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A Comparative Study of the Freirean Pedagogical Practices employed by Popular Educators in South Africa and Canada during Facilitator Training

Author: Steer, Ashleigh Date: 2018 This thesis sets out to explore a comparative study of four Popular Educators using Freirean pedagogical practices in Canada and South Africa and discusses how different country contexts affect their pedagogies. This study explores how critical ... Read more
By which tools?: A critical comparative analysis of pedagogic discourse for the creative arts in formal and informal classrooms in a working class post-apartheid context

Author: Mokou, Goitsione Date: 2017 This research study was motivated by a research project which observed differences in achievement levels within the creative arts classroom between working class schools and middle class schools. These achievement gaps were largely attributed ... Read more
'Did I say that?' A follow-up study of the shifts in black and women staff experiences of institutional culture in the health science faculty of the University of Cape Town

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: 2007 This paper is a follow-up study of how women and black staff experience the institutional culture in the Health Sciences Faculty at the University of Cape Town. The original study was undertaken in 2001 and a follow-up of the same participants ... Read more
Diversity intervention for health educators : a detailed description of diversity workshops with health educators at UCT

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: Dec 2011 This report is of value to scholars of organisational transformation in post-apartheid South African organisations. Also, diversity practitioners who work in the context of higher education will find this report to be of interest. The diversity ... Read more c b n a
An exploration of the role of adult literacy in community development : a comparative study of perceptions and experiences in Juaso and Saaman in Ghana

Author: Nkansah, Theophilus Date: 2016 This study explored the relationship between adult literacy and community development in Ghana from a social practices perspective of literacy and people- centred development. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative case study methodology, ... Read more
Exploring indigenous knowledge practices concerning health and well-being: a case study of isiXhosa-speaking women in the rural Eastern Cape

Author: Hobongwana-Duley, Helen Yolisa Date: 2015 This thesis explores, analyzes and conceptualizes the indigenous knowledge practices concerning health and well-being held by different generations of women and how they are reproduced cross-generationally in a rural isiXhosa-speaking community. ... Read more
Exploring the access and influence of Edu TV and radio programs on the learners' self-directed learning among the grade 12 learners enrolled on distance mode at Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL )

Author: Nenghwanya, Erestine Date: 2020 This research study focused on the issue of access to flexible learning and the use of technology (radio and TV) to assist in the learning process. The study was aimed at measuring the influence of these technology services among grade 12 ... Read more
Exploring whether learning can contribute towards sustainable development : a case study of a social enterprise in the clothing and textile industry in the Western Cape

Author: Morison, Wendy Date: 2013 This study explores whether learning can contribute towards Sustainable Development by focusing on a Fairtrade registered social enterprise, named Shanti (pseudonym). Shanti was founded to provide unemployed and marginalised women with an ... Read more
Investigating the tripartite aspects of transactional distance in a blended multimedia adult literacy programme

Author: Okkers, Muhammad Date: 2020 This study investigates the role of transactional distance in an Adult Basic Education and Training Level One (ABET L1) multimedia, blended learning programme. While empirical research acknowledges that dialogue assumes an important role in ... Read more
An investigation of factors impacting on facilitator's implementation of a participatory development programme in Orange Farm, South Africa

Author: Diedericks, Deborah R Date: 2008 This thesis is concerned with investigating how four specific factors affected the implementation of a particular participatory development programme. As such, it is a case study of the Vukani group: a group of facilitators who implemented ... Read more
Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health

Author: Thomas, Jacky Date: 2009 This research study explores women's awareness, understanding and practice of their rights to health. The target group in the case study is women. These women live in townships and informal settlements in Cape Town and are part of a community-based ... Read more
The Langa enrichment programme : a study of students' perceptions of the performance of the programme, undertaken to improve its functioning

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: 1993 This study focuses on the Langa Enrichment Programme an educational support programme for black students studying under the Department of Education and Training in the Cape Peninsula. The study aimed to determine students' reasons for attending ... Read more
Learning in Social Movements: A research study of awareness and understanding of a Treatment Literacy programme implemented by the Treatment Action Campaign in the Western Cape in the period 2001 to 2009

Author: Booysen, Fredalene Date: 2020 This qualitative research study examines six participant's awareness and understanding of a Treatment Literacy (TL) programme implemented by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in the Western Cape in the period 2001 to 2009. The study ... Read more
Listening to experience: the narratives of a Zimbabwean migrant living and working in Cape Town

Author: Bresnihan, Sive Date: 2012 This study explored the experiences of Tendai, a 50 year old migrant from Zimbabwe currently living and working in Cape Town. The approach adopted was that of narrative inquiry, an approach to research that advocates open and informal ... Read more
A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: 2006 This study examines the critical role that adult education played in a housing social movement whose membership was mainly poor African women in informal settlements. In this social movement women have combined learning with the struggle to ... Read more
Popular pedagogy and the changing political landscape: a case study of a women housing movement in South Africa.

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: 2009 This paper sets out to explore the relationship between popular education and the changing South African political landscape through case study research of the Victoria Mxenge Housing Development Association. The research took place over an ... Read more
Researching transformation at a South African university - ethical dilemmas in the politics of representation

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: 2011 This article focuses on the complexity of researching institutional culture and the ethical dilemmas posed in representing staff according to race and gender, drawing on three qualitative studies undertaken at a previously white South African ... Read more
'Respek vir ek, respek die plek!': a case study of a single popular educator's approach to pedagogy in post-apartheid South Africa

Author: Pottier, Lyndal Date: 2011 This thesis explores the pedagogy of a single popular educator, Mike Abrams, currently practising in post-apartheid South Africa. The study aimed to describe his ideology, educational theory and practice and to explore the links between these ... Read more
Straddling the nonformal and formal education paradigm: a qualitative study of transformative learning within an Islamic Teacher Education Programme presented in the Western Cape from 2012 to 2014

Author: Jacobs, Yasmina Date: 2017 This study addresses the question of the transformative effect of a nonformal learning programme for Muslim education practitioners - the Islamic Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) in the Western Cape, within the context of lifelong learning. ... Read more