Grade R readiness development is an ongoing challenge in the Foundation Phase in
South Africa. In response to this issue, the overarching aim of the study was to
investigate the impact of Grade R readiness on Grade One ...
In the United States, national laws regarding education have been pushing for higher standards in terms of academic rigour and accountability. Standards-based education is now the law of the land. In response to these legal ...
An effective pedagogical leader requires a variety of knowledge and skills for assessment leadership. This study aimed to determine how Ghanaian early childhood teachers perceive pedagogical and assessment leadership and ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how large class size and teacher-to-learner ratio affect classroom management in early childhood educational centres (ECECs) in Ghana. Using the concurrent triangulation mixed ...
One of the most significant current discussions in education departments around the world is reading difficulties. This article explores the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) to support learners experiencing ...
The ubiquitous learning environment (ULE) is both an ontological and epistemological problem. For
most scholars, ULE provides an interoperable, pervasive, and seamless learning architecture to connect,
integrate, and ...
Background: Teachers emerge as main role players guiding the process of curriculum
implementation across all levels of education. At early childhood development (ECD) level,
curriculum implementation is unique, but ...
Background: In the history of early childhood education (ECE), language is viewed as key in
teaching and learning. Children in the ECE are mostly confined to verbal communication
which, to a certain extent, restricts ...
Young children’s health-related lifestyle behaviours are a growing concern worldwide. Various studies have confirmed that lifestyle behaviours among children in low- to middle-income countries are on the increase, resulting ...
Many Christian faith-based preschools in the Oyo State of Nigeria are realising that
spiritual development is an essential part of young children’s natural growth and should
be given due attention. Accordingly, activities ...
This article focuses on the assessment of the progress made on the provisioning of quality education at selected public schools in Limpopo province. Qualitative research methodology was used as the author was interested ...
Govender, Poomoney(University of Johannesburg, 2011-05-01)
The primary aim of this study was to explore and gain a deeper insight of the experiences of grade three teachers implementing the Foundations for Learning Programme (FFLP) that was launched in 2008. This study commenced ...
Govender, Poomoney(Doctoral dissertation - University of South Africa, 2018-05-01)
This study responds to critical knowledge gaps evident in current literature about how formative assessment is enacted by foundation phase teachers in mathematics in South African public schools. Furthermore, the literature ...
With the rapid growth of technology and educational innovations, e-tutoring is gaining widespread recognition among researchers and educators in an open distance learning (ODL) environment. Given the expanding interest and ...
BACKGROUND: Formative assessment, as an integral component of teaching, has recently gained prominence in educational environments globally. Poor performances in mathematics by learners in early grades, and its negative ...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate some of the challenges facing Grade R teaching and learning in rural schools and how these challenges influence effective teaching and learning in classroom practice. ...
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) policy of White Paper 5 protects the
development right of children and to learn at an early age. In line with this, the
Inclusive Education (IE) policy of White Paper 6 (2001) ...
The study sets out to add to the research base on vocabulary acquisition by assessing the effect of integrating explicit, interactive vocabulary instruction with storybook reading on Grade 1 vocabulary acquisition. ...
The study measures the productive vocabulary size of Grade 6 English Second Language learners and teachers in 16 township schools in Gauteng Province. Data from learners (n-881) and teachers (n-19) were collected by testing ...