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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college students’ experiences of the relationship between private off-campus residences and academic performance: a case of Majuba TVET College.
(2020)Capacitating and developing public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges has been a major focus of the South African Department of Higher Education and Training in recent years. The key purpose ... -
Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) industry stakeholders’ involvement in curriculum implementation In South Africa.
(2021)Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector continues to produce graduates, however, there seems to be a deficit in the number of students who get registered and complete their qualifications. This is an ... -
Primary school and the construction of transgender identities: views from learners.
(2019)This phenomenological qualitative study examines the learners’ understanding of transgender identities in a primary school. My study focuses on how 12 to15 year-old girls and boys make meaning of the term transgender and ... -
Male and female students’ understandings and experiences of gender-based violence on a university campus residence in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT Using qualitative research, this study explored the understandings, exposure to and experiences of gender-based violence of males and femalesat a University of KwaZulu-Natal campus residence. The study is ... -
Stakeholders’ lived experiences of the implementation of the external quality assurance system for higher education in Namibia.
(2021)Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are known as the custodians of the quality of Higher Education (HE), and to be primarily responsible for their Internal Quality Assurance (IQA). External Quality Assurance (EQA) is ... -
Teenage fathers: culture, sexuality and masculinity in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)This study examines teenagers’ experiences of fatherhood and how they understand their responsibilities and perform their roles as fathers. It is based on a qualitative study of 20 teenage fathers at two public high schools ... -
Investigation into drug dose practices and proportional reasoning in mathematics among medical students.
(2019)Multilingual preclinical South African medical students, receiving a developing quantitative literacy program, were studied. Their preparedness for drug dosage practices, aspects they found difficult, the underlying reasons, ... -
Gender regimes in the learning experiences of female engineering students: the case of a Mauritian higher education institution.
(2020)This study explores the influences of gender regimes in the learning experiences of female engineering students at a higher education institution in Mauritius. The feminist paradigm informs the problematisation and the ... -
Beyond schooling: primary school girls experiences of gender and sexual violence.
(2019)This ethnography explored primary school girls’ experiences of gender and sexual violence at Westhills Primary School. My key objectives were to understand the underlying factors that shaped my respondents’ experiences of ... -
Gender power and gender based violence: learners’ narratives of gender violence in an Umlazi high school in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)[ENGLISH ABSTRACT] This is a qualitative study that is located within the interpretivist paradigm. This study explores Goodness High School (pseudonym) learners‘ understandings of gender power and gender based violence ... -
Negotiating and regulating teenage sexuality in rural Zimbabwe: gender, culture and schooling.
(2019)In the context of HIV and AIDS, unwanted pregnancies and teenage girls’ vulnerability to gender inequalities and violence, there have been several efforts in Zimbabwe to address the triple scourge of disease, violence and ... -
Narratives of Black Vice Chancellors on becoming and being leaders of public universities in South Africa: contributory factors and challenges experienced.
(2020)South African universities have undergone significant transformation since the demise of apartheid and an important part of this transformation process is university leadership, both in who leads universities as well as ... -
Investigating technology integration in business education in Nigeria secondary schools: a critical analysis.
(2020)Secondary education is a vital part of a virtuous circle of economic growth within the context of a globalised knowledge economy. In Nigeria, the education that is offered at this level has different philosophies or what ... -
Inclusivity in the teaching profession: a case of male teacher representation in the foundation phase.
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An investigation of the effect of an intervention programme of selected comprehension skills on Standard 6 pupils in a Black high school.
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Teacher attitudes to behaviour problems in Indian ordinary and special schools.
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Educators enacting non-formal education policy: case of three schools in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe-an exploration.
(2019)The Zimbabwean school model for the enactment of teaching and learning of Non-Formal Education Policy (NFEP) programmes is a recent development. The policy mandated the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE), ... -
Children’s meanings of same-sex sexualities: a study of 8 and 9 year-old boys and girls in a primary school.
(2020)This study explores the meanings of same-sex sexualities among Grade 3 children aged eight and nine years old. This study took place at Moonlight Primary School (pseudonym) situated in Newlands West, north of Durban in ... -
Exploring the understandings and experiences of cyber violence amongst teenage girls.
(2020)The use of social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, is common amongst schoolgirls. While SNSs provide opportunities for sexual connection, desire, and pleasure, it is also a space within which teenagers construct ...
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