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 ...

English: Since the publication of Goleman’s book ‘Emotional Intelligence’ in 1995, the interest and research into EI has experienced a phenomenal growth, particularly in the commercial sector. Research by Goleman, Boyatzis ...

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One of the most significant educational accomplishments in a literate society is learning to read and write. Social-constructivist theorists emphasise the mediating role of language in the process of knowledge construction ...

This article aims to describe the outcomes of traditional initiation schools (lebollo), identify reasons for initiates’ deviant behaviour at school after returning from lebollo and offer some suggestions on how to reduce ...

English: The main purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant relationship existed between job satisfaction, locus of control, and teaching approach. The study was executed by means of a quantitative, ...

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 ...

This article interrogates two questions: what do teachers believe about their training and preparation to teach sexuality education, and how do teachers reconcile their own identities and beliefs with the content of sexuality ...

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 ...

English: This study is about instructional leadership regarding C2005. In order to conduct the research a study had to be made of both aBE and C2005 to determine the influence of aBE on the design and structure of C2005 ...