Doctoral Degrees (Education Studies)
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Out-of-school children: life experiences of Mauritian learners.
(2019)This study explores the early formal schooling experiences of out-of-school children (OOSC) who have completed their Certificate of Primary Education and who for multiple reasons do not transit to secondary education within ... -
Exploring collaborative learning: a university educator’s self-study.
(2020)I am a university educator involved in preservice teacher education. This thesis presents the self-study project that I conducted to explore my personal and professional history of collaborative learning and my understanding ... -
University lecturers’ perspectives of Moodle usage in teaching postgraduate modules: a case study of the School of Education.
(2020)Innovation in our educational system is driving our education towards new directions and new heights. Students of the 21st century generation owing to current advances, learn best with technology. This may be one of the ... -
Exploring the relationship between internship and employability.
(2020)This study aims to shed light on the current debate regarding the role of internships in higher education in graduates’ employability. Facing unparalleled challenges to deal with the problem of graduate unemployment, Higher ... -
A psychosocial support framework for sustainable learning at a public TVET College.
(2020)The aim of this study was to explore a psychosocial support for sustainable learning at a public TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) college. In order for the aim of this study to be achieved, the following ... -
An asset-based approach to mitigating learner multiple vulnerabilities in Zimbabwean rural learning ecologies.
(2020)The escalating number of learners facing multiple vulnerabilities globally has resulted in the holistic caring for such learners becoming one of the major challenges faced by societies today. Currently, in Zimbabwe, the ... -
Exploring lecturers’ understanding of Turnitin utilisation in assessing mathematics at a South African university.
(2020)This study explores lecturers’ understanding of Turnitin utilisation in assessing mathematics at a South African university. The qualitative study is also aimed at exploring what, how and why lecturers understand Turnitin ... -
Exploring ethical leadership in schools: a case of four rural schools in the Zululand district, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Given the prominent ethical crises and scandals that have rocked basic education in South Africa recently (such as the selling of teaching and management posts, intimate relationships among staff members and learners, ... -
A community cultural wealth approach for enhancing positive discipline in Eswatini schools.
(2020)This study aims to propose a Community Cultural Wealth approach for enhancing positive discipline in Eswatini schools. The research analysed current situations, need, circumstances and impediments in the enhancement of ... -
Teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical approaches to sexuality education in HIV and AIDS contexts of selected high schools and their indigenous communities in the Manzini region of Eswatini.
(2019)With HIV and AIDS decimating some global populations, life skills and sexuality education has assumed an important function in the school curriculum. Eswatini is concerned about adolescents’ attitude towards making right ... -
An exploration of postgraduate lecturers’ reflections on the use of Moodle in teaching business studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2020)This dissertation presents a qualitative action research study of four lecturers reflecting on their teaching of Business Studies modules using the Moodle learning management system at a university of KwaZulu-Natal. This ... -
The dynamics of cyberbullying in girls' and boys' schools: multiple case studies of secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)Cyberbullying in schools is an emerging phenomenon not yet well understood. Research shows that cyberbullying may cause psychological, emotional and social damage to victims. As cyberbullying increases in its prevalence, ... -
An enabling learning environment for international students in the context of HIV and AIDS.
(2019)Ideally, providing an enabling learning environment for international students in the context of HIV and AIDS is seen as significant due to their increasing numbers in South African universities. This is because an enabling ... -
Promoting reading literacy for sustainable learning through supportive home environments.
(2019)The study aims at exploring strategies to promote reading literacy for sustainable learning through supportive home environments. In order to achieve this, the following objectives have been identified to guide the study: • ... -
School identity and learner performance: a school leadership perspective on their relationships.
(2019)School identity construction and learner performance continue to be of great concern in the South African education system. As the head of school management, the principal’s leadership influences the identity of the school ... -
Content and ideology in literature modules taught in a Cameroonian university.
(2015)Abstract available in pdf. -
Implications of student activism on university governance: a multi-case study in South Africa.
(2020)No abstract available. -
“I owe my recovery to the group”: how addicts learn to recover: a case study of an addiction aftercare group.
(2019)This study explores how addicts learned to recover in an addiction aftercare group by identifying the pedagogic and group mechanisms of recovery, and revealing the knowledge and competencies that assisted participants. ... -
Exploring teachers’ instructional practices in literacy in English in Grade One: a case study of two urban primary schools in the Shiselweni Region of Swaziland.
(2018)Exploring teachers’ instructional practices in literacy in English in Grade One: a case study of two urban primary schools in the Shiselweni Region of Swaziland This research study sought to explore teachers’ instructional ...
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