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Browsing Curriculum Studies by Type "Article"
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Olivier, E.C.; Swanepoel, A.C.
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2004)
South African learners’ insufficient achievement in mathematics is of concern to everyone involved in learning facilitation in mathematics. Interested parties constantly seek ways in which learners’ insight into and ...
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Pillay, Venitha; Salo, Elaine
(Agenda Feminist Media, 2010)
The euphoria of the 2010 FlFA World Cup in
South Africa seems to persist, albeit as faded,
scraggy remnants of flags hanging precariously
on aerials and the side view mirrors of cars. The
cacophony around this event ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Louw, Ina
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2008-03-25)
Despite the fact that mathematics is the cornerstone of scientific literacy, many South African learners do not perform adequately in this subject. Furthermore, adopting an Outcomes-based Education (OBE) approach has not ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Molepo, Maisha M.
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2006-02)
The purpose of this article was to investigate the extent to which a postmodern, narrative approach to career counselling can be utilized to address complexities in career counselling settings characterized by diversity. ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Erasmus, C.P.
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2003)
An analysis of some factors that influence Tswana-speaking learners’ achievement in mathematics. Inadequate achievement in mathematics is a common phenomenon, especially among black learners where the problem is becoming ...
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Turyahikayo, Everest; Pillay, Venitha; Muhenda, Mary B.
(Academic Conferences and Publishing International, 2021)
This qualitative study investigated antecedents of knowledge sharing in the public sector. Basing on the theory of planned behaviour and literature review, three antecedents guided the conceptualization of the study namely; ...
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Hattingh, Annemarie; Rogan, John M.; Aldous, Colleen; Howie, Sarah J.; Venter, Elsie
(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2005)
The second phase of the Mpumalanga Secondary Science Initiative (MSSI) was launched in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa in 2003. The MSSI seeks to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and science in all secondary ...
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Fraser, William John; Howie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd
(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2003-03)
Assessment is back. There is undoubtedly a transnational preoccupation with the national performance of education systems, performance-based pedagogies, and the assessment of student learning. The shift from educational ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus)
(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2007-12)
Editorial: The fourth issue of PiE for 2007 is the second general issue of the year. This issue contains an interesting collection of international, national, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary contributions that ...
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Weber, Everard
(Unisa Press, 2005)
The article critically reviews global discourses in the academic writing on
comparative education dealing with the crises in African higher education. Several
analyses explain how the struggling education systems can ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus)
(CRIMSA, 2005)
Evidence strongly suggests that being bullied in one's early years, or when such bullying extends into adolescence, is a major cause of personality problems, abuse and other forms of negative behaviour in later years. This ...
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Van den Berg, Dirk Nicolaas; Van Rooyen, Linda
(A B Academic, 2007)
This research was motivated by the fact that 49.3% of the South African youth
between the ages of 15–24 is infected with HIV and that the infection rate among
girls is 5 times higher than among boys. This fact implies ...
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Naude, H.; Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Putter, E.
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2002)
The aim of this study is to examine the applicability of the Swanson Cognitive Processing Test (SCPT) for learners with epilepsy in the intermediate phase. The S-CPT is a dynamic assessment procedure, based on various ...
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Pillay, Venitha
(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
This conversation piece is intended to provoke thought on the relationship, if any, between education and thinking. It suggests that thinking requires more (perhaps less) than education.
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus)
(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
No abstract available
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Potgieter, Marietjie; Rogan, John M.; Howie, Sarah J.
(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2005)
Incoming chemistry students at tertiary institutions have a variety of academic backgrounds that influence their prospects of success at first-year level. The proficiencies of incoming students are currently changing due ...
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Cronje, Johannes Christoffel; Herselman, Marlien
(South African Association for Language Teaching, 1998-12)
Computer-based drill and practice games may play an important part in supporting outcomes-based education by automatizing the sub-skills required for life-long learning. South African schools vary in diversity from resource ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Vermaak, B.A. (Bianca Amanda)
(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
This article describes the ways in which postmodern career facilitation was applied to enhance achievement motivation in a male adolescent from a community with a high unemployment rate. A case study following a mixed-method ...
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Blignaut, Seugnet; Els, Christo; Howie, Sarah J.
(EASA, 2010-11)
The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) initiated the Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES 2006) - a large-scale comparative survey on the use of Information ...
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Scherman, Vanessa; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog
(Unisa Press, 2008)
The aim of this article is to report on the strategies which were used to teach research design to Masters students, as part of my professional development as higher education practitioner. The focus is on exploring the ...