Browsing PiE 2016 Volume 34 Issue 2 by Title
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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 ... -
Interconnectedness of technology teachers’ perceptions of the design process to learner creativity
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)The design process (DP) is key to technology education and is considered as synonymous with problem solving, hence it undergirds all its learning aims and objectives. The Curriculum Assessment and Policy Statement (CAPS) ... -
Map literacy and spatial cognition challenges for student geography teachers in South Africa
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)South African geography student teachers should master map skills to teach mapwork effectively in their future classrooms. Spatial cognition, prior learning of map skills and map interpretation at secondary school-level ... -
A measurement scale for students’ usage of online networks
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)Studies suggest that students are increasingly turning to information and communication technologies as learning tools in which they can present multiple identities quite explicitly tied to context, knowledge and understanding ... -
One teacher’s experiences of teaching reading in an urban multi-grade foundation phase class
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)Many teachers have been confronted by the demanding situation of teaching two or more year groups in the same classroom although data on this multi-grade phenomenon is scarce. The purpose of this study attempts to answer ... -
Race, gender and sexuality in student experiences of violence and resistances on a university campus
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)With the dismantling of apartheid in 1994, significant changes were made to higher education in South Africa. Access to higher education has expanded and student bodies are now more representative in terms of gender and ... -
Shifting from disorientation to orientation: reading student discourses of success
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)Academic success in higher education is generally evaluated by means of concrete and measurable criteria that function as an institutional discourse of success. However, a parallel discourse of success that is far less ... -
Teaching and learning of Mandarin as a foreign language in South African schools
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)Globalisation has influenced the demand for the acquisition of Mandarin. As a proactive response, the South African Department of Education included Mandarin as a second additional language in the National Curriculum ... -
Theorising a capability approach to equal participation for undergraduate students at a South African university
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)This article applies a capability approach to the problem of unequal participation for working-class, first-generation students at a South African university. Even though access to higher education institutions is increasing ...