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Browsing Early Childhood Education by Title
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Strauss, Annaly Magda
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
This study explores how a dialogic approach toward professional development could be used to improve early literacy teaching in multilingual pre-primary contexts. Consequently, the purposes of the research were a) to develop ...
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Agbagbla, Felicia
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The focus of this study was on the development and implementation of a professional development programme to equip kindergarten teachers with relevant competencies that could enable them to implement the kindergarten ...
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Aina, Adebunmi Yetunde; Bipath, Keshni
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Education, 2022-06-08)
Research has indicated that educational resources used at early
childhood development (ECD) centres advance and enrich the
developmental domains, health and wellbeing of young children.
However, most ECD centres in South ...
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Joubert, Venise
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
The study examines how the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) is currently being implemented in South African schools. It focuses on the contradictory discourses found within the IQMS, i.e. accountability and ...
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Adibanji, Opeyemi Temilola
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
This research set out to explore the acculturation of immigrant children from Zimbabwe in the Foundation Phase with reference to its influence on academic performance. Participants were immigrant children from Zimbabwe ...
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Malatji, Khashane Stephen; Malatji, Makwalete Johanna
(EJMCM, International House, 2021)
The study investigated the role played by the child support grant in alleviating poverty. The research approach used in this study was qualitative with a phenomenological research design. Purposive sampling was used to ...
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Sibanda, Sophie Deliwe
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Teachers are the key players in the teaching of literacy skills to young learners. The teacher is primarily responsible for using different approaches to teach literacy skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing ...
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Mogotsi, Debrah
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Research has revealed that parental conflicts can lead to devastating effects on the well-being and social behaviour of children. In recent decades, aggressive behaviour has become a focus of scientific interest, mainly ...
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Moen, Melanie Carmen; Shon, Phillip
(Sage, 2021-07)
Previous studies of parricide have been carried out predominantly in a Western context, in North America, Australia, and Western Europe. To date, only a handful of studies in parricide have been conducted in continental ...
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Aina, Adebunmi Yetunde; Bipath, Keshni
(AOSIS, 2022-02)
BACKGROUND : Quality early childhood development (ECD) is crucial for protecting children
against a multitude of socio-economic challenges such as poor living standards, lack of
education, and substandard healthcare. ...
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Namugenyi, Deborah Kaggwa Kaggwa
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The study explored, adapted and implemented a balanced reading instruction programme for improving reading comprehension of bilingual children in Uganda. The research investigated the effectiveness of the uniquely designed ...
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Steyn, Miemsie G.; Kamper, Gerrit D.
(Central University of Technology, Free State, 2011)
South Africa underwent political reform in 1994 from an apartheid government
to a democratic state. Former white universities, known for their high
standards and academic excellence, experienced an influx of black ...
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Botha, Marie; Onwu, Gilbert O.M.
(Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima University, 2013)
This article is about professional teacher identity (PTI) formation of two
foundation phase (pre-primary and primary level) teachers in their first year
of teaching early science mathematics and technology (SMT) in two ...
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Kamper, Gerrit D.; Steyn, Miemsie G.
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2012-06)
The research was prompted by the assumption that the many problems in South African education
(e.g. continuous curiculum changes, insufficient in-service training and support, classroom
overcrowding, discipline ...
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Kamper, Gerrit D.; Steyn, Miemsie G.
(SAGE, 2011-06)
In view of the challenge which higher education constitutes for most black South African students, this
study focuses on study elements and aspects which black students regard as helpful and supportive. Our
research ...
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Du Toit, Maria Neethling; Eccles, Renata; Westwood, Kailin Amber; Graham, Marien Alet; Van der Linde, Jeannie
(AOSIS, 2024-07-23)
BACKGROUND : Outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, exacerbate barriers to
accessing early childhood developmental care. Tele-assessment may serve as an innovative
approach to developmental monitoring to ...
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Ndlela, Memory
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
A larger portion of learners with difficulties in South Africa were either not included in mainstream schools or could have been allowed into the schools unconsciously in the past. In a bid to provide a panacea to the ...
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Singh, Renisha; Bipath, Keshni
(Routledge, 2024)
To develop gender equality, teacher perception and pedagogical practices need to be challenged. This article sets out to explore challenging early childhood development (ECD) teachers’ perceptions and pedagogical practices ...
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Singh, Renisha
(University of Pretoria, 2023-10-05)
Challenging teacher perceptions and pedagogical practices is paramount to gender equality in early childhood development. Teachers’ perceptions and pedagogical practices entrench stereotypical gender identities. The rationale ...
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Moen, Melanie Carmen
(Sage, 2020-11)
Children who commit family murder have been increasingly reported on in the South African media. Violence of this type has far-reaching consequences for families and communities. In this qualitative study, nine documented ...