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An exploration of mobile learning in South African accounting classrooms: a case study
(University of the Free State, 2019-06)In this digital age, where mobile learning is being incorporated into teaching and learning, this research tries to explore the perceptions and experiences of teachers and learners on the use of mobile learning in South ... -
Investigating establishment, functionality and sustainability of primary school libraries
(University of the Free State, 2019-06)This research was conducted to examine and describe the status of the establishment of functional and sustainable libraries in primary schools of the Motheo District in the Free State province, South Africa. Within the ... -
Vraagstukke in verband met die herorganisasie van plattelandsonderwys in die Oranje Vrystaat
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The attitude and experiences of high school learners on the teaching of LGBT content in a South African co-ed school
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: Upon the ratification of the Constitution, the South African Schools Act of 1996 inaugurated a new education system that confronts all forms of unfair discrimination and intolerance. South African schools, however, ... -
Critical emancipatory research for social justice and democratic citizenship
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012-12)This article proposes a research paradigm located within the respectful relationship between participants and researcher(s) towards construction of positive holding, interactions and invitational environments which ... -
Teacher narratives on the teaching of sexuality and HIV/AIDS education
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2012)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 ... -
Enabling roles to reclaim teacher agency: insights from the Advanced Certificate in Teaching (Foundation Phase)
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)In developing the Advanced Certificate in Teaching (ACT) as a professional qualification for continuing teacher education for early schooling at the University of KwaZulu-Natal we asked the following: “What are the enabling ... -
Early school leavers and sustainable learning environments in rural contexts
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012)In this paper, I show by means of Yosso’s community cultural wealth theoretical framework how equal numbers of early school leavers (ESLs) from the rural and the urban parts of the North-West province cite similar reasons ... -
Die loopbaanbelewenis van akademici aan Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite: CAP ondersoek
(University of the Free State, 2010)English: This article aims to explain how South African academics experience their professional lives during different career phases by employing data from the international Changing Academic Profession (CAP) investigation ... -
An online multiple-choice microbiology game for undergraduate medical students: a case study
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: Educational games are increasingly used in medical curricula to enhance the process of mastering subject content. Students experience medical microbiology as an exceptional challenge because of unfamiliar terminology ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
School clusters as sites for instructional leadership: a case of the better schools programme of Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2015-07)English: Inter-school collaborations or clustering has a long history, dating back to the 1940s in Nepal and Great Britain and it has spread across many parts of the world. Zimbabwe is no exception to this trend of ... -
Improving academic performance in a rural school through the use of an asset-based approach as a management strategy
(University of the Free State, 2014-07)English: The aim of this study was to investigate how academic performance in a rural school can be improved using the asset-based approach as a school management strategy. In other words, the study anticipated developing ... -
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 ...