Browsing Masters Degrees (Education, Development, Leadership and Management) by Issue Date
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Teacher evaluation as perceived by KwaZulu secondary school teachers (with reference to Mehlwesizwe Circuit)
(1993)Teacher evaluation is a management tool for all educational organisations as it is used to research information on teacher performance. Information on teacher performance is important in the decision making process regarding ... -
A principal's management of an urban secondary school in a turbulent environment : with special reference to KwaZulu schools.
(1993)The crisis in Black Education has dramatically influenced the manner in which principals manage their schools. What is clear is that for more than a decade school principal's have been faced with a complex task of ... -
An investigation of the role of the principal as public relations manager in House of Delegates secondary schools in the greater Durban area.
(1993)The study focuses on public relations as a significant aspect of the functions of the principal as the manager of a secondary school. A review of selected literature suggests that a large number of the daily administrative and ... -
An investigation into the promotion opportunities for women educators in the KwaZulu Department of Education and Culture with particular reference to high schools in Umlazi.
(1994)In education women outnumber men as teachers, but the top positions are almost entirely dominated by men. Shakeshaft (1987:20), using data collected for education systems in the United States of America noted that ... -
A critical evaluation of academic support programmes at selected universities in South Africa : with reference to human resources development for the advancement of African leadership skills.
(1994)The study examines the evolution of academic support programmes (ASPs) at predominantly White universities in South Africa. The participating institutions include: University of the Witwatersrand, University of Natal, ... -
Critical review of policy and provision of pre-primary education in South Africa (1925-1994) with particular reference to the Natal provincially/departmentally controlled pre-primary system (1975- 1994).
(1994)The importance of quality pre-primary education is universally acknowledged in terms of the educational, social and economic benefits that accrue to the individual and society as a result of this type of educational ... -
The ethical possibilities of postmodern pedagogy..
(1995)The aims of modern education are largely Enlightenment-inspired - thus postmodernism finds an uneasy foothold within educational theory. But the needs of the present are not so much for universal reason and truth as for ... -
An analysis of how teachers use childrens' prior knowledge in Standard 5 lessons.
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The potentiality of systematic staff appraisal for the professional development of teachers : a study with particular reference to the KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(1995).. , The assessment of an individual is an attempt to estimate the value of, or the quality of, that specific individual. (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1983 : 52) In recent years, the focus of teacher assessment has broadened ... -
The development of appropriate teacher-training structures to train and accredit teachers and upgrade existing teaching qualifications, for the foundation phase of education, with special reference to the reception class year, in KwaZulu-Natal.
(1995)South Africa stands on the threshold of a new era in education. The separate and fragmented model for the provision of education, which signified a policy of apartheid, is to be replaced by a single unified system. With ... -
A regional study of academic development and its roots in academic support.
(1996)This study of Academic Development in KwaZulu-Natal is exploratory and seeks to answer 3 questions. What is Academic Development? Is any model or approach to Academic Development applicable or transferable to all Higher ... -
From the roots to the fruit : a qualitative case study of internship.
(1996)The dissertation describes a project to employ two young African trainees in the Centre for Adult Education at the University of Natal in Durban. The intention was to develop them as possible community adult educators, and ... -
The needs assessment for a teacher induction programme in Sebokeng schools.
(1996)The aim of the study was to assess the needs for teacher induction programme in Sebokeng schools. Induction of the beginning teachers is regarded by many scholars as an effective mechanism of human resources management and ... -
A case study of professional development for history teachers in rural KwaZulu schools.
(1996)The aim of the study was to report and evaluate a programme of teacher development in which the teachers themselves would be actively involved. A case study approach was adopted to monitor the programme of teacher development ... -
The unification of amateur club soccer in Durban, 1980-1997 : a study of integration.
(1997)This study is a micro level case study which in addition to attempting to establish whether integration in sport lends itself to the integration of broader society, documents and analyses the integration experiences of ... -
Educational technology in post apartheid education evaluation of role and policy.
(1997)Educational Technology as a significant discipline within the educational landscape has been firmly accepted by many countries throughout the world. Most notably, countries such as the United Kingdom, United States of ... -
Tracer study of teacher education graduates.
(1997)In the years since the Bantu Education Act of 1954, and other race-based legislation which introduced apartheid education into South African schools, it was widely believed that the majority of black school teachers were ... -
An exploration of English first language teachers' perceptions, concerns and challenges in the desegregated secondary school classroom.
(1997)In September 1990, historic legislation enacted by the South African Government made it possible for schools that had been previously racially exclusive to admit students of other races. As a follow-up to the Penny et ... -
An investigation of the skill level that learners demonstrate when answering questions on proportional relationships in Grade 5 at Khwezi Primary School, Pietermaritzburg and the strategies that these learners use in solving proportional problems.
(1998)The original aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a teaching approach based on the Means of Assisting Performance (MAP) by Tharp and Gallimore (1988) in the teaching of science to Grade 5 (Standard three) ...