Browsing Education by UP Author "Amsterdam, Christina E.N."

Browsing Education by UP Author "Amsterdam, Christina E.N."

Sort by: Order: Results:

  • Adequacy in the South African context : a concept analysis 
    Amsterdam, Christina E.N. (Perspectives in Education, 2006-06)
    Adequacy as a concept or philosophy has recently emerged as part of school finance literature and policy in South Africa. Broadly defined as sufficient input levels to ensure student achievement of learning goals, adequacy ...
  • Diversity, unity and national development : findings from desegregated Gauteng schools 
    Weber, Everard; Nkomo, Mokubung O.; Amsterdam, Christina E.N. (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2009-12)
    This is a qualitative study that analyses the views and experiences of teachers and students at selected, desegregated schools in Gauteng, South Africa. It focuses on diversity with regard to race, class and gender. These ...
  • Is education making a difference in the creation of equitable societies? 
    Nkomo, Mokubung O.; Weber, Everard; Amsterdam, Christina E.N. (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2009-12)
    This introductory editorial article is premised on the fundamental notion that education is about personal and social change. But such a view, as in Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities”, is fraught with contradictions. To ...
  • The realities of educator support in a South African school district 
    Nkambule, Gugulethu; Amsterdam, Christina E.N. (Education Association of South Africa, 2018-02)
    This paper explores support in primary schools in a single South African school district. The literature suggests an increased need for educator support in South Africa due to a myriad of curricular changes in the aftermath ...
  • School desegregation trends in Gauteng Province 
    Amsterdam, Christina E.N.; Nkomo, Mokubung O.; Weber, Everard (Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis, 2012-08-03)
    This study utilized 2003 to 2006 school enrollment data from the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) to examine school desegregation trends and interracial exposure among learners from different race groups. Descriptive ...
  • Status of education finance research in South Africa 
    Jansen, Jonathan D.; Amsterdam, Christina E.N. (Perspectives in Education, 2006-06)
    The authors present in the form of a review the status of education finance research in South Africa.