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Parent’s expectation of sexuality education: implications for teacher education
(University of the Free State, 2014-11)Adolescents and young people represent the future of every society. In South Africa however young people are carrying the burden of the HIV pandemic and unintended pregnancies. South Africa is seeing unprecedented levels ... -
A pedagogical perspective on the annual national assessment tests in Grade 9 Mathematics
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: Teaching, learning and assessment of Mathematics in South African schools is interspersed with problems and inadequacies. National tests have shown that South African learners do not have the Mathematical knowledge ... -
A peer counselling strategy for alleviating drug abuse in Zimbabwean rural learning ecologies
(University of the Free State, 2017)The main aim of this study was to formulate a peer counselling strategy for alleviating drug abuse in Zimbabwean rural learning ecologies. The study was necessitated by the absence of a peer counselling strategy formulated ... -
The perceptions and experiences of social representation in the Free State schools: an education management perspective
(University of the Free State, 2009-05)English: This thesis examined the discourse of the perceptions and experiences school leaders have on cultural representativity in a changing environment and how such situations should be managed. The ideology behind social ... -
The perceptions of various role players on the training and instructional behaviour of tutors in a Faculty of Education at a Higher Education Institution
(University of the Free State, 2016-07)English: At the University of the Free State tutoring is one of the mechanisms that are used to enhance students’ throughput rate. A literature study, followed by extensive empirical investigations among lecturers, tutors, ... -
Perceptions on teacher productivity: comparing the cases of South Africa and South Korea
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)After more than 20 years of democracy in South Africa, the education system has certainly experienced a number of "growing pains". It is estimated that 99% of South African children today enter formal education, but the ... -
The performance management system for educational staff at Motheo College: an evaluative case study
(University of the Free State, 2006-05)English: Worldwide, including in South Africa, Performance Management (PM) has become paramount within knowledge-producing institutions – not only to survive the extremely competitive and interconnected world we live in, ... -
Performance of first-year accounting students: does time perspective matter?
(University of the Free State, 2013)English: Academic failure of first-year accounting students is a national and international problem. Existing research is inconclusive regarding the causes for the failure and does not make provision for the possible ... -
Physical sciences teachers’ perspectives and practices on the new Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement
(University of the Free State, 2017-01)Previous reform efforts in the South African school system have been confronted with challenges during the implementation stages where teachers are acknowledged as central agents. A scarcity of comprehensive studies on ... -
Die plek en taak van die onderwystegnologie in die opleiding van primêre onderwysers in die Oranje Vrystaat
(University of the Free State, 1977)Abstract not available -
Post-literacy in Lesotho: implications for training at the Institute of Extra-Mural Studies
(University of the Free State, 2016-06)English: The lifelong learning needs of modern life and ongoing post-literacy (PL) development have not been fully addressed in Lesotho, due to the current inadequacy of PL training. PL training must include an appreciation ... -
Power relations: exploring meanings in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement 2011
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)Power relations are seldom one-sided. Those who exercise power are caught up in and subjected to its functions equally as those over whom power is exercised. Educational institutions as social structures with a mandate of ... -
Practitioners’ experiences in using Sesotho as medium of instruction in Grade R classes in Qwaqwa
(University of the Free State, 2015)The aim of this study was to explore Grade R practitioners’ experiences of using Sesotho as the medium of instruction. The study was approached through an interpretative paradigm, loosely using a phenomenological perspective, ... -
Pre-service teachers' competences for teaching science through information and communication technologies during teaching practice
(University of the Free State, 2016-06)English: Most observers, curriculum designers and policy makers agree that ICTs are an important competency for university students to have in order to compete and perform successfully in their careers in the 21st century. ... -
The preparation of school principals as educational leaders in the Vryburg district
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Preparing student teachers for teaching in rural schools using work integrated learning
(The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd., 2018)This paper focuses on the preparation of student teachers for teaching in rural schools using Work Integrated Learning (WIL). Generally, teachers are not prepared to teach in rural schools and those that are currently ... -
Die problematiek van leerders met serebrale gestremdhede met spesifieke verwysing na taal, kognisie en numeriese versperrings tot leer
(University of the Free State, 2013-12)English: This study examines the experiential problems of learners with cerebral palsy (CP). Reference is made to the development of the concept of self and to the influence of defective brain processes on learners’ language ... -
Profiles of successful B.Com. (Finance) students entering a South African university before and after the introduction of the National Senior Certificate
(University of the Free State, 2014-07)English: Since 1994, the South African national school curriculum, from the foundation phase through to the further education and training phase, has been and still is in the process of being redesigned for the post-apartheid ... -
A programme to facilitate principals' financial management of public schools
(University of the Free State, 2009-05)English: Since 1994, the South African education system has been characterised by the implementation of new legislation steering the restructuring of management systems and the decentralisation of powers to schools, as ... -
'n Psigo-opvoedkundige ondersoek na die stand van multikulturele opvoeding en die ontwerp van 'n multi-kulturele opvoedingsraamwerk vir Noord-Kaapse skole
(University of the Free State, 2006-10)English: The purpose of this study is to assist educators in multicultural schools, education officials and designers to effectively understand and execute their roles and responsibilities in a rapidly changing education ...