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Browsing Early Childhood Education by Type "Dissertation"
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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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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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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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Cronje, Lelanie Marié
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to investigate how African heritage language learners in Grade 3 constructed their language identity in a culturally diverse urban classroom. The data reflects the Grade 3 learners’ beliefs ...
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Bhoola, Sabeehah
(University of Pretoria, 2023-06)
Parents and teachers of young children do not always understand the impact of play and learning on young children. Parents of young children often consider play and learning separate entities and ignore the natural benefits ...
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Westhof, Liesel
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The Foundation Phase in education provides the primary building blocks for young learners’ fundamental intellectual, social, physical and emotional basis of development. Holistic development is critical during the early ...
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Nel, Anca
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
This qualitative study makes recommendations to help teachers understand how an outdoor learning
environment could be designed and used to enrich perceptual development through sensory and motor
stimulation for the Grade ...
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Shuping, Mmamolamu Martha
(University of Pretoria, 2024-05-17)
The study investigated the dynamics of parent‒educator relationships on the academic performance of learners in the Foundation Phase. The purpose of the study was to establish how parents and educators comprehend their ...
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Shole, Lindiwe Sandisile
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to investigate and understand ways in which the family, school, and community environments contribute to the academic resilience of township youth raised by their grandparents. The study further ...
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le Roux, Monique
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Creative thinking skills in preschool children, specifically during art lessons, have
decreased over the years affecting their problem-solving skills. Children lack the ability to use their imagination, and when faced ...
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Dladla, Siphiwe Nonhlanhla
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
The main objective of this research was to explore the experiences and perceptions
of adult learners at Public Adult Learning Centres. A total number of eighteen adult
learners from three Public Adult Learning Centres ...
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Pretorius, Carolina Maria
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Inclusive education as a global practice, aims, among other things, to ensure quality mainstream education for all learners, regardless of age, gender, race, language, socio-economic status, and disability. However, learners ...
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Macharia, Grace
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
For a number of decades, advances in digital technology have given rise to a heightened interest in considering its potential applications in the education sector. However, the adoption and integration of these technologies ...
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Muller, Cornelia Magrietha (Carla)
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
In the Manifesto on Values (2001), Ubuntu is depicted as one of the ten democratic values and the Department of Education (DoE, 2001) portrays it as one of the most important values to promote citizenry. Ubuntu provides a ...
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Miller, Denise Esmerelda
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
One of the seminal changes that occurred with the advent of a democratic government was the change in the South African education system. These government driven interventions have arguably been about ensuring that all ...
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Middeljans, Hilda
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Since 1994 South Africa has been known as a free and democratic country. This inquiry explores the perceptions and understandings of Grade 3 learners of social justice and the way in which social justice could be implemented ...
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Jacobs, Mariaan
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The demand for effective and competent teachers in South Africa remains a critical issue. Quality teacher education programmes are therefore essential to develop teachers who are knowledgeable, with the necessary skills, ...
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McLachlan, Justiné
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Globally, the importance of teaching mathematics to young children has rapidly increased. The concepts of space and shape are one of the mathematical content areas of mathematics that young children should explore, and ...
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Bruwer, Marietjie
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
School readiness has a long-term effect on the development of a learner, including a successful school career, employment and the ability to contribute to society. The criteria for the personal readiness of the learner at ...