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An analysis of the constitution of a school subject through recontextualizing : the case of the NAC drama syllabus (1994)

Author: Hoadley, Ursula Kate Date: 1997 This study sets out to develop a framework for the analysis of a school subject and uses as a focal study the NAC drama syllabus developed in1994. Drawing in the main on Basil Bernstein's theory of curriculum, an analysis is made of how a ... Read more
A comparative study of progression in the topic matter and materials across the NCS, the NCS work schedule and the CAPS

Author: Aploon-Zokufa, Kaylianne Date: 2012 The following research report is based on a project that compares progression in the topic of Matter and Materials in the Natural Sciences Grade R-9 content framework as it is represented in the National Curriculum Statement (NCS), the NCS ... Read more
Constituting grammar and its pedagogy : the reform of the South African English Home Language intermediate phase curriculum between 1997 and 2012

Author: Moore, Colleen Patricia Date: 2014 Post-apartheid curriculum reform in South Africa has impacted the constitution and organisation of English language knowledge, including grammatical knowledge and its pedagogy. Additionally, changes in theoretical viewpoints on grammar ... Read more
Differing social positions and the realisation of evaluative criteria for transactional writing in the senior grades

Author: Kruger, Jared James Date: 2012 This study looked at the requirements - evaluative criteria - for transactional writing as they are specified for the Grade 11 level in current curriculum policy. Finding that the requirements are poorly specified, or weakly framed, the study ... Read more
Language and the opportunity to learn science in bilingual classrooms in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Author: Probyn, Margaret Joan Date: 2016 The problem that prompted this research was the general poor performance of South African learners in national and international science assessments, and in particular, the poor achievement levels of Grade 8 learners in successive TIMSS (Trends ... Read more
Pedagogical interactions and opportunities for literacy engagement in two South African Grade R classes

Author: Lubowski, Nadia Date: 2014 This study, embedded in a sociology of education framework, uses Bernstein’s concept of framing to compare and contrast two Grade R classes in the Western Cape, South Africa. It seeks to answer the following question: What are the differences, ... Read more
The relation between pedagogic text and pedagogic practice: a study of two grade seven science classes

Author: Cawood, Anthony Robin Date: 2011 Underlying the research is a concern regarding the implications of the nature of pedagogic text for the specialization of student consciousness. The thesis uses a theoretical approach that is grounded on Bernstein’s notions of classification, ... Read more
Sexual tension : the imagined learner projected through the recontextualising of sexual knowledge into pedagogic communication in two curricula in South Africa and Ontario, Canada

Author: Thompson, Andrea Date: 2014 This study conducts a textual analysis of the structure and discourses present in two sets of sex education curriculum documents - one from South Africa and one from Ontario, Canada. It did so to make visible the imagined learner projected ... Read more
Social class, pedagogy and the specialization of voice in four South African primary schools

Author: Hoadley, Ursula Kate Date: 2005 This thesis is concerned with the question of how social class differences are reproduced through pedagogy, and the role of the teacher in this process. The study is located in four primary schools in Cape Town, South Africa, school sites ... Read more
The social organization of knowledge in eleven South African primary schools

Author: Wilburn, Shelly Anna Date: 2016 This dissertation is motivated by systemic disparities in student academic achievement and teacher knowledge along lines of socio-economic status. From an investigation of eleven differentially performing primary schools located in contexts ... Read more
The specialisation of historical knowledge in one content area in four Grade 7 Social Sciences textbooks under CAPS

Author: Job, Mikhaila Date: 2015 This dissertation considers how historical knowledge is specialised in one chapter in four Grade 7 Social Science textbooks produced under the CAPS curriculum. The four textbooks selected are from two publishers, and the interest was in ... Read more
The trajectory of the shifts in academic and civic identity in South African and English secondary school History National Curriculums across two key reform moments

Author: Kukard, Kirstin Jane Date: 2017 This thesis seeks to explore the trajectories of the kinds of academic and civic identities that four different history curriculums would seek to produce. The curriculum documents chosen are two South African (Curriculum 2005 [1997] and the ... Read more
Waiting to learn : an analysis of instruction in four preschool settings in poor contexts

Author: Jowell, Justin Date: 2016 Worldwide there has been a growing recognition of the important role that preschool education can play in supporting later school (and life) success. At the school level, studies that examine and broaden knowledge of educational transmission ... Read more