Masters Degrees (Curriculum Studies)

The effect of using a measuring instrument to analyse the level of creative thinking of visual arts students from a teaching perspective

Bouwer, Willem Christiaan (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

Nieuwoudt, Mia (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.”

Stack, Michael David Leonard (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

De kock, Jinnie Christina (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

Fortuin, Keith Jarome (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

Kashedi, Pinias Walomboleni (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

Rossouw, Nina (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

Cilliers, Emmanuel A. (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

Cronje, Liesl Cornelia (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

Theart, Ednel (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

Dirks, Leonora Michelle (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

De Wit, Werner Adolph (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

Andjamba, Maiya Namutenya Liina (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

Van der Merwe, Mareli Winter (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

Bowers, Beryl Elizabeth (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 ...