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Multicultural education and its politics

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2001)

This article is an account of how multicultural education is experienced within the US society and its national school curriculum. The author has had an opportunity to partly witness this situation, when he was selected ...
The relationship between environmental education and science education in the South African context

Panday, Salesh (2002-06)

The purpose of this research was to investigate the role that science education can play both in facilitating and in enhancing the delivery of environmental education at South African schools. The theoretical links between ...
The relevance of indigenous technology in Curriculum 2005/ RNCS with special reference to the Technology Learning Area

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; Maluleka, Khazamula; Wilkenson, Annette (EASA, 2006)

In this article it is argued that indigenous technology with its long history cannot be ignored and sho uld b e as sign ed a mo re prom inen t plac e in th e Technolog y Le arn ing A rea (TL A) w ithin Curricu lum 2005/RNCS ...
Exploring the Development of Indigenous Technologies: A Survey of Databases

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2008)

Indigenous technologies, as part of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), and the call to protect the rights of indigenous people have become part of the development agenda that has a bearing on the school curriculum. This ...
Teaching of scientific investigations by life and natural science educators in Bushbuckridge

Dlamini, Amos Paspas (2008-08)

The study describes the teaching of scientific investigations by Life and Natural Sciences educators in the Bushbuckridge Region in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A quantitative survey method was exploited using a ...
Physical science activities and skills development in the school curriculum of Namibia

Mkandawire, Myness (2009-08)

Grade 12 learners in one Namibian secondary school participated in a study of science process skills implied in their International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) physical science syllabus. The study ...
Perceptions of 3rd year student teachers at the Caprivi College of Education as to what constitutes group work

Liman, Mohammed Audu (2009-08-25)
An evaluation of environmental literacy of educators : a case study

Hebe, Headman Ngilosi (2009-12)

This study departs from the assumption that the environmental literacy of educators is significant in the effective implementation of environmental education. The study explores and interprets the environmental literacy ...
Teachers’ beliefs and their intention to use interactive simulations in their classrooms

Kriek, Jeanne; Stols, Gerrit (Copyright © 2010 EASA, 2010)

In this pilot study, we sought to examine the influence of the beliefs of Grade 10 to 12 physical science teachers on their intended and actual usage of interactive simulations (Physics Education Technology, or PhET) in ...
Discovering New Zealand Technology Teacher’s PCK

Williams, P.J.; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (Virginia Tech, 2011)

An important and under-researched area of technology education is teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). This concept reflects the notion that expert teachers’ knowledge is a unique integration of their ...
Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Effective Teaching And Meaningful Learning In Technology Education

Goosen, L.; Koekemoer, A. (Unisa press, 2011-10)
The efficacy of co-teaching grade 9 science learners at an international school in Nairobi : a case study

Henderson, Linda (2011-11)

A case study using a phenomenological approach was carried out to determine how effective and enduring learning is for two diverse groups of grade 9 natural science learners when delivered through a collaborative co-teaching ...
Claiming indigeneity through the school curriculum with special reference to technology education

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2012)

The development of the new curriculum post-1994 was coupled with a strong drive towards recognising and affirming the critical role of indigenous knowledge, especially with regard to science and technology (World Intellectual ...
Learning is a team sport ... analysis of a model for interactions in Computer Science education

Goosen, Leila (2012)

This paper introduces Computer Science students' need to learn team interaction skills. A model that emphasizes the importance of structuring team interactions for effectiveness in Computer Science education by ensuring ...
Indigenising the school curriculum: an alternative approach for ensuring relevance to the context

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; Yishak, D. (2012)

A relevant and functional curriculum is the vehicle that ensures the relevance of an education system. The lack of relevance of borrowed curricula has caused the education systems of developing countries to be in a state ...
An investigation into problem solving skills in calculus : the case of Unisa first year students

Mugisha, Stella (2012-02)

Students’ performances in mathematics in an Open Distant Learning setting have not always been impressive. An exploratory study into the problem solving skills of the University of South Africa students in the Calculus ...
Designing conceptual change activities for the physics curriculum : the Cyprus paradigm

Kapartzianis, Achillefs S. (2012-05)

This study is a two part research project that describes and evaluates the efforts of the researcher to bring change in Cyprus' educational system, in the field of simple electric circuits. The objective of the first ...
Effects of pedagogy-based technology on chemistry students' performance in higher education institutions of Ethiopia : a case study of Debre Berhan University

Tesfaye Demissie Hailegebreal (2012-05)

Many students have difficulty of learning abstract and complex topic in chemistry. This study investigated how students develop their understanding of abstract and complex topics of chemistry with the aid of visualizing ...
The impact of computer simulations on the teaching and learning of electromagnetism in grade 11 : a case study of a school in the Mpumalanga Province

Kotoka, Jonas Kwadzo (2012-06)

The study investigated the impact of computer simulations on the teaching and learning of electromagnetism in grade 11. Electromagnetism is a section of the Physical Science curriculum. Two grade 11 classes in the Mgwenya ...
Student discourse in a natural science classroom : a case study of high school teaching in Swaziland

Sitsebe, Vusi Friday (2012-07)

The aim of the study was to investigate classroom discourse among high school natural science students in Swaziland. The research problem was: Can student interactions tell us something about the negotiation of understanding ...

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