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(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2008)This article is about my own journey and my reflections during my first month of using technology for instruction. The context was the use of a tablet PC and the possibilities that it creates for teaching mathematics to ...
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(Unisa Press, 2008)For the African Virtual University and its consortium of African universities the implementation of quality promoting initiatives are not without challenges and scepticisms. To be discussed in this article is the case of ...
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(Springer, 2008-11)Education and training interventions can be evaluated through the success of learning outcomes. Kirkpatrick's four-level model is a widely accepted and highly popular evaluation tool. However, some criticise the model's ...
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(Computer Society of South Africa, 2008-12)Students of programming need to master group work skills. This paper presents a model for group work in it classrooms based on literature and research done the past couple of years. The model emphasizes the importance of ...
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The effect of incorporating cooperative learning principles in pair programming for student teachers (Taylor & Francis, 2008-12)Based on their quantitative and qualitative investigations, the authors conclude that pair programming as a strategy for teaching student teachers could be made more effective through the incorporation of principles ...
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(Association of Mathematics Education of South Africa, 2008-12)In this paper we document the advantages of utilising technology to enhance teachers’ instructional activities. In particular we showcase the potential and impact that the use of Geometer’s Sketchpad may have on the teaching ...
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(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2009)The state of mathematics and science education in South Africa is a cause for concern. This situation can be attributed, in part, to many mathematics and science teachers’ limited content knowledge, ineffective teaching ...
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(International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, 2009)Dealing effectively with information and communication technology in the information society is a complex task and the human dimension is often under-estimated. This paper tries to give a voice to some managers about their ...
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Teacher clusters in South Africa : opportunities and constraints for teacher development and change (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2009-03)Teacher clusters represent a recent experiment in the field of teacher professional development in South Africa. Increasingly, teacher clusters are being used as a substitute for the traditional approaches to professional ...
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(Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2009-03)In South Africa the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) was conceptualised to address issues of social justice. The concept intended to increase the participation rate of historically disadvantaged groups in higher education ...
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(Routledge, 2009-08)A review of the websites of 43 UK-based agencies that are recruiting teachers in South Africa and other countries finds that important information about what to expect often is missing. An analysis of the marketing ...
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(Association of Mathematics Education of South Africa, 2009-12)The study sought to obtain information on the relationship, if any, between students’ achievement and teacher background as well as between students’ achievement and professional development. The respective correlation ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2009-12)The work of teachers has a significant role both with regard to learners’ achievement and their opportunities in life. In the context of a developing country, particularly with respect to township and rural schools, it is ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2009-12)Are students who have been educated in an outcomes-based approach prepared for university mathematics? Following the political changes of 1994 in South Africa, the decision was taken to replace the traditional skills-based ...
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(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2010)Technology is often perceived simplistically as applied science, and therefore regarded as inferior to science. Scholars of technology, however, reject the view that technology is applied science and insist that technology ...
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(Institute of Biology, 2010)This article investigates the attitudes of South African student teachers towards the theory of evolution and their willingness to teach it. The teaching of evolution has been excluded from the South African school ...
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(The Reading Association of South Africa, 2010)The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assessment is an international comparative study of reading skills of Grade Four learners. South Africa’s first participation in the study took place in the 2006 ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-05)Bite marks inflicted on animate and inanimate objects will undergo a certain degree of deformation. This fact remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks when analyzing evidence for court presentation. It has been ...
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(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010-06)This study examines some aspects of the quality of Alternative Basic Education (ABE) provision in Ethiopia. Educational indicators of quality were formulated under two general topic areas of ABE programme process and ...
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(EASA, 2010-08)In this pilot study, we sought to examine the influence of the beliefs of Grade 10 to 12 physical science teachers on their intended and actual usage of interactive simulations (Physics Education Technology, or PhET) in ...
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