Browsing Masters Degrees (Education Studies) by Title
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13-18 year old school girls’ account and their experience of gender violence in a township school in Umlazi.
(2016)This study is a qualitative study that draws on an interpretive approach. The gender relational theory was used as the theoretical lens with which to view how young girls’ gendered identities are socially constructed. ... -
Absenteeism among secondary school pupils.
(1995)The overall aim of this study was to ascertain the nature of the differences that exist, in selected aspects, between two groups of pupils, viz. regular attenders and persistent absentees. More specifically, the research ... -
Academic (institutional) support to first year students who have limited proficiency in English as language of learning and teaching at a South African university : lecturers' experiences.
(2014)This qualitative case study was carried out in the School of Education, Edgewood Campus, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. The study had two objectives: firstly, to understand lecturers’ experiences ... -
The academic challenges facing deaf students at Durban University of Technology.
(2011)This study will take the form of a case study of a group of Deaf Information Technology (IT) students and their Sign Language interpreters at Durban University of Technology (DUT). These students are enrolled under ... -
Access with success: a case of students with learning disabilities at a technical and vocational education and training college.
(2019)The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector in South Africa has been acknowledged for its capabilities necessary for skills development. However, its role in transferring these abilities to students ... -
ACE technology lecturers' and in-service teachers' understanding of the design process and its enactment in their pedagogical practice.
(2015)This thesis is an exploration of Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) Technology lecturers’ and in-service teachers’ understanding of the design process and how it influences their pedagogical practice. Creativity, ... -
Addressing educational and pastoral needs of vulnerable children in the eThekwini region : a case study of two drop-in sites.
(2007)This study presents the findings of a qualitative case study research to explore and -
Adolescent attitude to authority : a study done at Boys' Town, Tongaat.
(2003)The present study investigates the attitude of adolescents to authority. Thirty-eight adolescents from Boys' Town, Tongaat, participated in this study. The intention of the study was to investigate the attitude of the boys ... -
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 ... -
Adults in the mainstream : free primary education in the southern districts of Lesotho.
(2002)The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights has as one of its components and the world call to achieve education for all has led to a number of countries' introduction of Free Education. In Lesotho the call was heeded ... -
Affected by the loss of a classmate.
(2007)The HIV and AIDS pandemic that has struck worldwide has impacted not only on those whose lives it has taken but on the loved ones left behind to cope with the trauma, stigma and discrimination of the disease. HIV and AIDS ... -
African boys and gangs : construction of masculinities within gang cultures in a primary school in Inanda, Durban.
(2004)This thesis explores the ways in which a group of boys who belong to gangs enact their masculinity. The focus is on African boys' construction of their masculinities within gang cultures at a primary school in Inanda, ... -
The African perspective on anti-social behaviour: a case study of traditional healers' perception on ancestral calling.
(2016)The study seeks to explore the African perception towards anti-social behaviour through traditional healers as case study. The study focuses on African’s knowledge and understanding of anti-social behavior development. The ... -
African secondary school pupils' and their teachers' perceptions of their performance in selected schools.
(1999)The concept of racially-desegregated state schooling in South Africa was officially implemented in 1991. This change to racially-mixed schooling was not without problems. There are, to date, few known studies on this theme ... -
African teenage girls' understandings of sexual risk in the context of HIV and AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)This study investigated black African teenage girls’ understanding of sexual risk. The focus of the study was to understand the participants’ deeper meanings attached to what they regard as sexual risk. I was interested ... -
African urban high school girls' constructions of sexuality and sexual risk.
(2013)This study investigated how a group of African high school girls attending an urban high school construct their sexual identities and how their particular constructions are related to their engagement in risky sexual ... -
Afrikaner adolescents' perceptions of the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
(2008)This research was undertaken from an ecosystemic perspective, the aim of which was to explore and understand what perceptions Afrikaner adolescents have of the HIV & AIDS pandemic. The research was undertaken at an Afrikaans ... -
The agency of an independent primary school principal in the management of a media centre innovation.
(2007)The agency or personal involvement of the principal within a school is perceived as being of vital importance to the success of innovations. Leadership is necessary, not only to manage the escalating changes in academia, ...