Browsing Research Articles (Curriculum Studies) by Title
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Factors determining the vulnerability of woman to sexually transmitted HIV : a literature review
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2008)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gender-related vulnerability is described as a crucial factor contributing to increased susceptibility of women to HIV, accounting for more women than men being infected. At the same time, empowerment ... -
Fast-tracking the literacy development in street children : a reading and writing project for street children
(Stellenbosch university, 2009)The Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007 revealed that seventy-seven million children of primary school age are not enrolled in schools. Furthermore, despite continued reforms at the primary level, too many ... -
Finding the plot in South African reading education
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)This article argues that we have lost the plot in South African reading education. To find it, we need to move beyond the predominant mode of reading as oral performance, where the emphasis is on accuracy and pronunciation, ... -
First-year students’ participation and performance in a financial accounting support group
(Clute Institute, 2013-04)The academic performance and retention of first-year students are under scrutiny worldwide. In view of the emphasis on first-year success, a support group was established in a first-year module - Financial Accounting 178 ... -
Fotografie in Fees van die ongenooides van P.G. du Plessis
(LitNet, 2018)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die rol van foto’s, fotografie en die fotograaf in die historiese roman Fees van die ongenooides (Tafelberg, 2008) deur P.G. du Plessis. Dit beskou die belangrikheid van die fotograaf as karakter, ... -
From 0 to 100% – How Raithby Primary turned their literacy performance around
(Bioinfo Publications, 2010)Recent literacy results show that only 44% of all Grade 3 learners in the Stellenbosch district, and just over 50% of all Grade 3 learners in the Western Cape, performed at an appropriate level (WCED, 2009c). According ... -
From ‘English-only’ to translanguaging strategies : exploring possibilities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015)This article investigates English language proficiency development in a rural primary school in the Kavango region of Namibia. English is the language of instruction in most schools in Namibia from fourth grade onwards. ... -
From ‘proofs without words’ to ‘proofs that explain’ in secondary mathematics
(AOSIS Publishing, 2007-06)The purpose of this paper is to explore an epistemic role for visualisation with respect to proofs without words in secondary mathematics in the current South African education policy context. Visualisation as process and ... -
The functions of code switching in English language learning classes
(Stellenbosch University, 2009)It has been a cornerstone of English language teaching, as well as a proud tradition, that English should be taught by using only English. The practice is not questioned often and student teachers remember and are sometimes ... -
Die gebruik van humor om kreatiewe skryf in die onderrig van Afrikaans te stimuleer : ’n gevallestudie
(AOSIS Publishing, 2007-08)This article reports on of a qualitative research programme in which humouristic material was used as part of an Afrikaans language teaching programme. The primary participants in this programme were education students ... -
Die gebruik van ondersoekgebaseerde wetenskaponderrig om studente se konseptuele begrip van gelykstroomelektrisiteit te bevorder
(AOSIS, 2017-05-26)Navorsing in wetenskaponderwys het ontstaan uit die positivistiese paradigma waarin wetenskaplike kennis as onveranderlik beskou was. Hierdie artikel ondersoek die gebruik van ondersoekgebaseerde wetenskaponderrig as ’n ... -
Die gebruik van Wit oemfaan (F.A. Venter) in ’n imagologiese raamwerk vir die onderrig van Afrikaans as addisionele taal
(AOSIS Publishing, 2003)The multicultural additional-language classroom has its own characteristics and requirements. An important element to keep in mind is that learners come from different cultures and all of them have their own perceptions ... -
Die geleefde ervarings van primere skoolonderwysers binne 'n kultuur van performatiwiteit
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016-12)Die doel van hierdie studie is om uiteindelik 'n diepgaande begrip te vorm oor die belewenisse van laerskoolonderwysers met betrekking tot die fenomeen van performatiwiteit en die betekenis wat hulle daaraan heg. Die ... -
Geletterdheidsontwikkeling by Graad R-leerders : ’n gevallestudie
(Stellenbosch university, 2004)This article describes a research project aimed at developing a theoretically based literacy programme for Grade R learners which would give them an understanding of the concept of writing and introduce them to the symbols ... -
Generalising some geometrical theorems and objects
(Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa, 2016)This article presents two possible examples of appropriate generalisation activities. The first is the generalisation of a familiar theorem for cyclic quadrilaterals to cyclic polygons, while the second is the generalisation ... -
Getting the boys involved : using an interactive questionnaire to investigate Grade 6 boys’ writing
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Whilst research has been conducted on reading skills at primary school level in South Africa, not much research exists on writing, especially boys’ writing. This article focuses on the use of an interactive questionnaire ... -
Graduate attributes : how some university students experience and learn them
(HESA, 2020)The voices of university students are often absent from academic discourses on the learning of graduate attributes (GAs). Such attributes are mostly constructed and conceptualised from the viewpoint of academics, institutions, ... -
Hemisferiese integrasie en die rolprent Fiela se kind as onderrigstrategie om lees te bevorder
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2010-09)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Alhoewel die twee hemisfere van die menslike brein identies voorkom, toon navorsing dat elke hemisfeer oor gespesialiseerde funksies beskik. Die linkerhemisfeer is hoofsaaklik gespesialiseer om ... -
Die herkonseptualisering van volhoubaarheid na die dekade van opvoeding vir volhoubare ontwikkeling
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2015-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die afgelope dekade (2005–2014) is gekenmerk deur verskeie bewusmakingsveldtogte aangaande volhoubare ontwikkeling. Nietemin, tesame met die veelvoudige waarskuwings wat die behoefte aan ’n volhoubare ... -
'n Hervoorstelling van die begrip grond tydens 'n ondersoek na die rol van grondgebaseerde onderwys in Suid-Afrika
(LitNet, 2019)Reeds sedert die aanvang van die koloniale era in Suid-Afrika is grond ’n emosiebelaaide en sensitiewe kwessie. Tot dusver is die vraagstuk rondom grond hoofsaaklik vanuit eng politiese en ekonomiese perspektiewe benader, ...
