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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"South African schooling"”.
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Towards the democratization of instructional leadership in South African schools: current trends and future possibilities.
The Department of Education of the South Mrican Government of National Unity has accepted democratic governance as one of the principles of its education and training programme. At school level, especially at historically black schools, there is also an increasing demand for meaningful involvement …
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A multiple-case study of high school students' biology test-preparation : an exploration of what students do and why they do it
The South African schooling system is criticised for having low pass rates and marks inflated by low standards, and is seen as partially accountable for the high drop-out rates among the 'academically successful' students who make it to university. Remediation attempts have been made through …
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Towards the Design of a Networked Social Services Media Model to Promote Democratic Community Participation in South African Schools
… of democratic practices and a desire to improve schooling in South Africa, motivate this research. The social objective of the research is therefore to determine what are the causes of the persistent failure of the South African schooling system and to what extent community participation may …
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The influence of the South African learner progression policy on learners in the FET phase
… this study was to explore the influence of the South African learner progression policy on learners in the FET phase, the challenges experienced by the progressed learners, and the support available for them. The South African schooling system experiences underperformance of learners, …
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Revitalising school social work services in a global economy : a developmental perspective
… intervention as an institutional structure in South African schools with special reference to the Durban, Empangeni and Pietermaritzburg education areas where the writer carried out the empirical observation. The justification or the investigation was strengthened by the double factors of …
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Thank You For Not Coming? Policy, Politics, and Polity: How Education Stakeholders Interpret Post-Apartheid Education Policy for Immigrants in South Africa-- The Case of Cape Town
… from one developing country to another (or "South-South" migration), although this accounts for about half of all migration worldwide. The studies that do exist in this realm tend to focus on the classroom experience of immigrant students without due consideration of the policy context that …
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Digital literacy practices of three high school learners across home and school contexts: challenges and opportunities
… practices at home and at their school in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. The study focuses on how different learners, their teachers, and the wider institution in which they are located ‘take hold' of contemporary literacy, how their practices are affected, challenged and influenced by …
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Assessing the preparedness of the schooling system for The Fourth Industrial Revolution: The case study of two secondary schools in the Ekurhuleni South Education District
Research indicates that South African teachers do not understand the use of technology for teaching and learning, the benefits associated with it, and classrooms are not designed to support technology-integrated teaching (Skhephe, Caga and Boadzo, 2020). Furthermore, access to technology for …
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Perspectives on a mediating role for effective teaching and learning of Life Orientation in the Further Education and Training (FET) Band in schools under the Pinetown District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
… reforms and changes have been introduced in the South African schooling curriculum for a democratic political and social dispensation, educational researchers (Chisholm, 2000; Jansen, 1997; Christie, 1999) have highlighted the challenges facing the successful implementation of the new curriculum. …