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An investigation into the use of pages of Learn with Echo newspaper supplement as an educational/pedagogical tool in classrooms of adults in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.

dc.contributor.advisorThomson, Carol Irene.
dc.contributor.authorButhelezi, Zanele Gladness.
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-05T13:46:58Z
dc.date.available2010-11-05T13:46:58Z
dc.date.created2006
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the use of the Learn with Echo newspaper supplement as an educational/pedagogical tool in classrooms of adults in the Greater Pietermaritzburg area. The Learn with Echo newspaper supplement is supplied to many adult education centres in Pietermaritzburg and other areas once a week, but there is little empirical evidence of how it is used. Learn with Echo is a four page weekly adult literacy and basic education newspaper supplement. It is produced by the Centre of Adult Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. This newspaper supplement was founded partly as a response to one of the deeply rooted social problems that we have in South Africa, illiteracy. This problem is prevalent particularly among older persons who were marginalised from educational opportunities during the apartheid era. Current national statistics reveal that about half the country's adults have less than nine years of schooling, and three million no education at all (Baatjes et al, 2002). This study worked within a qualitative, as opposed to a quantitative research approach and used interviews and classroom observations as tools to elicit data. The variety of techniques used enhanced the validity, reliability and authenticity of this research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/1668
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTeaching--Aids and devices.en_US
dc.subjectAdult education--KwaZulu-Natal.en_US
dc.subjectTheses--Education.en_US
dc.titleAn investigation into the use of pages of Learn with Echo newspaper supplement as an educational/pedagogical tool in classrooms of adults in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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