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(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2003-06)This article entails reflections of four young scholars on attending an international workshop on qualitative research. It reports on their experiences of the workshop – from the instant when they had to decide which ...
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(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2004-09)In South Africa, recent government plans to change the institutional landscape of higher education have resulted in mergers of colleges into universities or technikons. The research reported in this article focuses solely ...
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(South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 2005)The aim of the study was to describe the thoughts and emotions of consumers with regard to both online shopping and traditional shopping. A homogenous sample of ten female respondents participated in this qualitative study ...
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(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2005)Drawing on the notion of the 'didactical transposition' of curriculum texts, this paper takes a critical look at why one science teacher still persists with a traditional teacher-centred approach towards practical work. ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2005)In biology education, the study of structure has traditionally involved the use of dissection. Animal-rights campaigners have caused biology educators and learners to question the necessity of dissections. This study reviews ...
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(Unisa Press, 2005)The Internet offers a new dimension to distance learning: there is no arguing against the advantages of online learning - it transcends time and space in offering convenient (anywhere, anytime, own pace, etc.) access to ...
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(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2005-05)Graphing software and graphics calculators are widely used in most of the world's larger economies to facilitate students' development of conceptual understanding of mathematical function analysis. This has proved to be ...
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(Naspers, 2005-07-15)Volgens navorsing van Rian de Villiers van UP dryf swak dissipline en hoë lewenskoste in Brittanje ontnugterde Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysers terug huis toe. Hulle negatiewe ervarings versoorsaak dat hulle by hulle terugkoms ...
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(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2005-09)Following the implementation of the new outcomes-based Curriculum 2005, teacher competence in teaching reform-based science in large classes is one of the challenges in the continuing reform of South Africa's education ...
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(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2005-11)A sample of 242 prospective biology teachers at a South African university responded to a questionnaire on animal dissection in a science-related context. The students were required to answer questions relating to their ...
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(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2006)A quasi-experimental study was undertaken to extend first-world research on physics problem solving into disadvantaged South African classrooms. Sixteen urban high schools, involving 189 learners, participated in the study, ...
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(Education Association of South Africa, 2006-11)In this article it is argued that indigenous technology with its long history cannot be ignored and should be assigned a more prominent place in the Technology Learning Area (TLA) within Curriculum 2005/RNCS Grades R - 9. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-07)Changing classroom practice is a difficult and complicated business. It involves challenging both what teachers know and do in their classrooms. It involves a process of re-configuring both teacher knowledge and practice. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-13)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Computer games have not only invaded the lives of children, but the lives of adults as well. Increasingly, computer games have become a part of popular culture. Initially computer games were considered to be a waste of ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2007-01-07)This paper, the first of a two-part article, follows the trail in history of the development of a graphical representation of the complex roots of a function. Root calculation and root representation are traced through ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-09)This study was designed to investigate teachers’ success in implementing an innovative programme (Project Atmosphere). It also investigates teachers’ perceptions of self-efficacy, teacher-efficacy and teacher-perceived ...
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(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2007-05)We discuss teachers' perception of the use of group work in the Information Technology (IT) classroom. We describe the current situation regarding the implementation of group work in IT classrooms in South Africa as ...
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(Association of Mathematics Education of South Africa, 2007-06)This paper explores the impact of a one-year in-service distance education mathematics course that follows a problem-solving approach. The course aims to develop teachers’ mathematical thinking skills. Results show that ...
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Designing mathematical-technological activities for teachers using the Technology Acceptance Model (Association of Mathematics Education of South Africa, 2007-06)The objective of this study was the design and development of mathematical technological activities. The guiding model in developing these activities was the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The two main issues to address, ...
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