Browsing Research Articles (Curriculum Studies) by Title
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Cascading participation and the role of teachers in a collaborative HIV and Aids curriculum development project
(Education Association of South Africa, 2014)This paper presents findings of four Grade 6 teachers’ involvement as facilitators of a participatory action research (PAR) project conducted in three South African primary schools. Based on the results of Phase One ... -
Changing attitudes among South African prisoners of war towards their Italian captors during World War II, 1942-1943
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)The Battle of Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 and the fall of Tobruk in June 1942 were disastrous for South Africa. At Sidi Rezegh, the entire 5th South African Infantry Brigade was lost and at Tobruk the following year more ... -
Climate change science : the literacy of Geography teachers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Education Association of South Africa, 2015-08)One of the universal responses to tackling global climate change is teaching climate change concepts at all levels of formal education. This response requires, among other things, teachers who are fully literate about ... -
A collaborative higher education initiative for leadership development : lessons for knowledge sharing
(HESA, 2016)The higher education sector needs to prepare youth for the fast changing innovative focused economy. Visionary leadership is needed to facilitate this knowledge transfer for novelty creation. A collaborative initiative ... -
A comment on critiques of the article age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Colored South African women
(HESA, 2019)A recently published article on the cognitive functioning of coloured women, authored by five Stellenbosch University academics received much criticism from those in the academy and those outside. The public outcry focused ... -
Constantly weighing the pig will not make it grow : do teachers teach assessment tests or the curriculum?
(University of the Free State, 2014)For a number of years now, South Africa, like many other countries, has been debating a major paradigm shift in education, a shift from learning and teaching, which focused primarily on content to learning and teaching ... -
Continuous professional learning in private higher education : making a case for distributed leadership
(HESA, 2019)Literature on management of professional learning in South African private higher education (PHE) institutions is limited. This may be due to incentives for professional learning in private higher education not being highly ... -
Could the Covid-19 pandemic accelerate the uberfication of the university?
(HESA, 2020)The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed our world. All spheres of social life have been affected by the pandemic. Lockdown and other restriction measures have grinded contact tuition to a hold and we are seeing ... -
Cultivating critical pedagogy using educational technologies in life sciences classrooms
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2011)This article explores the use of educational technologies in Grades 10 to 12 Life Sciences classrooms at a local high school in the Western Cape. The application of educational technologies in science classrooms has the ... -
Decolonising the university curriculum
(HESA, 2016)The student protests of 2015 precipitated a renewed interest in the decolonisation of the university in South Africa, and by association the decolonisation of the university curriculum. The decolonisation of the curriculum ... -
Decolonising, Africanising, indigenising and internationalising Curriculum Studies : Opportunities to (re)imagine the field
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2018)In recent years the terms internationalisation, indigenising, decolonising, and Africanising have circulated in discourses on curriculum both internationally and in South Africa. Recent student protests in South Africa ... -
Depiction of African indigenous education in Akiki Nyabongo’s Africa answers back (1936)
(CSSALL, 2016)This paper examines the depiction of African indigenous formal and informal education and instruction in Akiki K. Nyabongo’s novel, Africa Answers Back (1936), and how his African characters try to protect what they have ... -
Description and impact of a distance mathematics course for grade 10 to 12 teachers
(AOSIS Publishing, 2007-06)This paper explores the impact of a one-year in-service distance education mathematics course that follows a problem-solving approach. The course aims to develop teachers’ mathematical thinking skills. Results show that ... -
Developing a learner's corpus : the case of a first-year module in mathematics
(Bureau of the WAT, 2005)A learner's corpus is a body of writing for use by a student whose first language is not (in this case) English to improve his/her use of (in this case) academic scientific terminology. In this case study, a learner's ... -
Development of affective modelling competencies in primary school learners
(AOSIS Publishing, 2011)Learner affect and beliefs about mathematics are complex and multifaceted aspects of mathematical learning. Traditional teaching and learning approaches in mathematics education often result in problematic beliefs about ... -
Disparate understandings of the nature, purpose and practices of reflection in teacher education
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: The concept of reflection is much used in teacher education in many parts of the world, including in South African teacher education policy. However, the notion of reflection is often loosely defined, with ... -
e-Portfolio as reflection tool during teaching practice : the interplay between contextual and dispositional variables
(Education Association of South Africa, 2017)This paper focuses on an e-portfolio pilot initiative at the Faculty of Education at a South African university and aims to determine whether the theoretical underpinning and expectations of an e-portfolio aligns with the ... -
Educating Grade 6 students for higher-order thinking and its influence on creativity
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Educating students for higher-order thinking provides them with tools that turn them into more critical thinkers. This supports them in overcoming life problems that they encounter, as well as becoming an integral part of ... -
The effectiveness of a teacher professional learning programme : the perceptions and performance of mathematics teachers
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-12-12)The purpose of this article is to report on an investigation of the perceptions and performance of mathematics teachers in a teacher professional learning (TPL) programme based on realistic mathematics education (RME) ... -
Effektiewe ondersteuning aan Xhosa-moedertaalsprekers in Afrikaansmediumklasse
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)Die koms van demokrasie in 1994 en die aanvaarding van Suid-Afrika se Grondwet in 1996 (RSA, 1996), waarin die reg van elkeen om onderrig in die amptelike taal van sy/haar keuse te ontvang, verskans is, het nuwe uitdagings ...
