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Theatre roots, learning routes: educating through formal theatre productions in higher education – a self-study.
(2021)My study grew out of a desire to root my research in my creative practice as both drama lecturer and director of formal theatre productions in higher learning institutions. From my own lived experience, I knew that ... -
Grade 11 learners’ engagement with representations of violence in Athol Fugard’s novel, Tsotsi.
(2021)Literature such as Tsotsi has been introduced in public schools in South Africa, with the intention to provide learners with literature with which they are able to relate. However, few studies have been conducted to ... -
An exploration of my teaching practices when teaching writing to high school learners: a novice teachers’ self-study.
(2021)The purpose of this study was to explore my experiences of teaching and learning of writing, as a novice teacher. My research questions were: What are my learning experiences of writing? What are my teaching experiences ... -
siSwati language as a subject in senior secondary schools in Eswatini: learners’ experiences in two selected schools in the Lubombo region.
(2021)The study explored the experiences of learners on learning siSwati language as a subject in senior secondary schools in the Lubombo region of Eswatini. It was based on the notion that for many years in the education ... -
Inzukaziyeki yokufunda nokufundiswa kwesizulu ulimi lwesibili emabangeni akhaphezayo (4-6) ezikoleni ezisesiyingini saseMlazi, KwaZulu-Natali.
(2020)Ukufunda nokufundisa ulimi lwesiZulu ezikoleni zaseNingizimu Afrika kusabukeka kunezingqinamba eziningi ezidalwa ukuthi siwulimi olwalucindezelwe ngesikhathi sobandlululo. Ukuhlelwa koHlelo lwezifundo nakho kubukeka ... -
Ukufundiswa kohlelo lolimi kubafundi bebangale 10 abenza isiZulu ulimi lokuqala lokwengeza ezikoleni ezintathu zase-Richards Bay.
(2021)Lolu cwaningo lugxile ekubhekeni ukufundiswa kohlelo lolimi kubafundi bebanga le-10 abenza isiZulu uLimi Lokuqala Lokwengeza ezikoleni ezintathu zase-Richards Bay. Lolu cwaningo lwesimo olusebenzise ipharadymu yomhumusho, ... -
Language policy and practice at a secondary school in Manzini: the case of teaching and learning in Form 4.
(2020)The thesis explored language policy and practice at a secondary school in the Manzini region of eSwatini. Studies have shown that language policy is a key determining factor for learner-academic performance, yet no study ... -
Using J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace to teach and learn about gender and racial violence in a South African language classroom.
(2020)South Africa has taken strides towards a democratic education system, however, gender and racial violence attributed to past inequalities and racial segregation persists in schools. The education system has seemingly ... -
Exploring strategies of teaching poetry to English Second Language (ESL) learners in grade 12.
(2020)This study is an exploration of strategies that are of utility to ESL teachers to teach poetry in a South African context. It advocates a learner-centered approach to teaching and learning and closely aligns with the ... -
Teachers’ experiences of teaching poetry to English second language learners: a case study of four high school teachers in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)The teaching of poetry has evolved over the years in classrooms focusing on First Language speakers of English and in classrooms in which English is learnt as a Second Language (ESL). Teachers working in ESL classrooms ... -
An investigation into postgraduate students’ experiences of academic writing: a case study of a university in Nigeria.
(2020)The process of producing academic text, especially at the postgraduate level is challenging for non-native speakers of the English Language. Although there is a robust body of literature globally which has sought to ... -
Afstands-indiensopleidingsprogramme vir letterkundeonderrig in die Afrikaans t2 konteks:probleme en voorstelle.
(1997)In hierdie artikel ondersoek ek in die eerste instansie die eienskappe van goeie afstands-indiensopleidingsprogramme. Daarna word die situasie, soos van toepassing op Afrikaans T2 letterkundeonderrig by die Umlazi Kollege ... -
Degrees of transgression: the writing of South African Black Women Writers Miriam Tlali, Ellen Kuzwayo, Sindiwe Magona and Zoe Wicomb.
(1996)This thesis examines the English autobiographical and fictional writing of four black South African women writers: Miriam Tlali, Ellen Kuzwayo, Sindiwe Magona and Zoe Wicomb. The introductory chapter provides a theoretical ... -
Literacy practices of english second language first year students at a university of technology.
(2018)This dissertation reports on a study involving English Second Language first year students at a University of Technology. In this study, I argue that English Second Language first year students’ early literacy practices ... -
Exploring applicability of theatre of the oppressed (TO) techniques in Fees Must Fall campaign at a University of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
(2018)This masters thesis presents results of a research on the applicability of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed techniques on the FeesMustFall movement in South Africa aimed at achieving fees free higher education. The ... -
Lecturers’ experiences of the implementation of an English medium of instruction in a teachers’ college in Zimbabwe.
(2018)The wave of internationalisation of higher education has rocked many nations in the world, such that most have adopted English as the language of communication. English is spreading rapidly as medium of instruction (EMI), ... -
Motivering by die leer van Afrikaans as tweedetaal (t2) en die bereidwilligheid om Afrikaans te praat : ’n gevallestudie by die skool vir opvoedkunde, Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Hierdie kwalitatiewe kritiese gevallestudie ondersoek en lewer verslag oor Afrikaans-tweedetaalonderwysstudente, wat ingeskryf het vir die module Afrikaans Kommunikasie 110 by die Skool vir Opvoedkunde aan die Universiteit ... -
Exploring literacy practices : a case study of a peri-urban primary school in the Pinetown District ; KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)This research project specifically focused on understanding the literacy practices of three grade three educators in a peri-urban school, who are entrusted with the task of promoting and mediating literacy acquisition and ... -
Gender attitudes towards feminist literature : lecturers' and students' engagement with feminist literary texts at a university in Zimbabwe.
(2016)The study reports on a qualitative study of the views of university lecturers and students on the feminist literary texts they engaged with at a selected university in Zimbabwe. Through the lenses of the feminist and ... -
Text to context: an interpretation of suicide in selected plays of Soyinka, Rotimi and Ogunyemi.
(2017)The study engages in a critical interpretation of the phenomenon of suicide and how it is represented in selected plays of three Nigerian authors. The purpose is to understand the discursive nature of suicide in Nigerian ...