Browsing by Author "Moodley, Thiruveni."
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Item An exploration of the curriculum in three early childhood centres in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : a case study.(2012) Moodley, Thiruveni.; Ramrathan, Prevanand.This thesis explores the childhood curriculum in three early childhood centres in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, through a case study approach. The research is located within a critical pedagogical perspective of curriculum/knowledge, consistent with a transformational pedagogical view. The study engages with the curriculum as enacted and experienced by teachers within three different early childhood landscapes: Starfish Pre-Primary School, which is situated in a formal urban area; Siyazama Educare Centre, which is found in an informal urban area, and Zamani Crèche, which is located in a rural area. The experiences offered to children are a blend of both philosophy and practice, underpinned by issues of broader social and cultural values about what role education should play in society and how that role is best practised. The focus is on the curriculum for the junior (three years) and middle (four years) groups at Starfish Pre-Primary School and Siyazama Educare Centre, and for the children aged three to five years at Zamani Crèche. Observation, interviews and documents analysis were used as tools for data collection. This qualitative study shows how past links, contacts and professional suitability can be used as three different strategies in negotiating access to early childhood centres. The study uses critical pedagogy to engage with the philosophy and aim of education, the curriculum goals, the curriculum planning, the curriculum content and the pedagogical practices at Starfish Pre-Primary School, Siyazama Educare Centre and Zamani Crèche. It shows an expanding power base of ideological practices and functions of dominant ideas, values and beliefs in academic knowledge, as well as developmentally appropriate practices that present themselves in early childhood education and promote a description of truth, reality and knowledge that appears to be independent of cultural practices. The findings are analysed from two perspectives: dominant curriculum knowledge and practices and disempowerment of teachers. The study argues that a transformational pedagogical view of knowledge within the existing philosophy underpinning early childhood curriculum and pedagogy, facilitates opportunities to transgress traditions and constitute spaces for possibilities of alternative curriculum enactment and experiences.Item Exploring how the emotional intelligence-social capital nexus in academics impacts third stream income: a case study of University of KwaZulu-Natal.(2023) Reddy, Devendren Vengatas.; Proches, Cecile Naomi Gerwel.; Moodley, Thiruveni.South African universities have been facing financial challenges brought about by the legacy of the apartheid education system. The higher education system is looking for solutions to manage the financial sustainability of institutions. The aim of the study was to determine whether the emotional intelligence and social capital nexus in academics has an impact on attitudes towards third stream income at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Third stream income draws on commercial practice to raise income through consultancy, commercialisation of research, philanthropy and the creation of public private partnerships. A challenge facing institutions is getting academics to participate in third stream income because they are consumed with academic responsibilities of teaching, learning and research. Literature review was conducted, which included the development of a mini case study of UKZN based on the 2017- 2021 strategic plan and factors that impacted third stream income generation at the university. The thesis used the four-dimensional theory of emotional intelligence model of Goleman, Boyatzis and McKee (Goleman et al., 2002:47) and the three-dimensional model of social capital (Nahapiet and Ghoshal, 1998). This thesis used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods case study methodology. The qualitative part of the study comprised 13 interviews and two focus group interviews. The quantitative part of the study was based on 100 respondents who participated in an online questionnaire. The qualitative data analysis used a thematic analysis, and the quantitative data analysis was conducted using SPSS Statistics 26.0 software. The study found a strong relationship between the emotional intelligence – social capital nexus and attitudes towards third stream income. The study recommends the construction of a coaching framework to develop the participation of academics at UKZN in third stream income. Further research is required on the impact of how emotional intelligence can be used to grow social capital in academia. These studies may look at what the motivators are for academics to participate in third stream income generation and how to promote academic benevolence to promote increased social capital to support third stream income generation.Item The impact of technical college programmes on employment possibilities.(2000) Moodley, Thiruveni.; Ramrathan, Prevanand.Abstract available in the PDF.