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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"National Curriculum Statement"”.
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Teacher preparation for the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement
… were prepared for the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement. In an effort to determine how teachers were prepared for the implementation of National Curriculum Statement, literature on teacher preparation dunng curriculum change was consulted. The researcher conducted …
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Educators' experiences in implementing the revised national curriculum statement in the Get Band
… experiences in implementing the Revised National Curriculum Statement in the GET Band. The first aim of the study was to ascertain the nature of educators' experiences in implementing the Revised National Curriculum Statement. The second aim was to determine whether educators' …
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Challenges facing physical science educators in the implementation of the National Curriculum statement: the case of the Empangeni Education District
… of the NCS physical science as a major curriculum change. As Imenda (2002:4) states "curriculum change entails that educators, learners, administrators, and all those with a part to play in the actualisation of the new curriculum have to see and do things differently". He further asserts …
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Impact of national curriculum statement (NCS) on learners with severe intellectual disability in the Rustenburg district of Bojanala region, North West province
… functioning. These learners participate in the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) approach since there is no special curriculum for them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of severe intellectual disability and to find out whether learners of this condition are …
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A study of the constitution of Grade 8 mathematics within the context of the Revised National Curriculum Statement in five Western Cape schools
… mathematics within the context of the Revised National Curriculum Statement in a selection of Grade 8 mathematics lessons in five working-class schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The study is located within the broad framework of the sociology of education, specifically …
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The effect of activity-based instructional approaches in ameliorating alternative conceptions about electric circuits held by students from the national curriculum statement and the old school curriculum
Science students come to class with pre-instructional ideas that may influence the acquisition of science concepts. A basic assumption of the constructivist learning theory is that these pre-instructional ideas should be taken into account in constructing students' learning experiences in science …
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An investigation into the management and implementation of the National Curriculum Statement and its impact on educators and children in rural schools in Mopani District, Limpopo Province : a case study of Groot Letaba Circuit
… great challenges, especially with regard to curriculum development. Teachers are principal role-players in the process of addressing these challenges. The question is: Are they allowed to participate in the process, and if they do participate, what is the nature of their involvement? Within …
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The impact of in–service educator professional development programmes on grade 10 life orientation educators
… new thinking in the basic education system. The Curriculum 2005 introduces General Education and Training (GET) band comprising of Grades R-9 and Further Education and Training (FET) comprising of Grades 10-12. These changes necessitates that greater energy and investment be made in the …
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Factors to be considered in designing a comprehensive syllabus for English Second Language learners (ESL), with reference to learners in KwaZulu-Natal, North coast
… In the classes lower than Grades 11 and 12, Curriculum 2005 was put in place and was subsequently replaced by the Revised National Curriculum Statement. Again, the Revised National Curriculum Statement was replaced by the National Curriculum Statement. In short, until 2006 high schools, that …
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Investigating a geometry course for in-service teachers
… instructed by the requirements of the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) and had to follow it closely.
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Practical science process skills in physics, with special reference to test item assessment and classification
… skills laid out in the South African Revised National Curriculum Statement Draft. The derivation and classification of the specially designed diagnostic practical task items by experienced lecturers, teachers and academics constitutes an original and crucial part of the study. The objective is …
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A study of life sciences projects in science talent quest competitions in the Western Cape, South Africa, with special reference to scientific skills and knowledge
… African Department of Education released its National Curriculum Statement for Schools, Grades 10–12 (General), for Life Sciences. The curriculum emphasises that scientific skills are best developed within the context of an expanding framework of knowledge. ESKOM Expos for Young Scientists …
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Teaching English First Additional Language Listening and Speaking Skills, in the Intermediate Phase, at Vhembe West Districtm Limpopo Province
… do not use the teaching strategies tabled in the National Curriculum Statement and that there is a dominant use of mother tongue in English lessons. The teachers often code switch to mother tongue when they give learners instructions as EFAL teachers encounter several challenges when they teach …
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A comparative study of progression in the topic matter and materials across the NCS, the NCS work schedule and the CAPS
… content framework as it is represented in the National Curriculum Statement (NCS), the NCS Work schedule and the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The research done for the purposes of this project utilises five concepts derived from current literature on sequence and …
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Learners' motivations for preferred contexts in mathematical literacy
The National Curriculum Statement introduced mathematical literacy officially in 2006. Learners in general perform poorly at mathematics in South Africa but there is strong belief that learners should graduate from schools sufficiently literate to deal with the mathematical issues they will …
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Teaching grade fives to ask investigable questions in science
… first year of the implementation of the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) in Grade Five in South Africa. It is compulsory for teachers to implement the RNCS in this country. Investigations play a central role in learning in science education, and this study focuses on the Assessment …
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The alignment between curriculum objectives and assessment of IsiXhosa at Grade 12 level
… main aim of this change was to ensure that the curriculum would integrate academic and vocational skills. The other aims was to ensure that the new education system represent a complete opposite of the apartheid education system. Language, being central to education, is one of the areas that …
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An investigation into how teachers interpret and implement the curriculum in the further education and training phase in the English first additional language classroom
… examine how teachers interpret and implement the curriculum in an English First Additional classroom. The three sub-questions are (1) what are the theories and aims behind the two prescribed theoretical approaches (the communicative language approach and the text-based approach) as set out in the …
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The write rationale : teaching and assessing writing in English home language in the senior phase
The National Curriculum Statement is the most substantive document framing how English teachers are expected to teach writing in English Home Language in the Senior Phase. However, when its implicit pedagogy is evaluated according to what five decades of research and theory have confirmed as best …
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Educator's role in the implementation of first additional language in foundation phase as required by curriculum assessment policy statement: a case study of Dzondo
A new national curriculum, known as Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), was adopted in 2011 based on the principles of Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) to introduce education that is lifelong learning for all South Africans. The aim was to shift from content-based education …
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