Browsing Research Articles (Curriculum Studies) by Title
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Taal as hulpbron in intermediere fase wiskunde-onderrig in die Oos-Kaap : op soek na 'n effektiewe pedagogiek vir wiskunde-onderrig
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017-09)In Suid-Afrika is dit nie verpligtend dat studente tydens hul wiskunde-onderwysopleiding eers die taal van leer en onderrig (TvLO) moet bemeester nie. Voorts word geen of minimale leiding gegee met betrekking tot ʼn ... -
Taal en praktyk : 'n gevallestudie oor Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal by graad 4-leerders in 'n meertalige skool
(LitNet, 2019)Meertalige onderrig en leer het ’n komplekse en algemene verskynsel in Suid-Afrikaanse skole geword, maar daar is nog steeds nie genoeg navorsing gedoen oor hoe leerders met verskillende huistale en kulture mekaar beïnvloed ... -
Teacher narratives in making sense of the statistical mean algorithm
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015-06-24)Teaching statistics meaningfully at school level requires that mathematics teachers conduct classroom discussions in ways that give statistical meaning to mathematical concepts and enable learners to develop integrated ... -
Teachers’ professional development needs in data handling and probability
(AOSIS Publishing, 2011-07)Poor Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) results and widespread disappointing mathematics results in South Africa necessitate research-based and more efficient professional development for ... -
Teachers’ reasoning in a repeated sampling context
(AOSIS Publishing, 2013-05-02)The concepts of variability and uncertainty are regarded as cornerstones in statistics. Proportional reasoning plays an important connecting role in reasoning about variability and therefore teachers need to develop ... -
Teaching non-indigenous speakers of isiXhosa : a critical evaluation of own practice
(Stellenbosch University, 2012)In this article, the author reports on a mid-year critical evaluation of her teaching practice at a multilingual university with students who are non-indigenous speakers of isiXhosa. Data is gleaned from participatory ... -
Teaching reading and changing a life : Mihlali's story
(Stellenbosch University, 2018)This article provides a narrative account of a literacy intervention I provided for an isiXhosa boy in Grade 1 who was struggling to read and write. The article first discusses the assumptions on which the intervention was ... -
Think piece : sustainability education and (curriculum) improvisation
(Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa, 2016)In this article I (re)think sustainability education in view of a (re)turn to realisms because existing philosophies have failed to adequately respond to an impending ecological disaster and the fast pace of new technologies. ... -
Time-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performance
(Stellenbosch University, 2004)Transforming higher education in South Africa involves, among other things, finding ways of enabling a broader group of students to perform successfully in high-stake assessment. This paper recounts work in progress to ... -
Towards a conceptual framework for interdisciplinary teaching and learning dialogues in higher education
(CSSALL, 2016)This paper explores the development and early validation of a conceptual framework for learning-centred teaching by six Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) Fellows and their mentor, each representing a different ... -
Training primary school teachers for literature teaching : a view from Botswana
(Stellenbosch University, 2018)Primary school level is where the love for reading and understanding of literature starts, and for teachers to succeed in the teaching of reading and literature, they need to display certain habits and practices in their ... -
(Trans)disciplinary research (re)considered
(HESA, 2017)In this article I review the emergence of transdisciplinary research and in particular the integrative approach to this category of research. I examine the potential of the integrative approach to achieve cognitive justice ... -
Transgressie in die voorstelling van gender in Die avonture van Wilde Willemientjie deur Riana Scheepers en Vian Oelofsen
(LitNet, 2012)Prenteboeke kan kragtige werktuie in die manipulering van jong kinders tot die aanvaarding van gestereotipeerde genderrolle wees. Kinders identifiseer met die karakters in storieboeke en vorm sodoende ’n eie mening oor die ... -
Die transgressiewe karnavaleske : ’n fenomeen in die kabarettekste uit ’n Gelyke kans van Jeanne Goosen
(University of Pretoria, 2010)This article examines the phenomenon of the transgressive carnivalesque, a notion of Mikhail Bakhtin of breaking through social conventions and barriers, as it manifests in the cabaret texts in ’n Gelyke kans (“An even ... -
Uitdagings van die Antroposeen : onderwys in die era van ’n mensgemaakte wêreld
(LitNet, 2018)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This overview article reflects on the Anthropocene, the era of humankind, and its impact on both the natural and non-human realms of the earth. My point of departure is the possibility of the sustainable, ... -
Underperformance in social studies in grades 5–7 in Namibian primary schools : a case study
(The South African Society for History Teaching, 2017)This article focuses on the challenges of learners’ underperformance in Social Studies in Namibia. The study investigated the possible factors that may contribute to learners’ underperformance in Social Studies in the ... -
Unfolding practices : a sociomaterial view of interprofessional collaboration in health care
(Hogskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2017)Knowledge sharing is an essential part of interprofessional practice and will be even more important in the future in regard to the opportunities and challenges in practices for delivering safe and effective healthcare. ... -
University-school partnerships for social justice in mathematics and science education : the case of the SMILES project at IMSTUS
(Education Association of South Africa, 2011)My purpose in this paper is to situate a university-school mathematics and science education partnership within a social justice perspective in education. The focus of the systemic intervention endeavour was school-based ... -
Values, institutional culture and recognition of prior learning
(HESA, 2018)In this paper, I draw a link between values, institutional culture and the Stellenbosch University (SU) Regulation for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Accumulation Transfer (CAT). I do this because the ... -
Die varieteite van Afrikaans as draers van identiteit : n sosiokulturele perspektief
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2011-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Alexander (1994:24) wys daarop dat Afrikaans in die verlede dikwels as politieke speelbal gebruik is in die naam van ’n soeke na identiteit. Hierdie artikel is nie ’n poging om hierdie debat voort te ...
