The study explores Mathematics educators’ use of students’ out-of-school experiences in the teaching of Transformation Geometry. This thesis focuses on an analysis of the extent to which students’ out-of-school experiences ...
The study examined the opportunities to learn Mathematics that are accorded to secondary school students with visual impairment in Zimbabwe. The study focused on form one and form two students who are completely without ...
Celia, Booyse; Elize, Du Plessis(Van Schaik, 2018)
Preface
Teachers are challenged with preparing learners for a globally interdependent, complex and interactive world by offering a specific curriculum in a specific context. The educational challenge they face in ...
Booyse, C (Celia); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Van Schaik, 2014)
PREFACE
Teachers are charged with preparing learners for a globally interdependent, complex and interactive world by offering a specific curriculum in a specific context. The educational challenge they face in particular ...
Du Plessis, E.C. (Elize); Van der Westhuizen, G.J. (Gert)(Educational Research for Social Change (ERSC), 2018-09-01)
The calls for the decolonisation of knowledge in South Africa is a challenge that
educational researchers cannot ignore. The problem is, however, that research and
knowledge development traditions in education have not ...
The study investigated the Impact of Activity-Based Teaching Method (ABTM) on students’ academic performance in basic science at Junior Secondary Schools in Katsina Metropolis, Nigeria. Three research questions and three ...
This article contributes to the discussion on mathematics teacher reflection. Reflection
was included in a study of the didactisation practices of primary school mathematics
teachers as one of nine didactisation practices. ...
The purpose of the research in this mini-dissertation was to explore the perceptions of teachers regarding the implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in one of the schools in Nzhelele West ...
This exploratory study sought to determine how the current science education curriculum at Nazarene Teachers College contributes to the final (third) year’s students’ career readiness from their own perspectives.
A ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Journal for New Generation Sciences, 2017-10)
In distance teaching institutions where fourth-generation e-learning initiatives have become integrated in the modes of delivery, and where implementers struggle with effective adaption and implementation of technology-enabled ...
Venter, E (Elza); Vogel, D (Dalena); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the Education Association of South Africa, EASA, 2010)
Most schools have some kind of problem with bullying. Bullying means to repeatedly harm a person psychologically, physically and/or emotionally. Power and aggression play an important role in bullying – bullies feel they ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Pretorius, FJ (Francois)(Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference of the Education Association of South Africa, 2013-07)
The vulnerable part of open distance learning (ODL) is usually viewed
as systemic, that is, the misalignment of processes and procedures. For example, ODL fails when marked assignments and tutorial letters with examination ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) Conference Books Volume 11, 2013-05)
Worldwide there is a responsibility of governments to provide learners with quality education to face the challenges of change. Emanating from this challenge, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 2017-06)
The South African Constitution explicitly prohibits unfair discrimination on the grounds of race or sex. In our schools, this means that every learner in the country has a right to good education, a safe school environment ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Tydskrif vir Christelike wetenskap, 2017)
Moral values are interwoven in all aspects of teaching: in the curriculum, in the school culture, and as moral examples in teachers’ behaviour. Working with values is an
essential part of teaching. The task of the teacher ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, 2017-08)
The methodology of grounded theory has great potential to contribute to our understanding of leadership within particular substantive contexts. Leadership is a global phenomenon, but appears to have a variety of attributes ...
Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2015)
The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) is a modification of what to teach (curriculum) and not how to teach (teaching methods) in South African schools. In July 2009, the Minister of Basic Education ...
Marais, P (Petro); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(International Journal of Education Sciences., 2015)
ABSTRACT The appropriateness of Learnership Programs (LPs) that combine work-based experience for teacher training through an Open Distance Learning (ODL) Institution motivated this research. The specific aim of this paper ...
Kamper, GD (Gerrit); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Africa Education Review, 2014-01-16)
The notion of ‘openness’ in terms like open distance learning (ODL) is sometimes rather
carelessly used, for example in the work-integrated learning (WIL) of distance learners
(such as the teaching practice of UNISA’s ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Mbunyuza, MM (Maura)(Journal of Social Sciences (JSS), 2014)
Governments, across the globe are accountable for training teachers to provide learners
with quality education to face the challenges of globalisation and curriculum change. Arising from this challenge, the Department ...