Browsing TD: 2013 Volume 9 No 3 (Special Edition) by Title
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An analysis of challenges in the teaching of problem solving in Grade 10 mathematics
(2013)The paper focuses on challenges in the teaching of problem-solving in Grade 10 Mathematics, which may emanate from ignoring the background environment of the child (Graven & Schafer, 2013:4). It is important to affirm ... -
Beliefs that manifest through newspaper items in relation to peoples’ life challenges and their potential to enhance a sustainable learning environment in school science
(2013)The paper documents beliefs that manifest themselves through newspaper items and elaborates on their potential to enhance a sustainable learning environment in a school science lesson. “Learning environment” is depicted ... -
Citizenship education and human capabilities: lynchpin for sustainable learning environment and social justice
(2013)The paper builds on and contributes to literature in citizenship education studies in higher education. Many studies in this field have explored the history, development and implementation of various forms of citizenship ... -
Creating sustainable postgraduate supervision learning environments through critical emancipatory research
(2013)This article articulates pedagogic praxis for postgraduate supervision couched within sustainable learning environments with emancipatory aims. The paper probes the discourses of hegemony as a form of power that relies ... -
In search of healthy sexuality: the gap between what youth want and what teachers think they need
(2013)The fact that youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are most vulnerable to contract HIV (UNAIDS, 2011) is a clear indication that adults are failing to provide them with the necessary skills and information to make informed ... -
The influence of selected teacher inputs on students’ academic achievement in the junior secondary school certificate mathematics in Namibia
(2013)This study explored the link between teachers’ inputs and students’ academic achievement in the JSC Mathematics for the period 2006 to 2010. One hundred and fifty secondary schools selected from 573 secondary schools in ... -
Intercultural communication problems relating to translation from English into Sesotho
(2013)In this article, certain translative communication problems associated with the linguistic and stylistic differences between English and Sesotho are identified and discussed. With a view to help improve translation between ... -
Learner metacognition and mathematics achievement during problem-solving in a mathematics classroom
(2013)In this investigation the level of learner metacognition as well as the level of mathematics achievement during problem-solving in a mathematics classroom was investigated. Learner metacognition plays a pivotal role ... -
On bricolage and the creation of sustainable postgraduate learning environments
(2013)In this paper I show how bricolage as a theoretical framework is used to understand and enhance the learning of the postgraduate students and academics working as a team. Bricolage is described as a metaphor for a research ... -
Participatory action research and the construction of academic identity among postgraduate research students
(2013)This paper discusses the construction of academic identity among postgraduate research students who emerged from a participatory action research (PAR) project. The article reports on how postgraduate research students ... -
Realising a socially sustainable South African society through cooperative learning
(2013)Education conceptualised in terms of the broader project of socially sustainable development (SSD) makes cooperative learning (CL) valuable in realising the former. Cooperative learning emphasises cooperation as integral ... -
South African teachers’ exposure to workplace bullying
(2013)Research on workplace bullying (WPB) in occupations, identified teaching as a high risk job. Yet there is a dearth of research on WPB among teachers. The aim of this study is to contribute to the limited body of knowledge ... -
Sustainable rural learning ecologies- a prolegomenon traversing transcendence of discursive notions of sustainability, social justice, development and food sovereignty
(2013)This paper contributes, through traversing contested notions of sustainability, social justice, development and food sovereignty, to discourses around creation of sustainable rural learning ecologies. There has always ... -
Towards a social sustainability in higher education: enhancing students’ solidarity and togetherness through collaborative projects in racially diverse learning environments
(2013)One key goal in the mission and vision statement of the University of the Free State is to recruit the best and most diverse students who work in solidarity and togetherness across social and historical divides. This ... -
Understanding gender, sexuality and HIV risk in HEIs: narratives of international post-graduate students
(2013)Thirty years into the HIV&AIDS pandemic, the world is still striving to reduce new HIV infections and halve AIDS related deaths by 2015. However, sub-Saharan Africa still faces the burden of HIV infections as governments ... -
Using participatory and visual arts-based methodologies to promote sustainable teaching and learning ecologies: through the eyes of preservice teachers
(2013)The National Framework for Quality Education in Rural Areas (DoE, 2006) draws attention to education in rural ecologies and scrutinises the role of HEIs in developing teachers who understand the diverse contexts and who ... -
The utilisation of the performances of Neil Diamond for improving the classroom practices of educators: an educational appreciation
(2013)In this research the 5D-framework of Appreciative Inquiry is used to investigate the possibility of applying the attributes and artistic strategies of the pop singer Neil Diamond for the improvement of classroom practices ...
