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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Educational support experiences of high school learners from single-parent families
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Adolescents have rich stories to tell of their experiences of educational support and the multitude of challenges they face. Regrettably, many of these adolescents have restricted platforms where they can ... -
Towards knower awareness in chemistry and chemistry education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this work I develop the concept of knower awareness and argue for its significance in both the practice of chemistry and in chemistry education. Knower awareness requires making the person who holds ... -
Ouers se belewing van hul kind met 'n ernstige spraakgestremdheid
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kommunikasie is vir die meeste kinders moeiteloos en doeltreffend, maar vir diegene met ʼn ernstige spraakgestremdheid is dit egter ʼn heel ander ondervinding. Alhoewel daar talle studies beskikbaar is ... -
Graad 5-leerders se ervaring van angs gedurende wiskunde-lesaanbieding
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van wiskunde as skoolvak is onder meer om die volgende vaardighede by kinders te ontwikkel: probleemoplossing, logiese denke, redenering, kommunikasie en kreatiwiteit. Hierdie vaardighede dra ... -
Exploring the identity formation experiences of a group of women who became mothers during adolescence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Early adolescent motherhood is an increasingly common phenomenon in South Africa, and worldwide. While teenage pregnancy is a well-researched occurrence, very few studies have collaborated with young mothers ... -
Factors which support school attendance in a low socio-economic peri-urban community in the Western Cape : perspectives of educators and community workers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: School attendance has the potential to provide a pathway out of poverty for learners who live in and attend primary schools in low socio-economic communities. However, learners’ trajectories in education ... -
Using participatory action research to strengthen the socio-emotional intelligence competencies of a group of foundation phase learners in an informal settlement
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the role socio-emotional intel-ligence plays in the psychosocial, behavioural, academic, and global well-being of chil-dren. While socio-emotional ... -
Exploring collaboration between psychologists and learning support teachers during the SIAS process
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Inclusive Education in South Africa and around the world aims to make learning accessible to all. A country’s policies and regulations attempt to provide for support and adaptation to ensure access to ... -
The roles and experiences of teaching assistants in resource classes in full-service schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The adoption of inclusive education policy in South Africa brought with it changes in how schools and learners would be categorised. The Education White Paper 6 policy document (DoE, 2001) stipulated the ... -
Digitale tegnologie in die bevordering van vaardigheidsontwikkeling vir leerders met erge intellektuele gestremdheid
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Digital technology has become an integral part of everyday life and is increasingly being used to enhance access to and quality of education. In South Africa, the Education White Paper 7 provided an impetus ... -
Narrating the stories of single mothers as adult learners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Single mother families are depicted in the literature as deviant, damaged, and dysfunctional family systems. As such, expectations exist that significant challenges may be faced when single mothers enrol ... -
iLizwe lam (my world) : Xhosa-speaking parents’ experiences of caring for a child with autism spectrum disorder
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Although there has been an increase in research on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) globally, especially in Western communities, there is little evidence of research exploring African communities; more ... -
How the acquisition of literacies shapes professional identity in human resources : an autoethnography
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : To be literate carries many meanings. For years I thought that being able to read, write and do simple mathematics made a person literate. However, and since coming onto this learning journey, I realised ... -
Exploring high school teachers’ experiences of teacher burnout
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South African teachers are becoming more susceptible to burnout development as a result of the multitude of challenges they face. Unfortunately, many South African teachers who are suffering from burnout ... -
Developing boredom as a pedagogical tool for fostering creativity in higher education: a pedagogical metaphor
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The vast body of knowledge on creativity and its development amongst higher education students underpins the critical role that creativity plays within the unpredictable and uncertain future of the 21st ...
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