Browsing Research Articles (Curriculum Studies) by Title
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Language of instruction and its effect on the performance of accounting students
(HESA, 2018)Aspiring CA (SA)’s have to pass two professional exams in order to register as a member with SAICA and become a CA (SA). These exams are available in Afrikaans and English. Subsequently, some South African universities ... -
Learning material in compliance with the Revised National Curriculum Statement: a dilemma
(AOSIS Publishing, 2005-10)This paper reports on the challenges confronting a developer of mathematics learning material according to the Revised National Curriculum Statement of South Africa. The material development is based on the approach to ... -
Learning the language of the doctorate : doctorateness as a threshold concept in doctoral literacy
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)In academia, the definition of literacy has evolved from a focus on reading and writing to encompass more inclusive and expansive perspectives. Such perspectives have come from researchers involved in exploring literacy ... -
Lecturers' professional identity : the chase of chartered accountants in academia
(HESA, 2016)This study surveyed a number of accounting lecturers at a research-intensive South African university to determine their perceptions and preferences regarding their own professional identity. How university lecturers see ... -
Leesbegripprobleme van niemoedertaalsprekers in Afrikaanshuistaalklasse : moontlike oplossingstrategieë
(LitNet, 2018)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Constitution of South Africa and the Language in Education Policy (LiEP) promulgated in 1998 both recognise the equal status of 11 official languages in South Africa. The aim of the LiEP is to ensure ... -
Lesson study in continuing professional teacher development : a South African case study
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2010)The implementation of successful continuing professional teacher development (CPTD) programmes has been a challenge in South Africa since the introduction of Curriculum 2005. Lesson study, a CPTD model introduced in Japan ... -
Literacies : skills and practices in developing writing identities
(Stellenbosch University, 2018)This study was prompted by the fact that students who use a second language (L2) for higher education studies are often faced with the dilemma of not being able to express themselves in writing. This study attempts to ... -
Measuring reading strategy knowledge transfer : motivation for teachers to implement reading strategy instruction
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)Although research has shown that reading strategy instruction benefits poor readers, research also shows that teachers continue to struggle with reading strategy instruction and remain resistant to its implementation for ... -
Mobile concepts in a mobile environment : historical terms in LSP lexicography
(South African Society for History Teaching, 2018-07)Historical terms have a tendency to be "mobile" in terms of geographical space and historical time. The presentation of historical terms by means of a mobile dictionary enabling university students to access such terms by ... -
Moedertaalgebaseerde tweetalige onderwys :’n moontlike oplossing vir Suid-Afrika se geletterdheids- en syfervaardigheidsprobleme
(LitNet Academic, 2011-12)OPSOMMING: Sistemiese evaluering en grondlyn-assessering van geletterdheid en syfervaardigheid vir graad 3 en graad 6 wat deur die Departement van Basiese Onderwys (DvBO) onderneem is, toon dat leerders in Suid-Afrika se ... -
Die moontlikhede van 'n modelleringsperspektief vir skoolwiskunde
(AOSIS OpenJournal, 2009)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The findings of the international TIMSS investigations of a few years ago into the position and application of problem solving strategies in school mathematics in about 50 countries caused serious concern ... -
Die moontlikhede van 'n modelleringsperspektief vir skoolwiskunde
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009-12)The findings of the international TIMSS investigations of a few years ago into the position and application of problem solving strategies in school mathematics in about 50 countries caused serious concern globally. During ... -
Moral responsibility and speaking to the 'dark side of human rights'
(HESA, 2017)This article uses a postmodern lens to question assumptions inherent to three normative claims for the human rights project in the context of post-1994 South Africa. The claims are that human rights are part of humanity’s ... -
A multi-level researcher development framework to address contrasting views of student research challenges
(HESA, 2018)Ensuring quality and completion of students’ research places pressure on postgraduate supervisors. Postgraduate students’ primary interest in theoretical and practical knowledge rather than research, influences the completion ... -
A narration of a physical science teacher's experience of implementing a new curriculum
(University of South Africa Press, 2016)This article narrates the lived experiences of a Physical Science teacher named Thobani (pseudonym) in implementing a new curriculum in South Africa. Drawing on the work of Husserl and Heidegger, the article describes the ... -
Narratives from North Africa : South African prisoner-of-war experience following the fall of Tobruk, June 1942
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2011-11)South African prisoners of war (POWs) captured at Tobruk in June 1942 experienced similar events and conditions. All shared a feeling of shock at becoming POWs and all of them had to deal with extremely difficult living ... -
Number sense of final year pre-service primary school teachers
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014-06)Number sense studies have indicated that the development of number sense should be the focus of primary school mathematics education. The literature review revealed that learner performance is linked to teacher subject ... -
Omgewingsdiskoers in wetenskapfiksie vir kinders met verwysing na die Anna Atoom-reeks deur Elizabeth Wasserman
(LitNet, 2017-06)Die bykans onomkeerbare skade wat die mens aan die natuurlike omgewing van ons planeet aanrig, is reeds ʼn gegewe. Tog, eerder as om oorval te word deur ’n gevoel van hopeloosheid oor die voortbestaan van lewe op aarde, kan ... -
On critique, dissensus and human rights literacies
(HESA, 2017)Globally, issues such as xenophobia, rising nationalism and populism, linked to the international migrant crisis, are stretching the past influence and the present reinterpretation of the Universal Declaration of Human ... -
On the democratisation of science education through Facebook : implications for autonomy, equality and teacher education in universities
(UNISA Press, 2015)In this article I offer a defence for using educational technology to democratise classroom practices in relation to science education and teacher education at universities. My contention is that educational technology, ...
