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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, ... -
Investigating the effects of e-learning as a method of curriculum dissemination for rural TVET college students
(OpenED Network, 2021)The study investigates the effects of e-learning as an alternative form of curriculum dissemination for rural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college students. This study adopted connectivism theory, ... -
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 ... -
Framing of school violence in the South African printed media - (mis)information to the public
(Education Association of South Africa, 2014)The way in which the media report on school violence influences public perceptions, gives rise to particular attitudes and can influence decisions by policy makers. The more frequently an issue is presented in a specific ... -
South African teachers’ exposure to workplace bullying
(AOSIS, 2013)Research on workplace bullying (WPB) in occupations, identified teaching as a high risk job. Yet there is a dearth of research on WPB among teachers. The aim of this study is to contribute to the limited body of knowledge ... -
Insights from traditional initiation teachers (Basuwe) on the influence of male traditional initiation (lebollo) on the behaviour of schoolboys
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)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 ... -
An evaluation of an intervention using sign language and multi-sensory coding to support word learning and reading comprehension of deaf signing children
(SAGE Publications, 2013)The reading skills of many deaf children lag several years behind those of hearing children, and there is a need for identifying reading difficulties and implementing effective reading support strategies in this population. ... -
Comparing native signing, late-signing and orally trained deaf children’s ‘theory of mind’ abilities
(SAGE Publications, 2010)I argue that language skills and social interaction, specifically quality social discourse (reciprocal interaction) concerning mental states are pivotal in the development of social understanding and ‘theory of mind’ ... -
Turning the tide on illiteracy: a search for early childhood language stimulation among Free State pre-schoolers
(School of Education of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2011)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 ... -
Put reading first: positive effects of direct instruction and scaffolding for ESL learners struggling with reading
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)The inability of many English second-language (ESL) learners to read at desirable levels is universal, but reasons for this and solutions have not yet been addressed. Within the South African teaching context especially ... -
Guided group reflections of first-year pre-service teachers: moving beyond the rhetoric of "go and reflect"
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2015)In South Africa, pre-service teachers enter education programmes with diverse preunderstandings of the teaching profession. For some, their experiences are often naively divorced from a genuine understanding of how ... -
Teacher professional development programmes: what is missing?
(University of Venda, 2013)Professional development of teachers is a cornerstone for the provision of quality teaching and learning in an education system in a country. Studies affirm that effective professional development programmes of teachers ... -
Exploring strategies to strengthen continuing professional development of teachers in rural South Africa
(CSSALL, 2015)English: Professional development of teachers is a cornerstone of the provision of quality of teaching and learning in a country’s education system, affirmed by the literature, with programmes central to proposals for ... -
Engaging the community in educational and social amelioration: lessons and prospects
(CSSALL, 2015)A crucial element to ensure the success of a project is the community’s engagement in it: in other words, the participation of individuals, community-based organisations and institutions that would be affected by the ... -
Strategies and outcomes of involving university students in community engagement: an adaptive leadership perspective
(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), 2015)English: The purpose of this article is to compare how students and community members learned and applied their knowledge in four small-scale university–community engagement projects during 2013. It draws on the concept ... -
Service learning as a response to community/school engagement: towards a pedagogy of engagement
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013-06)The promulgation of the White Paper on Higher Education (1997) necessitated Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South Africa to avail their expertise in their human resources and physical infrastructure for service ... -
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 ... -
Difficult conversations: lessons learnt from a diversity programme for pre-service teachers
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012-09)Premised on the notion that any educational programme for pre-service teachers pursues excellence in both academics and social justice, teacher educators must capacitate student teachers to work in areas of social justice. ... -
Conversations among Black staff members at a historically White Afrikaans university campus on issues of race, social justice and reconciliation
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012-09)In an ethnographically designed study, guided by a critical community psychology framework, Black staff members at a historically White Afrikaans university campus conducted email conversations relating to issues of race, ... -
Constructive feedback as a learning tool to enhance students’ self-regulation and performance in higher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012)If feedback is provided in a way that can develop students’ self-regulatory skills, it could enhance learning and, consequently, lead to improved performance. To improve teaching and learning in higher education (HE), ...
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