Masters Degrees (Curriculum Studies)
Recent Submissions
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The effect of using a measuring instrument to analyse the level of creative thinking of visual arts students from a teaching perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: study was conducted in the undergraduate programs of the Arts and Design Faculty of a South African Private Higher Education Institution to determine an alternative taxonomy from Bloom’s Cognitive domain ... -
Investigating how the reading culture of primary schools affects the reading proficiency of Grade 4 learners in selected Western Cape schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reading is the fundamental and basic skill needed for everything else in life. It is a very good predictor of academic achievement and an indicator of future academic reading. Reading should become a habit ... -
“Removing impediments to Game-Based Learning in Southern African history classrooms through Napoleon Total War.”
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates challenges with regard to game-based learning in Southern African history classrooms and offers strategies for successful implementation. Despite a consensus in the ... -
Peer tutoring as an intervention strategy in accounting education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In current times, limited accounting knowledge and understanding of accounting concepts by Grade 9 learners, as well as the number of learners choosing Accounting as a subject in Grade 10, are common ... -
‘n Ondersoek na die rol van die probleemoplossingsbenadering om die gaping tussen Grade 4, 5 en 6 in ‘n multigraad wiskundekurrikulum te oorbrug
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Teaching in a multi-grade situation remains a challenge where the multi-grade teacher has to teach simultaneously more than one grade in the same class with limited space, with different age groups and ... -
Mature-age undergraduate students’ perceptions of their learning experiences at the University of Namibia
(2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Studies show that institutions of higher learning around the world are experiencing an increase in the number of non-traditional students in general and mature-age students in particular (Longden, 2002 ... -
A narrative study of the hidden curriculum in a private higher education institution
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The hidden curriculum is embedded in all levels of education and has proven to be an integral part of the curriculum within higher education. However, the hidden curriculum remains a challenging concept ... -
An extra set of eyes and ears: peer collaboration within a Bachelor of Education (Honours) research project
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As part of the Bachelor of Education Honours (BEdHons) degree, students in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University are introduced to their first formal research project with a supervisor ... -
Narratives of senior student needs in preparation for employment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Becoming a graduate is not as straightforward as it seems. This study focuses on what we can learn from senior students’ narratives about their needs towards preparation for employment. Although the ... -
Grade 6-learners' views on the difficulties they experience with mathematical word problems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South African learners’ problem-solving performance are poor in comparison to other international countries. To improve learners’ problem-solving skills, it is necessary to determine what learners’ ... -
An investigation into teachers’ perspectives on the implementation of environmental concepts in life orientation in grade 9 : a Western Cape case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis investigated teacher’s experiences of teaching the subject Life Orientation in terms of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) Policy Document for South African schools. Teachers’ ... -
Development of students’ intercultural competencies through a study abroad experience : an institutional case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Internationalisation has become an important endeavour in higher education in South Africa and abroad. Internationalisation can be advanced in multiple ways, and one such way is through study abroad. Study ... -
Teaching senior secondary school mathematics for retention
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The very school existence is established on the basis that learners retain, retrieve, or remember what they are taught at a later stage especially during the high-stakes examination at the exit levels ... -
Die onderrigleervoorkeure van Generasie Z-studente in hoër onderwys : ʼn bestek-oorsig
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die geskiedenis van die mensdom toon dat die onderskeiding en benaming van verskillende generasies ʼn eeue-oue verskynsel is. Oor die jare heen toon generasies gemeenskaplike kenmerke, generasiebewustheid ... -
Teachers identifying and responding to learner errors and misconceptions in numbers, operations and relationships in the intermediate phase
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways in which Intermediate Phase (Grades 4, 5 and 6) teachers identify and respond to learners’ mathematical errors and misconceptions in the content area ... -
Faktore wat studente motiveer om by 'n Afrikaanse privaat hoëronderwysinstelling te studeer
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : In die navorsing aangaande bemarking in hoër onderwys (HO) word die fokus geplaas op die student as verbruiker van ʼn diens. Vir die suksesvolle voortbestaan van ʼn hoëronderriginstelling (HOI) is dit ... -
A case study of mental mathematics lessons : analysing early grade teachers’ perceptions of their practice
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Research has shown that South African primary school students are performing below international and national grade level expectations for mathematics. It can be argued that a root cause is students’ ... -
Identity and modelling in mathematical literacy : a case study in designing mathematical literacy investigations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study was a case study undertaken as qualitative research, from the interpretivist paradigm. This case study was the case of observing the mathematical identities of an entire cohort of grade 11 ... -
A study of pre-service science teachers’ pedagogical use of multiple representations during lesson presentations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The science teacher has to have the pedagogical skills to be able to explain any concept by using multiple representations to optimise learning for their learners and develop their abilities to transfer ... -
Exploring inquiry-based education in a professional learning programme for science teachers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Schools worldwide have been struggling to produce good results in Mathematics and Science. In South Africa, in particular, continued poor results in both Mathematics and the Sciences are of great concern. ...