Masters Degrees (Educational Psychology)
Recent Submissions
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Perspectives on the roles and responsibilities of an inclusive education outreach team in one rural education district of the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Inclusive education around the world, considers both the rights of learners and how education systems can transform to respond to learner diversity in just and humane ways. In this regard, White Paper ...
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Teachers’ experiences of the social competencies of a primary school learner with autism spectrum disorder
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ experiences of the social competencies of a primary school learner with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The teachers of the learner willingly participated ...
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TVET College students’ participation on Facebook and their identity construction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Technology is a very important part of our daily lives. We cannot leave the house with some sort of smart device including a cell phone, tablet or laptop. Young people that are in the age cohort of ...
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Teachers’ perceptions regarding the role of district-based support teams as well as inclusive education teams in establishing inclusive schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : According to the UNESCO document of 1994, the fundamental principle of the inclusive school is that all children should learn together, wherever possible regardless of any difficulties or differences ...
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Adolescents’ experiences of drumming as an activity to support their learning
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In young people who struggle with stress-related experiences that accompany academic evaluations and performance, reproducing music, for instance through drumming, can play a role in experiences of ...
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Maternal fetal attachment during teenage pregnancy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The significant attachment relationship between a mother and her child has been found already beginning to develop during pregnancy and is known as Maternal Fetal Attachment (MFA). This exclusive and ...
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The educational and psychosocial experiences of first generation students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The experiences of first generation students or non-traditional university students are well researched internationally. However, little specific research on this group of students is conducted in South ...
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Exploring Grade 10 learners' mathematics test anxiety
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Education, both in South Africa and internationally, experiences various challenges with regards to the need for improved teaching and learning. South African education is battling a crisis in mathematics ...
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Nasionale Sertifikaat (Beroepsgerig)-studente se verwagtinge van akademiese ondersteuning
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tegniese en Beroepsgerigte Onderwys en Opleiding (TBOO)-kolleges word gerig deur beleid om akademiese ondersteuning aan alle studente, insluitende Nasionale Sertifikaat Beroepsgerig (NSB)-studente, ...
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Secondary school teachers’ experiences of learning support
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Secondary school teachers are faced daily with many challenges when supporting learners with diverse needs. These challenges can influence their ability to perform their role of supporting such learners ...
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Learning facilitators’ perspectives of supporting learners with disabilities in mainstream classrooms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Learning facilitation is a growing phenomenon in mainstream schools in South Africa, as learning facilitators are increasingly being employed by parents as a conduit in providing individual support for ...
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Learner perceptions of the motivating role of learning technology in education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Twenty-first century youth have been privy to regular exposure to digital technology, both in their schools and in the home, which has resulted in a change of both lifestyle and educational practice from ...
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Parental involvement in their children's schooling following the transition from primary to high school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Parental involvement in a child’s life forms a significant part of parenting, regardless of a parent and child’s background or context. The complexity of the concept is evident considering the diverse ...
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School principals' family stress and their human relations at school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of family-work spill over has led to an increased interest in organizations developing family friendly strategies and policies to accommodate their employees. There has been a marked increase ...
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Life orientation teachers' experience of context in the implementation of the curriculum
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994, and the dissolution of the apartheid era, South African curricula have seen many revisions and adaptations to subject statements, learning programmes, and assessment guidelines. The most recent ...
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Teachers mediation of metacognition during mathematical problem solving
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recent national and international assessments single problem solving out as an important but problematic factor in the current mathematical capacities of South African learners. It is evident that the ...
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Understanding the experiences of adolescent girls with ADHD : a case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders diagnosed amongst children. Research regarding the experiences of adolescent girls with ADHD is sparse. The symptoms of ...
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Die ervarings van pleegouers met kinders met fetale alkohol spektrum-versteuring
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was undertaken to explore the challenges that foster parents experience when a child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is placed in their care. Given the intensive care and various ...
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Student support officers' perceptions of student support provision in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges (Formerly Further Education and Training [FET] Colleges) in South Africa have undergone many changes since 1994. The sector has been reformed ...
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The nature of teacher-learner classroom interaction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Teacher-learner classroom interactions are beautiful yet intricate. This phenomenon forms part of the lifespan of most individuals and occurs every day in classrooms worldwide. As a beginner teacher I ...
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An exploration of male identity construction amongst primary school boys
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The social construction of masculinity is a complex process, one which cannot be divorced from the immediate environment and culture of boys. The aim of this study was to understand the construction of ...
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The experiences of adolescents in residential care participating in equine assisted learning
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: High-risk behaviour among adolescents places heavy burdens on the public health, social welfare and criminal justice systems of many countries. Today, Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) is increasingly used ...
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Enhancing reading comprehension through metacognitive instruction for English Second Language (ESL) learners in the FET Band
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was designed to investigate whether metacognitive instruction could be used to improve the reading comprehension of isiXhosa-speaking English Second Language (ESL) learners in the FET phase. ...
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Teachers’ experiences and practices of support for school-going teenage mothers in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The exclusion of girls who fall pregnant while attending school has long been a contentious issue in the literature as it normally ends their schooling. Namibian school-going girls who become pregnant ...
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Onderwyserleer vir die effektiewe implementering van gedifferensieerde onderrig in die grondslagfase
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Learners enter the classroom with different academic abilities, learning profiles and interests. Inclusive education is therefore seen as a possible answer to accommodate individual diversity in the ...
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Exploring fatalism in adolescents
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This qualitative study used an interpretive paradigm within a theoretical framework of social cognitive theory to explore fatalism within the context of the lived experiences of adolescents. A tentative ...
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Exploring differentiated teaching in a Grade 4 classroom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Societies are becoming more diverse and multicultural. Therefore both in South Africa and internationally, the education system must constantly be restructured to accommodate a diversity of learners; ...
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Parents' perspectives of their children's transition from a mainstream to s special school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Education White Paper 6, implemented in 2001, completed a significant period of policy development and change after the end of Apartheid in South Africa. The change in South African educational policy and ...
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Somali parents’ educational support of their primary school children
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Parental involvement is a term that is associated with parental participation in schools and parents’ support of their children’s education. It is subjective in nature and often difficult to evaluate. In ...
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Teachers' perceptions of quality education in a low-income primary school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) put many interventions in place to provide quality education to all schools, but barriers still remained in low-income communities. Most barriers developed due ...
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