Masters Degrees (Educational Psychology)

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Masters Degrees (Educational Psychology)

 

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  • The experiences of adolescents in residential care participating in equine assisted learning 
    Fischer, Louise (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 ...
  • Enhancing reading comprehension through metacognitive instruction for English Second Language (ESL) learners in the FET Band 
    Cockcroft, Rosanne (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. ...
  • Teachers’ experiences and practices of support for school-going teenage mothers in Namibia 
    Haufiku, Anneli Ndapandula (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 ...
  • Onderwyserleer vir die effektiewe implementering van gedifferensieerde onderrig in die grondslagfase 
    Burger, Corlia (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 ...
  • Exploring fatalism in adolescents 
    Brink, Marthinus Ryk (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 ...
  • Exploring differentiated teaching in a Grade 4 classroom 
    Hamman, Liezel Dina (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; ...
  • Parents' perspectives of their children's transition from a mainstream to s special school 
    Hyman, Claire Louise (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 ...
  • Somali parents’ educational support of their primary school children 
    Peters, Lamees (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 ...
  • Teachers' perceptions of quality education in a low-income primary school 
    Smit, Carien (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 ...
  • Exploring the value of a Facebook support group for parents of children with autism 
    Gerber, Karin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The worldwide increase in the diagnosis of autism, the immense pressure parents experience in raising a child with autism, as well as the accessibility of internet-based support, provided a unique opportunity ...
  • Ouers se belewing van hul kind met dispraksie 
    Rust, Elmari (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Even though dyspraxia is a fairly new and unknown disorder, especially in South Africa, a fair amount of research has been conducted on what this condition entails, its causes and symptoms, as well as the ...
  • Exploring identity formation in adolescents who attended a school of skills 
    Jacobs, Carmelita (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Identity formation is a multifaceted process that has implications for how one feels about oneself and the decisions one makes about one's future. Developmental theorists have therefore become increasingly ...
  • Veerkragtigheidsmeganismes wat onderwys ondersteun 
    Afrika, Bernitto Timothy Afrika (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Education supporting factors is of great importance for children who are growing up in very challenging circumstances. The challenge of poverty affects people differently and people also react differently ...
  • The lived experiences and support needs of a mainstream high school learner with a speech-flow difficulty 
    Phillips, Janet Moira (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to better understand the lived experiences of a learner in a mainstream high school, who is experiencing a speech-flow difficulty, in order to gain insight into how best to support ...
  • Exploring equine assisted psychotherapy for adolescents in residential care 
    Hurwitz, Jaqueline (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The background experiences of adolescents removed from their families and placed in residential care are often characterised by trauma, abuse and neglect, resulting in significant psychological and ...
  • The lived experiences of Grade 11 learners considered academically gifted 
    Rabie, Erika Henrihet (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gifted children represent an important component of a nation's intellectual capital, with the resources to find innovative solutions to scientific and social challenges. Since the advent of democracy in ...
  • Teachers' readiness to support children with Asperger's syndrome within mainstream schools 
    Spies, Hannalie Lehome (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In White Paper 6 (Special Needs Education: Building an Inclusive Education and Training System), a framework was provided to establish an inclusive education and training system in South Africa. This ...
  • Primary school boys' narratives about masculinity 
    McDonald, Anne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The issue of masculinity is complex, and many theories on how gender is constructed exist. The central premise of this study is that gender construction is the result of dynamic social interaction and, ...
  • Every scar tells a story : the meaning of adolescent self-injury 
    Ridgway, Melissa Joy (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years there has been an expanse in the literature that is drawing attention to selfinjury and research studies indicate that self-injurious behaviour is prevalent in the age group of thirteen ...
  • Die beleweniswereld van transgender adolessente 
    Saunders, Inez (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A literature search done by the researcher has noted that there is little information available regarding transadolescents’ experience within the South African context. In a society that only acknowledges ...

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