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Enhancing quality of student teachers’ practices through reflective journal writing during school practice
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This paper explores the role of journal writing in enhancing student teachers’ learning during school practice. It analyses data from 22 student teachers’ journals and 23 questionnaires. The study focuses on the areas ... -
Making Euclidean geometry compulsory: are we prepared?
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This study investigated the attitude towards, as well as the level of understanding of Euclidean geometry in pre-service mathematics education (PME) students. In order to do so, a case study was undertaken within which ... -
Using participatory video to explore teachers’ lived experiences
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Teachers who work in economically and socially disadvantaged environments have first-hand knowledge of the challenges that can impede teaching and learning, yet their voices are often ignored when researchers and ... -
What teacher educators consider as best practices in preparing pre-service teachers for teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This paper reports on an investigation into what teacher educators consider to be best practices in how to prepare pre-service teachers to effectively deal with the challenges of teaching Mathematics in multilingual contexts, ... -
The phenomenon of xenophobia as experienced by immigrant learners in Johannesburg inner city schools
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article aims to describe how xenophobia is experienced by a small selection of immigrant participants in five inner city schools in Johannesburg. The May 2008 xenophobic violence prompted the investigation. Theoretically, ... -
Design refinement tools for a teacher education curriculum: the example of a service learning course
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article addresses the issue of the theory-practice divide in pre-service teacher education from the viewpoint of design-based research (DBR). Using the example of a course in service learning (SL), the authors discuss ... -
Editorial: Reflecting on 16 years of freedom in South African education - from hopeless to hopeful?
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Abstract not available -
Scholarship in teacher education in South Africa, 1995-2006
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article reports on findings pertaining to scholarship in teacher education drawn from a wider study on all education research in South Africa from 1995 to 2006. The study, which defined education research as broadly ... -
The role of visualisation in developing critical thinking in mathematics
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Research has been conducted on the role and importance of visualisation in many fields, including psychology, but very little has been done to extend its role to mathematics education in particular. Furthermore, much ... -
Searching for a “pedagogy of hope”: teacher education and the social sciences
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)I analyse module outlines within a particular school of social sciences located in a faculty of education, and uncover the evolving systems of teaching social sciences in a teacher education curriculum. The data are ... -
Implementing a multi-faith Religious Education curriculum in Botswana junior secondary schools
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)I explore the ways in which RE teachers understand and implement a multi faith Religious Educa tion curriculum in Botswana junior secondary schools. The multi faith RE curriculum came about as a result of an educational ... -
Locating the doctoral study in the ‘paradigm skirmishes’: challenges and prospects for adopting a paradigm cradle
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)It is important to understand the thought patterns of students and supervisors that underlie the choice of paradigm and determine the progression of doctoral studies as an integral part of articulating scholarship at the ... -
Dominant discourses of teachers in early childhood education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article examines the dominant discourses teachers in early childhood education (ECE) used to produce understandings of children and educational practice for them. Seven teachers from two early childhood centres in ... -
Markets, equality and democratic education: confronting the neoliberal and libertarian reconceptualisations of education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)The global emergence of market liberalism marks an effort to decouple the link between citizenship and the welfare state and to rearticulate people’s identity as homo economicus, as independent citizens having the right ... -
Learning to teach in South Africa
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Abstract not available -
Teacher ratings of academic achievement of children between 6 and 12 years old from intact and non-intact families
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)We investigated teacher ratings of the impact of parental divorce on academic achievement of children between 6 and 12 years old up to 12 months after their parents divorced. A purposive sample of 120 children attending ... -
Using cultural capital as a resource for negotiating participation in a teacher community of practice: a case study
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Continuing professional development (CPD) initiatives for teachers in South Africa take on various forms, ranging from formalised, structured, credit-bearing certification programmes to informal, relatively unstructured, ... -
Finding the best fit: the adaptation and translation of the Performance Indicators for Primary Schools for the South African context
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Reform and improvement are imperative in the current South African education system. Monitoring of school and learner achievement is an essential for establishing praxis for school improvement. Diversity of culture and ...