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A case study on using social media as an educational tool by the Western Cape Education Department, in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study explores district officials’ understanding of the use of social media as an educational tool in the
Western Cape Education Department (WCED) schools within a selected district in the Western Cape
Province. ...
Examining teachers’ experiences of implementing the Grade 12 Life Sciences curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in different
subjects in South Africa has been studied before, but the literature is generally lacking on the lived
experiences of life sciences ...
Investigating first-year student teachers’ English (l2) academic writing proficiency and its impact on identity construction: A case of a South African university
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study focuses on first-year student teachers’ academic writing proficiency in relation to their
identity construction. Specifically, it investigates first-year student teachers’ English secondlanguage
(L2) academic ...
Developing a strategy to support parents of children who experienced trauma in primary school contexts in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Trauma is identified as “the state of severe fright or shock that a person experiences when confronted with a sudden, unexpected, potentially life-threatening event over which the person does not have control and to which ...
Challenges and strategies of academic English learning: A case study of Somali students at UWC
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Low academic English proficiency is a serious educational problem leading to poor performance and wasted years in tertiary institutions among second language students. This study contributes to the field of academic English ...
Learners' and teachers’ translanguaging practices in a grade 8 English home language classroom in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Although translanguaging has been lauded as a valuable pedagogical strategy in multilingual classrooms worldwide, little is known about the South African Grade 8 English Home language learners’ translanguaging practices ...
Investigating the effects of continuous professional development on ICT integration in the classroom of Foundation Phase Mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The use of technology is becoming the norm in the 21st century classroom to enhance teaching and learning. This rapid move to incorporate technology in the classroom brought the need for teachers to be upskilled on the use ...
Effects of a mathematics teaching strategy based on distributed interleaved practice on procedural and conceptual knowledge
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study investigated the effects a teaching strategy based on interleaved distributed practice had on learners in three grade 6 classes’ procedural and conceptual knowledge within a, previously disadvantaged, Cape Town ...
The impact of video stimulated recall on the continuous professional development of in-service mathematics teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study analysed mathematics teachers‘ reflection through Video Stimulated Recall (VSR), by investigating whether the four participating teachers change their teaching behaviour, after witnessing their live lesson ...
Reading challenges experienced by the foundation phase learners at two selected primary schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Reading is a key component of literacy that plays an important role in knowledge access. It
helps children's minds grow, and stimulates their comprehension of reading content, enabling
them to function and interact ...