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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Department of Basic Education"”.
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Promoting Gender Equality in the Classroom: A Comparison between Methodologies used by Equal Education and the Department of Basic Education
… the South African Government, specifically the Department of Basic Education and the NGO Equal Education to see how these organizations work to promote gender equality. The study will contribute to a systematic comparison of approaches between the Department of Basic Education and Equal …
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A study of the representational use of aggregates in the pedagogic elaboration of addition and subtraction in the Department of Basic Education Grades 1 to 3 Numeracy workbooks, prescribed for use in state funded South African schools
… collections, classes, categories) forms part of the biologically endowed human (core domain) capacity for dealing with quantity, along with an ability to compute using aggregates, both approximately and exactly. Core domain computations using aggregates serve as a basis for the growth of …
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The integration of indigenous knowledge systems into the main stream senior phase Natural Science Curriculum at Uthungulu district schools
… been a renewed interest emanating from the Department of Basic Education in the inclusion of indigenous knowledge in the mainstream science curriculum. The aims and principles of the new curriculum statement seek to realign themselves with those of the Constitution of the Republic, which …
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Teaching approaches used in the implementation of the accounting curriculum in the FET phase in the uThungulu District
… influenced by the persistently poor performance of learners in Accounting in the uThungulu district. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has revealed that in 2012 the poor performance in most districts was caused by teachers’ poor knowledge of the content in the subject of Accounting. The …
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Impact of the parent-teacher relationship in the education of children in secondary schools in Lwamondo Circuit of Vhembe West District
Parent-teacher relationship in the education of their children is often linked to the children’s academic performance. There has been little attempt to investigate the impact of parent-teacher relationship to the children’s academic performance. The present study investigates two scenarios of the …
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An investigative research into merger of school programmes in the Department of Education in Vhembe District for the academic years 2010 to 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the merger of schools’ programmes in the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in Vhembe District for the academic years 2010 to 2016. When small schools are not merged, it is difficult for the Department of Basic Education to adequately allocate resources for …
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Secondary school teachers and learners attitudes towards information and communications technology instructional use in Sibasa Circuit, Vhembe District, Limpopo
The main goal of this quantitative, descriptive, explorative survey was to explore and describe secondary school teachers’ and learners’ attitudes towards ICT (information and communication technology) instructional use in Sibasa circuit, Vhembe district, Limpopo province, South Africa, using the …
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Exploring the TPACK of Grade 9 mathematics teachers in the Western Cape of South Africa
The Department of Basic Education is striving towards improving the Grade 9 mathematics TIMSS results (Department of Basic Education, 2019). The use of technology in the mathematic classroom has shown to be able to transform mathematical education (Wiest, 2001) and, if implemented correctly in …
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Educators’ perceptions of primary school learners’ performance in Mthunzini Circuit
… designed to find out educators’ perceptions of learners’ performance in selected public primary schools in Mthunzini circuit in Empangeni district. Subjects for the study were one hundred and seventy (170) educators randomly drawn from primary schools. Views were sampled through 5 Likert-type …
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Exploring gender representation in business studies textbooks and its impact on the achievement of learning outcomes in further education and training phase in Mkhanyakude District
The Department of Basic Education emphasises the importance of textbooks during teaching and learning. Textbooks are supplied to schools every year to ensure that all learners have access to quality education. Teachers in South African schools also perceive textbook as an important teaching aid …
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Exploring novice teachers’ experiences in teaching of natural sciences to grade 8 and 9 within Pietermaritzburg secondary schools
This study investigated the experiences of novice teachers teaching the subject of Natural Sciences to Grade 8 and 9, within Pietermaritzburg secondary schools. Qualitative methods were used in this study, specifically semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The purposive sampling …
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Determinants of mobile learning acceptance among grade 12 learners, their parents and teachers in the rural King Cetshwayo District
… in STEM-related subjects in grade 12, the Department of Basic Education, and other stakeholders, encouraged the use of mobile learning in the classroom. However, the adoption of mobile learning is contingent on the user’s attitude towards it. Despite the call by the Department of Basic …
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Grade 3 learners’ metaphorical proficiency in isiXhosa literacy: Exploring the use of idioms in the teaching and learning of creative writing
… even though they are taught through the medium of their own home languages, including African languages (Department of Basic Education, 2013). To enrich learners’ language and literacy skills, the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) encourages the use of figurative and metaphorical …
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The influence of learner bullying behaviours on teachers in selected schools in Ehlanzeni district
… This study aimed at exploring the influence of learners’ bullying behaviour on teachers in selected schools in Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga Province. A qualitative approach was applied in this investigation, and a sample of six teachers was purposefully selected from three high schools in …
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Participation to improve co-governance? a case study of how early childhood development centres access water and energy in Khayelitsha.
… study research design, due to (1) the nature of the study, (2) to showcase the lived experiences of the participants in the study, and (3) to investigate the challenges faced by the case study participants. The data collection methods used in the study were snowball and purposive sampling, …
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Silent Reading: A Case of Sustained Silent Reading in a Western Cape Grade 5 Classroom
… to successful learning across the curriculum" (Department of Basic Education, 2011: 10). Previous sociocultural research as well as the South African Department of Basic Education has shown the importance of reading- both in terms of achievement and general student well-being. However, the South …
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Capacity-building of school governing bodies in area of policy interpretation and implementation
The aim of the study was to investigate the capacity-building of School Governing Bodies (SGBs) in the area of policy interpretation and implementation. The research was carried out in schools under Klein Letaba Circuit in the Mopani Education District, in the Limpopo Province. This was a …
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Continuing professional teacher development: a case of mathematical literacy teaching in Soutpansberg North Circuit of Vhembe District
The purpose of this study was to investigate how continuing professional teacher development can improve learners’ achievement and schooling in Mathematical Literacy. This study adopted a qualitative research design. The qualitative research method was used to collect data. Semi-structured …
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 curriculum recovery plan on English First-Additional language academic outcomes
… in remote areas where lockdowns halted educational activities entirely. In response, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) developed the COVID-19 Curriculum Recovery Plan (CRP) to address untaught curriculum segments when schools reopened. This study assesses the impact of the CRP on …
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Effects of work-related stress on educators in the Mthatha district schools
This study attempts to establish the effects of work-related stress on educators in the Mthatha district schools, using the quantitative research approach and the simple random sampling method to select the study sample. Stress is found to be a common phenomenon within the education profession, …
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