Doctoral Degrees (Curriculum Studies)
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A workload model for nurse educators in private higher education: options for improved productivity and job satisfaction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Nursing education in South Africa is continuously being influenced by significant changes in all spheres of higher education. There is little doubt that most of these changes have a major impact on the ... -
Re-exploring the anaesthetic and recovery room component of the Diploma in Operating Department Assistance curriculum at a private higher education institution in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The provision of high quality education and training is paramount in healthcare contexts to ensure graduates are trained according to the needs of stakeholders and are competent to enter the 21st century ... -
A workplace literacy perspective on unlocking employability of Technical and Vocational Education and Training College graduates
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)The inability of young graduates emerging from education and training institutions, including technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, to find employment or socially useful work, constitutes ... -
The professional development of natural sciences teachers: Possibilities of a community of practice
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Continuing professional teacher development (CPTD) that is effectively undertaken presents a significant opportunity to reform education in South Africa. However, CPTD is currently trapped in traditional ... -
The effects of high-stakes assessments on mathematics instructional practices of selected teachers in Nigerian senior secondary schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study investigated the effects of high-stakes assessments on mathematics teachers’ instructional, preparatory and assessment practices at senior secondary school level in Kaduna State, Nigeria. ... -
The concurrent development of mathematical modelling and engineering technician competencies of first-year engineering technician students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Mathematics contributes significantly towards engineering education, denoting the prominance of possessing mathematical competence. Motivation for the study originated from observing students’ modest ... -
A framework for enhancing the design skill sets of foundation programme landscape architecture students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Every person has the potential to be creative, but this often only happens if the conditions for developing creativity are favourable. Hence, it can be argued that educators are responsible for creating ... -
The effects of student identities on English as a foreign language learning motivation in a Saudi university context.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Motivation has been identified as one of the most important factors in the language learning achievement of English foreign or second language students. Moreover, identity is regarded as one of the most ... -
A phenomenological investigation into the lived experience of selected accounting teachers in the Western Cape Province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study investigates the lived experiences of selected Further Education and Training Accounting teachers residing in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The main research question is: What are ... -
A reflective account of facilitator practice improvement in a leadership development programme in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to facilitate transformative learning, essential to address the need for leadership capacity building in the South African Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ... -
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in South Africa: a framework for leading curriculum change
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die herstrukturering van die kollege-kurrikulum, wat die kern van Suid-Afrika se beroepsonderwys- en opleidingstelsel uitmaak, blyk noodsaaklik te wees ten einde die standaard van Tegniese en ... -
Multiple levels and aspects of language competency in English and Intermediate Phase mathematics teachers: An analysis of case of the Eastern Cape Province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The South African Language in Education Policy (LiEP) stipulates the use of English or Afrikaans as a language of instruction in the upper primary school, after mother-tongue instruction in the lower ... -
Die uitbeelding van omgewingskwessies in geselekteerde tekste uit die Afrikaanse kinder- en jeugliteratuur : 'n ekokritiese perspektief
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis is about the portrayal of environmental issues in Afrikaans children’s and youth literature and of the potential of these types of texts regarding environmental education. The study responds ... -
A study of the development of mathematical knowledge in a geogebra-focused learning environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study was about a GeoGebra-focused learning environment in which students could develop mathematical knowledge. It was done during an intervention with a convenient sample of 48 Science and Mathematics ... -
The introduction of online mathematics assessment as an alternate assessment to facilitate mathematics learning of senior phase deaf and hard of hearing learners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The difficulties Deaf and H/H learners experience during paper and pencil mathematics assessments as a result of reading, interpretation and language obstacles result in their poor performance in school ... -
Teaching literature in to English second language learners in Botswana primary schools: exploring in-service education and training teachers’ classroom practices
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Primary school level is where the love for reading and understanding of literature starts, and for the teachers to succeed in the teaching of reading and literature they need to display certain habits ... -
Variables associated with student learning resource preferences in the learning management system at a Faculty of Military Science
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The study was undertaken to determine variables associated with students’ learning resource preferences in the Learning Management System (LMS) of the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University. ... -
Using design-based research to analyse the development of an inquiry-based approach for teaching direct current electricity to pre-service teachers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study uses a design-based research (DBR) approach to develop pre-service science teachers’ (PSSTs) conceptual understanding in the domain of direct current electricity. A preliminary study was ... -
Perceptions of pre-service teachers in foundation phase mathematics about their professional development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study investigated 3rd-year pre-service teachers’ (PSTs) professional development (PD) in Foundation Phase Mathematics., The study specifically elicited the PSTs’ perceived improvement in their ... -
A learning design framework for active learning using audience response systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The aim of the study was to analyse the use of audience response activities as part of active learning at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and to map out strategies to explore the most effective ...
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