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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"classification and framing"”.
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How and what are children learning in primary school science?: a study with special reference to three primary science classes
… primary school learners do not score well on standardised science tests even when they are taught in apparently functional, primary science classrooms. This led me to wonder whether they are learning any generalisable science concepts that they can apply in standardised tests. I decided to …
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Institutional commitment to widening participation: mission, rhetoric and framing
… of six higher education institutions (HEIs) and their ‘framing’ of commitment to widening participation. Using elements of Fairclough’s (1995) critical discourse analysis, the thesis analyses the discursive strategies that the HEIs used to position their widening participation work in …
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An analysis of the constitution of a school subject through recontextualizing : the case of the NAC drama syllabus (1994)
… a framework for the analysis of a school subject and uses as a focal study the NAC drama syllabus developed in1994. Drawing in the main on Basil Bernstein's theory of curriculum, an analysis is made of how a syllabus is constituted through recontextualizing, using the theoretical concepts of voice …
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An investigation of ‘powerful knowledge' in the drama curriculum: a comparative document analysis of the FET caps dramatic arts and the international baccalaureate theatre guidelines
… Internationale Baccalaureate Theatre Guidelines and the FET CAPS Dramatic Arts Guide. Michael Young's (2010) notion of ‘powerful knowledge' has been at the heart of many research studies, curriculum theories, and educational debates in recent years, evolving into a seminal concept within the …
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Conceptualising differentiated forms of knowledge : the Medical (MBChB) curriculum of the University of Cape Town
… replaced by a problem-based learning programme, and the traditional biomedical model was replaced by a bio-psychosocial model, unofficially referred to as a bio-psychosocial / spiritual model by the staff. The change to the curriculum necessitated a lengthy process of planning and design, …
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Exploring Musical Knowledge Within One Canadian School Of Music: Ideology, Pedagogy, And Identity
The purpose of this study was to understand how the distribution and transmission of musical knowledges impacted the identities and consciousness of agents within one Canadian school of music which was given the pseudonym Eastern Urban School of Music (EUSM). The project was framed using Basil …
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Social Studies Curriculum Integration: Classification, Framing, and Teacher Autonomy
… in the context of high stakes testing of math and English Language Arts. Integrating social studies within an English Language Arts instructional block creates learning opportunities that more closely align with recommendations from the National Council for the Social Studies (2009) for …
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Teaching within a university: an in depth study of the every day use of technology
… this study are that in order to understand the real use of technology in teaching it is necessary to examine the everyday world of the university (Eisner & Peshkin, 1990, p. 99) and then to ‘tell it as it is’. The enquiry process is approached from a disciplinary context by capturing the …
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Teacher decision-making in contested curriculum: A study of New Zealand social studies
… about the curriculum subject, a decentralised and localised curriculum, a high level of teacher autonomy and limited priority for teacher subject knowledge. These factors are traced to causal forces including the changed status of disciplinary knowledge, the outcomes of 21st century learning, …
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Constituting grammar and its pedagogy : the reform of the South African English Home Language intermediate phase curriculum between 1997 and 2012
… in South Africa has impacted the constitution and organisation of English language knowledge, including grammatical knowledge and its pedagogy. Additionally, changes in theoretical viewpoints on grammar instruction and early literacy instruction have influenced the conceptualisation and …
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A case study investigation of the use of a textbook in a secondary mathematics classroom : issues of regulation and control
… by the teacher in textbook use in the classroom, and those implicit in a mathematics textbook. It is argued that these forms of regulation place constraints on the transformative role sometimes attributed to textbooks. The following research question is addressed: how does the teacher recruit the …
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An analysis of curriculum knowledge in an introductory actuarial science course
… rates at university. The profession is small and dominated by white males. Slow transformation of the profession to reflect a more representative sample of the population is exacerbated by the long route to qualification. This study is an analysis of the first module of the redesigned course …
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Religion, solidarity and identity: a comparative study of four South African schools with a religious affiliation
… affiliation recruit religion in school culture and the formal curriculum (both curriculum content and pedagogic method) and how this relates to the pedagogic identities they project. An overarching concern of the thesis is to understand how the character of the affiliated religion relates to the …
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Does subject matter? A comparative study of framing and classification in the online and contact versions of two postgraduate management courses and the implications for student learning
… context of the South African higher education landscape, which is currently grappling with issues of access and inequality. Online education is one of the potential approaches to expand access to South African students, but has often been met with skepticism as to its pedagogical quality, and …
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Tacit knowledge in craft pedagogy: a sociological analysis
Though a very silent man he was so mild and calm that Ged soon lost his awe of him, and in a day or two he was bold enough to ask his master 'When will my apprenticeship begin, Sir?' 'It has begun', said Ogion. There was silence, as if Ged was keeping back something he had to say. Then he said it: …
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Critical thinking across the disciplines: understanding and application
… the relationship between their personal understanding of this concept, and how they then try and convey it to their students. The empirical data informing this study is drawn from interviews with the academic staff, as well as observations of their teaching practice. Underpinned by a critical …