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Issues surrounding teachers' readiness in implementing the competency-based 'O' Level Geography Syllabus 4022 in Zimbabwe
(Society for Research and Knowledge Management Ltd, 2022)The qualitative study, which involved a multiple case study design, focused on the issues surrounding the readiness of teachers to implement the competency-based O-Level Geography Syllabus 4022 in the Zimbabwe secondary ... -
The STEAM vs STEM educational approach: the significance of the application of the arts in science teaching for learners' attitude change
(OpenED Network, 2023)This article critically examines existing literature on the importance of incorporating the arts into the teaching and learning of science subjects in schools. It explores the significance of the STEAM educational approach ... -
Active learning pedagogy for enriching economics students' higher order thinking skills
(Society for Research and Knowledge Management Ltd, 2023)This paper advances active learning as a pedagogic praxis in Economics education to enrich students’ critical and higher order thinking skills (i.e., analysis, evaluation, and synthesis). The paper is grounded within ... -
A phenomenological reading of the racial knowledge and identities of student leaders engaged in reconciliation
(University of the Free State, 2017-08)This study wants to make sense of the lived experiences of student leaders engaged in racial reconciliation at a South African university campus by exploring their struggles with racial knowledge and identity over time. ... -
Teacher educators' perceptions and practices of teaching in a blended learning mode in Ghana
(University of the Free State, 2022-04)The teaching and learning approach for higher education institutions all over the world has been transformed as a result of the emergence of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in March 2020. The pandemic necessitated the shift ... -
Collaborative learning: a veritable tool for promoting classroom participation among pre-service teachers in rural universities in South Africa
(OpenEd Network, 2022)The benefits of collaborative learning (CL) in teaching-learning have been well-documented. According to existing literature, it will help students and teachers learn from one another, develop good communication skills, ... -
A sustainable teacher leadership implementation plan for Lesotho high schools
(University of the Free State, 2020-11)Addressing the problem of teacher leadership practices in Lesotho high schools and the lack of leadership succession plans when the principals leave the office due to retirement or ill health, is a long-standing phenomenon, ... -
Analysing student affairs research within higher education through Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model lens
(University of the Free State, 2020-07)Through Bronfenbrenner’s Person, Process, Context and Time (PPCT) model lens, this study identified the most important student affairs research themes for transforming student (including postgraduate students) learning and ... -
Sociodemographic factors and their influence on school health and HIV programmes: the case of Lesotho
(University of the Free State, 2020-06)Many adolescents and young people approach adulthood faced with conflicting and confusing messages about sexuality, gender, and culture. These are often exacerbated by embarrassment, reprimanding, silence, and disapproval ... -
Improving reading comprehension for English first additional language learners: a free voluntary reading approach
(University of the Free State, 2019-11)This study aims to demonstrate how free voluntary reading (FVR) approach can be used to improve reading comprehension for English first additional language (EFAL) learners. It adopted a qualitative Participatory Action ... -
Academic performance in Mathematics among selected high school students in Phuthaditjhaba as a function of the teacher's motivation
(University of the Free State, 2003-10)This study seeks to investigate the academic performance in Mathematics among selected high school students in Phuthaditjhaba as a function of the teacher's motivation. This investigation was triggered by the arguments put ... -
Enhancing English academic literacy programmes for first year university students
(University of the Free State, 2015-06)This study aims at enhancing English academic literacy programmes for first year university students at the Qwaqwa Campus of the UFS. In order to achieve this, the following specific objectives were formulated to direct ... -
Challenges of pre-service teachers' classroom participation in a rurally located university in South Africa
(Richtmann Publishing, 2022)Despite the enriched curriculum and pedagogical practices that expose everyone enrolled to be trained as professional teachers to teaching skills, the number of incompetent teachers produced by many higher learning ... -
The principal's role in the development programmes for the teaching staff in the far North of the Limpopo Province
(University of the Free State, 2003-06)Education in South Africa has become a 'talked-about' issue, talked about on daily basis in fact. The Media, in both the printed and electronic forms, give much attention and concentrate on various features of education. ... -
Conditions of some high schools in QwaQwa and their perceived influence on the Grade 12 results
(University of the Free State, 2003-10)This research investigates conditions of some high schools in Qwa Qwa Thabo Mofutsanyana District and their perceived influence on the grade 12 results. It is assumed that these conditions will affect the teachers and ... -
Peer-group pressure as a contributory factor to alcohol abuse among learners in selected high schools in QwaQwa (RSA)
(University of the Free State, 2001)The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether peer-group pressure is a major contributory factor to alcohol abuse among learners in selected high schools in QwaQwa. Five hundred (500) high school adolescents ... -
A review of financial management practices in selected secondary schools in the Kwekwe District of Zimbabwe
(PONTE, 2022)Many countries around the world have decentralized financial management decision-making to school leaders and their communities. Decentralization is believed to equip communities with better education compared to central ... -
Enhancing the teaching and learning of Grade 11 trigonometric functions using integrated ICT
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)This study aimed at designing a strategy to enhance the teaching and learning of Grade 11 trigonometric functions using information and communication technologies (ICT). Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) ... -
Comparative analysis of representations in natural sciences textbooks and senior phase curriculum and assessment policy statement
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Textbooks are known to be primary resources for teaching and learning in most classrooms. Many inexperienced teachers rely on textbooks for content, lesson planning and guidance when teaching natural sciences. Several ... -
Exploring the training-needs of teachers for the implementation of Life Skills Education (LSE) in Lesotho: a case study of selected rural and urban secondary schools
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Teachers are the most important players in the effective teaching and learning of Life Skills Education (LSE). It is, therefore, crucial to ensure that they are well prepared to facilitate the new teaching of LSE. A teacher's ...