to poor academic achievement of Indian students in a Natal high school.
(1960)Abstract not available. -
A history of Michaelhouse, 1896-1952.
(1968)The purpose of this thesis is straightforward: to survey the development of a 'private' school over a period of a little more than half a century. In the survey, I hoped to indicate the way in which the school developed ... -
'n Sosiaal-pedagogiese analise van die vryetydsbesteding van st. 8, 9 en leerlinge in Afrikaansmediumskole in Durban.
(1972)No abstract available. -
An investigation into the suitability of the National Bureau Group Test for five-and-six year-olds as an instrument for measuring school readiness among a group of Indian children in Durban.
(1972)This study was primarily intended to ascertain whether there was any test already in existence in South Africa which was entirely suitable as a test of school readiness for Indian children. If there were no such test, could ... -
A report on juvenile delinquency in the Northdale area of Pietermaritzburg.
(1975)Abstract not available. -
A critical and comparative study of the preparation of science teachers at institutions for the education of Indian teachers in Natal.
(1975)The Problem: The problem investigated is the preparation of science teachers at institutions for the education of Indians in Natal. In this study a brief comparison of the preparation of science teachers is also made with ... -
A study of some recent developments in primary education in England.
(1976)It has become a fairly common practice in Natal to borrow ideas from the English educational scene. No doubt this is to our advantage but perhaps not necessarily always so. It is possible that an idea is copied and pursued ... -
A comparative study on the impact of three academic development programmes at the University of Durban-Westville.
(1977)No abstract available. -
A study of failure in school with special reference to Indian secondary education in Natal.
(1978)This is a study of the incidence of failure in Indian secondary education in Natal, in which academic performance was considered against the background of a number of variables such as socio-economic factors, family ... -
An investigation into the social and cultural aspects of the home background of two contrasting social class groups of Indian primary school pupils in the Merebank area of Durban, and its implications for education.
(1979)Though the influence of social class and home background upon school achievement is a well established field of research in Britain and certain other oversea countries, research of this type is almost non-existent in South ... -
Language ability in children of high measured intelligence : an investigation of a small sample.
(1981)No abstract available. -
A critical summative evaluation of the language experience approach (Leap) as exemplified by breakthrough to literacy, as a method of teaching beginning reading in reception classes.
(1981)This investigation, into the efficacy of LEAP, as exemplified by Breakthrough to Literacy, as the main strand in a mixed method for the teaching of beginning reading, was motivated by the following considerations: 1. ... -
Islamic religious education in the Durban and surrounding areas 1860- 1979 : a historical-philosophical perspective.
(1981)Abstract not available. -
Problems for the teaching of English deriving from the home background of a group of South African Indian school pupils.
(1981)Abstract available in PDF. -
The development and evaluation of a motor activity programme for educable mentally retarded children.
(1982)Abstract not available. -
Conservation awareness amongst white adolescents in South Africa: a study of senior secondary pupils in Natal.
(1982)Abstract available PDF.