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Faculty of Education
The vision of the Faculty of Education is to be "acknowledged and respected unequivocally as a leading and engaged research-driven education faculty". In line with this, we pride ourselves on playing a leading role in education, both locally and globally. Central to our vision is a commitment to engage with educational challenges, particularly in South Africa.
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Educational and psychosocial experiences of women university students who became teenage mothers whilst at school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2023-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Namibian education policy, emphasising inclusion, has enabled teenage mothers to return to school after giving birth and to complete their schooling. Despite the inclusion policy, there seem to be few ... -
The value of literary theatre in the consciousness education of psychotherapy students
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2023)The capacity to comprehend experiences in a coherent way and attribute meaning to existence is unique to human beings. Through Dasein, being consciously concerned with the onto-phenomenological experience, thus interpreting ... -
Knowledge-building and knowers in educational practices
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2021)The South African education system continues to be confronted with calls for free decolonial quality education. Sparked by the #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall student protests in 2015 and 2016, students pushed for the ... -
Specific learning disabilities: Challenges for meaningful access and participation at higher education institutions
(University of Natal, 2021-08)The worldview on the rights of people with disabilities have changed in pursuit of social justice, resulting in an international increase of students with disabilities enrolling at Higher Education Institutions (HEI). This ... -
Public-private partnerships in South African education : risky business or good governance?
(Unisa Press, 2020-08-13)This article discusses the globalised phenomenon of public-private partnerships, which involve the private and public sector collaborating to provide infrastructure and service delivery to public institutions. Within the ... -
Moving beyond the tools : pre-service teachers' views on what they value in a digital literacy short course
(AOSIS, 2021-06)Background: A digital literacies short course, rooted in a pedagogical model of authentic learning and mapped against the TPACK model, was conceptualised and implemented to enhance the existing digital literacies and ... -
Visuele elemente in vertalende woordeboeke gerig op die grondslagfase teen die agtergrond van geletterdheidsontwikkeling
(Lexikos & Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT), 2022-12-07)Woordeboeke wat in 'n onderrig- en leersituasie gebruik word, het ongetwyfeld 'n opvoedkundige doel en funksie (as 'n leksikografiese funksie volgens die teorie van leksikografiese funksies verstaan word), byvoorbeeld die ... -
Decolonisation and anti-racism: Challenges and opportunities for (teacher) education
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022-11-03)In the past two decades, we have seen a renewed interest in decolonisation. A proliferation of literature produced on the topic, the establishment of journals on decolonisation, student protests such as the #RhodesMustFall ... -
Exploring high school teachers understanding and implementation of the SIAS policy in a mainstream school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the apartheid era, in South Africa, children with disabilities and those who were perceived as different, were excluded from formal education as they were seen as not being able to fully participate ... -
Investigating the views of mathematics senior primary school teachers on Continuous Professional Development: A case study of Kavango East Region, Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explored the views of ten primary school mathematics teachers on continuous professional development (CPD). CPD refers to the lifelong process that teachers engage in professionally and personally ... -
Democratic citizenship education in South African schools: Teachers' practices and perspectives
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the advent of democracy in South Africa, policy documents and curriculum guides have attempted to shape and provide a framework for democratic citizenship education in schools. Even with such policies ... -
'n Poging om die loopbaan vooruitsigte van leerders by ‘n VOO-Landelike skool te verbeter: ‘n Deelnemende aksienavorsingsbenadering
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The disposition within which rural schools function and the challenges it poses to rural learners have significant consequences for the prospects of rural learners (Nelson Mandela Foundation, 2005; Jansen, ... -
The effectiveness of BuddingQ as a literacy and motor development intervention for Grade R children in Makhanda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is a microcosm of South Africa, exhibiting inequality and low literacy rates similar to national statistics (Ashley-Cooper, van Niekerk & Atmore, 2019). The deficits of ... -
Managing family life and tertiary studies: exploring the educational experiences of Muslim, non-traditional women students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally there have been notable increases in the number of non-traditional mature married women students returning to higher education studies. This study explores the educational experiences of four ... -
The leadership practices of non-traditional school principals
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The issue that this study addresses is the silence in current scholarship dealing with nontraditional aspects of principal leadership. There seems to be a scarcity of empirical evidence which emphasises ... -
Teacher perspectives on the role of parental educational support of English second language learners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Within South African schools, most learners receive education in a second or third language. It has been observed that this has potentially dire outcomes for academic progress because of poor language ... -
Ouer-skool samewerking gedurende die Covid-19 pandemie: Ervarings van grondslagfase onderwysers in ' n voldiensskool
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study foregrounds the important role of home-school collaboration. Collaboration between the parental home and the school has been researced and debated for many years. However, the COVID-19 pandemic ... -
Evaluating the scholarship on inclusion as a value in Community Educational Psychology: A journal content analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The value of inclusion is core to both the fields of community psychology and inclusive education, as reflected in an emerging area known as community educational psychology. This study examined the trends ... -
‘Cultural capital in the wrong currency’: the reflective accounts of scholarship students attending elite secondary schools
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2021-07-21)This article investigates the awarding of scholarships to students from historically disadvantaged communities to attend elite schools in South Africa. Specifically, the article analyses the narrated accounts of a sample ... -
An exploration of automatic learner promotion at three schools in Namibia: Implications for quality education.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study aimed to explore the implications of the automatic learner promotion (ALP) policy on the quality of education at three primary schools in the Erongo region of Namibia. The study employed a ...
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