Browsing Early Childhood Education by Title

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  • Facilitating the development of leadership qualities in the Foundation Phase 
    Mulovhedzi, Shonisani Agnes (University of Pretoria, 2017)
    Developing their leadership qualities is one of the best gifts that teachers can give young learners. Childhood is the best time to inculcate leadership qualities; with these qualities, learners can learn to work ...
  • Facilitating young children’s understanding of Ubuntu using creative drama 
    Muller, Cornelia Magrietha (Carla) (University of Pretoria, 2020)
    In the Manifesto on Values (2001), Ubuntu is depicted as one of the ten democratic values and the Department of Education (DoE, 2001) portrays it as one of the most important values to promote citizenry. Ubuntu provides a ...
  • Factors affecting parental choice of schools for their Grade 1 learners 
    Miller, Denise Esmerelda (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    One of the seminal changes that occurred with the advent of a democratic government was the change in the South African education system. These government driven interventions have arguably been about ensuring that all ...
  • Factors facilitating the adjustment of immigrant children from Zimbabwe in the foundation phase to South African schools 
    Adebanji, Opeyemi Temilola; Phatudi, Nkidi Caroline; Hartell, Cycil George (Mediterranean Center of Social & Educational Research, 2014-03)
    This paper explores the effects of the encounter between the host and home cultures on Zimbabwean immigrant children’s acculturation and academic performance in the Foundation Phase in two South African primary schools. ...
  • Female victims and offenders in South African parricides, 1990-2019 
    Moen, Melanie Carmen; Shon, Phillip (Routledge, 2020)
    Women have been primarily discussed as victims and offenders in intimate partner homicides and offenders in infanticides. In the parricide literature, women have been depicted as overly domineering and controlling figures ...
  • Grade 3 learners’ perceptions and understandings of social justice in a democracy 
    Middeljans, Hilda (University of Pretoria, 2014)
    Since 1994 South Africa has been known as a free and democratic country. This inquiry explores the perceptions and understandings of Grade 3 learners of social justice and the way in which social justice could be implemented ...
  • Grade R student teacher experience of Work Integrated Learning 
    Jacobs, Mariaan (University of Pretoria, 2020)
    The demand for effective and competent teachers in South Africa remains a critical issue. Quality teacher education programmes are therefore essential to develop teachers who are knowledgeable, with the necessary skills, ...
  • Grade R teachers' understanding and implementation of the mathematical content knowledge of space and shape 
    McLachlan, Justiné (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    Globally, the importance of teaching mathematics to young children has rapidly increased. The concepts of space and shape are one of the mathematical content areas of mathematics that young children should explore, and ...
  • Group work during visual art activities to reduce indecisiveness 
    Thuketana, Nkhensani Susan; Westhof, Liesel (AOSIS, 2018-11-20)
    BACKGROUND : The Foundation Phase in education provides the primary building blocks for children’s foundation and development. From personal experiences as educators, we observed that young learners who work together in ...
  • How inclusive education is understood by principals of independent schools 
    Gous, Jennifer Glenda; Eloff, Irma; Moen, Melanie Carmen (Routledge, 2014)
    Inclusive education has become a practice that has been adopted by many schools across the globe and most usually in first-world countries. As a whole-school system, it occurs less frequently in developing countries ...
  • How post-apartheid children express their identity as citizens 
    Joubert, Ina; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Eloff, Irma (Sage, 2010-09)
    Children in South Africa are educated to identify with democratic values and democracy in post-apartheid society. As yet, we have no empirical evidence on their views on and identification with the new South African ...
  • How secondary school teachers understand, respond to and implement life orientation 
    Mosia, Dina Emely (University of Pretoria, 2011-10-11)
    Life Orientation is a new learning area in the National Curriculum Statement. The Learning area promises to improve the quality of education for all the South Africans. This study was founded upon the Structural Curriculum ...
  • How youth in Uganda experience televised HIV and AIDS education 
    Kakembo, Frederick (University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This study investigates how youth in Uganda experience televised HIV and AIDS educational programmes. Television is the medium that can be used to address the resurgence of HIV and AIDS in Uganda. The factors responsible ...
  • The impact of insufficient school readiness on learning in Grade 1 : teachers’ experiences and concerns 
    Bruwer, Marietjie (University of Pretoria, 2014)
    School readiness has a long-term effect on the development of a learner, including a successful school career, employment and the ability to contribute to society. The criteria for the personal readiness of the learner at ...
  • The impact of lesson study on the professional development of early grade teachers 
    Helmbold, Erika Geertruida (University of Pretoria, 2021)
    The professional development of teachers in South Africa needs critical attention, particularly in the area of early grade mathematics. The Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in ...
  • The impact of malaria on Foundation Phase teaching and learning 
    Petersen, June Phoebe (University of Pretoria, 2017)
    This dissertation explores the impact of malaria on Foundation Phase learners and educators in Vhembe. Malaria is prevalent in three South African provinces, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The Limpopo province has ...
  • The impact of university incorporation on college lecturers 
    Becker, L.R.; Beukes, Lukas D.; Botha, Antoinette; Botha, A.C.; Botha, Jan Jakobus; Botha, M.; Cloete, Dina J.; Cloete, Johann L.; Coetzee, Corene; De Beer, L.J.; De Bruin, D.J.; De Jager, Lizette J.; De Villiers, Johannes Jozua Rian; Du Toit, Cecilia Magdalena; Engelbrecht, Alta; Evans, Rinelle; Haupt, Maria Margaretha Catharina (Grietjie); Heyns, Danielle; Howatt, L.M.; Joubert, A.P.; Joubert, Ina; Niemann, A.C.; Phatudi, Nkidi Caroline; Randall, Elize; Rauscher, Willem Johannes; Rautenbach, W.C.; Scholtz, S.; Schultz, J.C.; Swart, Ronel; Van Aswegen, Hendrika Johanna; Van Heerden, Judith Cornelia (Judy); Van Vollenhoven, Willem Johannes; Van Wyk, Elmarie M.; Van Wyk, Johannes G.U.; Van der Walt, C.A.; Van der Westhuizen, Carol N.; Vermeulen, Dorette; Vorster, A. (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 ...
  • Implementation of an HIV & AIDS programme in South African schools : strengths and weaknesses 
    Van Rooyen, Linda; Van den Berg, Dirk Nicolaas (A B Academic, 2009)
    The primary aim of this study was to explore the lived-experiences of teachers who were responsible for the presentation of the official HIV & AIDS Programme of the Department of Education of South Africa. The study was ...
  • Implementing lesson study as a professional development approach for early grade teachers : a South African case study 
    Helmbold, Erika Geertruida; Venketsamy, Thungavel (Roy); Van Heerden, Judith Cornelia (Judy) (University of the Free State, 2021-09)
    Lesson Study is an internationally recognised professional development approach for teachers. This case study explores the impact of implementing Lesson Study in the early grades of a South African primary school, ...
  • Incidental vocabulary acquisition as student performance determinant in undergraduate research modules 
    West, Joyce Phillis (RedFame Publishing, 2017-10)
    Vocabulary knowledge plays an important role in determining a person’s language proficiency level. This study investigates the role vocabulary plays in determining students’ performance within research modules at private ...