Masters Degrees (Education Policy Studies)

Die pedagogiese benadering van opvoeders met betrekking tot leerders se leer in 'n landelike skool in die Oos-Kaap

Wolff, Helena (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die fokus van hierdie studie is op die pedagogiese benadering van opvoeders met betrekking tot leerders se leer. Die studie vind plaas in ’n skool genaamd Zithulele Independent School. Dit is geleë ...

Governance and language policy in three schools in the Western Cape : opportunity for deliberative democracy?

Retief, Rikus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Accompanying the introduction of a new outcomes-based curriculum, were significant shifts towards decentralised school-based management, which are seen as critical to the democratisation of schools. At ...

Values transformation : analysis of policies and culture at a selected school

Jacobs, Vanessa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis explores values transformation, specifically focusing on the values of non-racialism and equality, as originally expounded upon within the Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy (DoE, ...

Learners experiences of the role of academic underachievement on the journey to identity development

Mavundla, Slindile Sbakhile Penelope (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Research has shown that humanity undergoes different stages of development, and identity development in adolescence is one of these stages. In order to attain identity, this requires adolescents to ...

Contemplative education as a response to the contradictions between neoliberalism and social justice in the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)

Bekker, Petrus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : South African educational policy after 1994, and in particular, the current Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), express a very ambitious and wide range of aims and goals, with some relating ...

An analysis of democratic citizenship education in namibian primary education : implications for teaching and learning

Akumbi, Saara Taleni (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Namibian education system has not made significant efforts to promote democratic citizenship ducation (DCE) in the country, due to unequal opportunities towards quality education. Therefore, this study ...

A hermeneutic inquiry of high school principals’ roles as instructional leaders

Spengane, Vuyokazi Gladness (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The prevailing poor academic performance in South African high schools, particularly in grade 12, appeals for a persistent examination of high school principals’ roles as instructional leaders. Mathematics ...

The educational achievement routes of first generation students in a rural town

Januarie, Venita (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis explores the unique educational achievement routes of selected ruralorigin first generation students (FGSs) in South Africa. The study aimed to understand the family-, social-, community-, ...

Die impak van die ‘institusionele habitus’ van ’n werkersklasskool op die opvoedkundige wording van hul studente in ’n plattelandse dorp

Heynes, Kim (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study focuses on the impact of the institutional habitus of a working-class school in a rural town on the educational achievement of its students. The history of a country such as South Africa ...

’n Ondersoek na die gereedheid van onderwysers vir die demokratiese aard van onderwys in die Wes-Kaap, Suid-Afrika

Smuts, Hortense (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : South Africa became a democracy in 1994, but without democrats, a democracy will be null and void. In order to become a country with proficient democrats, we need to understand what it means to be ...

On the educational potential of happiness: an analysis of its implications for some rural farm schools in the West Coast education district

Truter, Anlerie Marlese (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study explored the structural and conceptual notions underlying happiness and its concomitant link to education, in particular at rural farm schools in the West Coast District. The premise of my ...

Departementshoofde in Wes-Kaapse skole: Die vestiging van rolle en verantwoordelikhede wat betref onderrig, leer, bestuur en leierskap

Geland, Jon (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In this thesis I want to establish how head of departments define their role and responsibilities with regards to teaching, learning, management and leadership.The reader will also get some insight ...

A philosophical analysis of continuing professional development of teachers in Namibian schools

Nakambale, Evelina Nailoke (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study is fundamentally ontologically, epistemologically, and methodologically a philosophical research. It is grounded in the philosophy of education perspective, because it is aimed at the analysis ...

The role of CAPS in preparing school learners for responsible leadership: An exploration of learner experiences at three high schools in the Western Cape

Schoeman, Rentia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : One of the key components underscoring educational reform in post-apartheid South Africa is the establishment and cultivation of democratic citizenship. The Curriculum Assessment and Policy Statement ...

Wie maak die keuse? Die aard van skoolkeuse in 'n bolandse dorp.

Louw, Jacques (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : School choice is regarded as the right of every person in South Africa, but there are mechanisms that are used to determine how learners access schools. This study was about the nature of school choice ...

The nature of parental involvement in school governing bodies: A comparative study of four primary schools in the Western Cape

Baker, Ilse (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In an attempt to make schools democratic through soliciting participation and involvement, school governing bodies (SGBs) were introduced and legislated in 1996 via the South African Schools Act (No. ...