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Courteau, Brigitte. "Competency-based education in plastic surgery training." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=122979.
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In Plastic Surgery, learning objectives have been outlined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, however, a defined curriculum to meet these objectives is absent. Several factors are reducing the practicality of the current time-based model and as a result, a competency-based training model has been proposed to replace the traditional model. Implementation of a competency-based curriculum requires several steps including the identification of both specialty specific procedures and procedural steps. The present project aims to develop a methodology for identifying procedural steps for individual Plastic Surgery procedures. Previous studies have highlighted the lack of resident exposure to several areas of Plastic Surgery, particularly aesthetic surgery. Avenues for increasing resident exposure and training opportunities must be explored. An additional aim of this project is to achieve this through the development of a pilot simulator mannequin for aesthetic surgery training. The identification of Plastic Surgery procedural steps together with simulator training is a novel step forward towards implementation of competency-based education in Plastic Surgery training.En chirurgie plastique, le Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada propose des objectifs d'études bien définis, cependant il n'y a pas de curriculum défini afin d'atteindre ces objectifs. Plusieurs facteurs réduisent l'aspect pratique du modèle en fonction du temps existant, et comme résultat, le modèle d'enseignement basé sur la compétence fut proposé pour remplacer le modèle traditionnel. La réalisation d'un curriculum basé sur la compétence demande autant l'identification des procédures spécifique de cette spécialité que des étapes procédurales. Ce projet tend à développer une méthodologie pour l'identification des étapes procédurales pour chacune des procédures de la chirurgie plastique. Les études précédentes ont démontrées que les résidents manquent d'exposition aux connaissances de plusieurs domaines de la chirurgie plastique, particulièrement vrai pour la chirurgie esthétique. Il est donc important, pour les résidents, d'explorer tous les avenues pour augmenter cette exposition et leurs opportunités de formation. La cible additionnelle de ce projet est d'atteindre ces objectifs par le développement d'un mannequin-simulateur pilote pour l'entraînement en chirurgie esthétique. L'identification des étapes procédurales en chirurgie plastique, en concert avec l'entraînement par simulateur, engendre une nouvelle étape vers la réalisation d'une éducation basée sur la compétence en chirurgie plastique.
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Peloagae, Makunye Joseph. "Learner experiences of transition from the General Education and Training band to the Further Education and Training band in science." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2010. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02152010-052329.
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Booi, Kwanele. "The implications of the introduction of outcomes based education in the natural sciences curriculum at Cape College of Education: the assessment of perceptions of squatter camp teachers in Khayelitsha towards the outcomes based education." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003451.
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1. This pilot study is a survey of practices of natural sciences educators at Cape College of Education to establish if they reflect the conceptual development, development of skills, change of attitudes and values that are the pillars of the Outcomes Based Education (OBE). Their approaches of lecturing have been assessed to determine if they incorporate investigative approaches based on social constructivism, the theory underpinning Curriculum 2005. The status of science education in the college has been analyzed to establish whether the curriculum can adapt itself to the specifications of the new curriculum. It has been concluded that the educators at Cape College of Education need to be empowered about strategies that will help them function along the principles embracing Curriculum 2005 specifications. The educators have shown not to be ready to practice social constructivism and the assessment strategies incorporated in their programmes do not embrace a variety of approaches that will enable their learners to develop conceptually, skill wise and enable them to develop change in attitudes and values. Investigative approaches to practical work appear to be lacking in the college teaching/learning and this also indicates that Curriculum 2005 will take time to be properly implemented at Cape College of Education. 2. This study is based on the practices of science educators in the squatter-camp school in Khayelitsha, a densely populated area for blacks near Cape Town. Teachers at Vuselela primary school were interviewed about their teaching assessment strategies to establish whether they incorporate a learner centred approach, which is the necessity for the Outcomes Based Education approach. Also some of the lessons they taught were observed in order to find out whether they validate what transpired from the interviews through a process of triangulation. It has become evident that the teachers are to some extent aware of the changes the education system is going through in South Africa. It also became clear from the study that the teachers are still lacking expertise as to how to practice along the lines of Curriculum 2005, the South African version of Outcomes Based Education (OBE). They also showed that they are keen to learn and practice OBE even though more opportunities need to be created for their epistemological empowerment as well as empowerment on the content of science.
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Kruger, Sandra Carolina. "The use of rubrics in the assessment of social sciences (history) in the get band in transformational outcomes-based education." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1910.
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Thesis (MTech (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 2007With the advent of implementing transformational outcomes-based education in South African schools, educators have had to adopt a standards-based assessment approach. Rubrics as an assessment scoring tool have been acclaimed as one of the most effective assessment tools with which standards-based assessment can be implemented and managed. This study explores the ways in which educators manage assessment in their classrooms whilst promoting the basic tenets of transformational outcomes-based education. The demand is on competencies that illustrate the ability to think and perform critically. Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain is put forward as an instrument to use in designing and using rubrics in order to achieve the desired learning outcomes. Effecting change is not an easy process and this study investigates the challenges educators are facing in implementing this aspect of educational reform.
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Hemmeler, Megan Renee. "Social and Emotional Competency and Exclusionary Discipline." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1301855137.
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Mokhaba, Mmori Benjamin. "Outcomes-based education in South Africa since 1994 policy objectives and implementation complexities /." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09212005-143124.
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Hlalukana, Sibonginkosi. "Investigating issues adversely affecting Grade 9 learner performance in the Natural Sciences in selected schools in the Cofimvaba District." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020821.
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South Africa faces a deepening crisis due to underachievement in science at secondary school level. High failure rates in science at Grade 12 have resulted in the subject being an unpopular choice in the Cofimvaba District, resulting in fewer learners electing to take the subject at Further Education and Training (FET) level. As a result acute shortages of scientific oriented professionals such as engineers, technologists, skilled artisans, technicians, doctors and chartered accountants derail the development of South Africa. Hence, this study seeks to investigate issues that affect Grade 9 learner performance in the Natural Sciences in the Cofimvaba District. A qualitative research design using observations and interviews with learners and teachers as instruments were conducted to gain an insight into the barriers to teaching and learning in South African rural schools. The findings of this study reveal direct and indirect factors commensurate with the findings of Mji and Makgato (2006:264). They included: classroom climate, the Language of Teaching and Learning (LoLT) in Natural Science classrooms, practical work, teacher subject specialisation and the socio-economic background of the learners. Based on the findings of this study it can be concluded that the quality of teachers, a lack of resources, neglect of the practical component, home conditions and parental absence all contribute as barriers to learner performance in the Natural Sciences.
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Saud, Haris, and Ruth Chen. "The Effect of Competency-Based Education on Medical and Nursing Students' Academic Performance, Technical Skill Development, and Overall Satisfaction and Preparedness for Future Practice: An Integrative Literature Review." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol5/iss1/3.
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Purpose: This article provides an integrative review of competency-based education (CBE) in medical and nursing programs and examines the effect of CBE on students’ academic performance, technical skill development, and overall satisfaction and preparedness for future practice.
Background: In recent decades, CBE has increasingly been discussed in medical and nursing education programs. The impact of the CBE curriculum on learning outcomes including academic performance, technical skill development, overall satisfaction, and preparedness for future practice has not been fully elucidated.
Method: A review of the literature was conducted, and multiple databases were searched for studies that analyzed the impact of CBE on learning outcomes in medical and nursing program learners.
Results: The overall trends in feedback showed that CBE was well-received by students, with high satisfaction scores reported. CBE was also shown to be equally or more effective than the traditional didactic model in developing students’ competencies and improving academic and clinical performance.
Conclusion: Our comprehensive review of the literature suggests that competency-based education can be an effective framework that potentially outperforms traditional educational approaches on outcome measures related to clinical knowledge, technical skill, and/or clinical judgement.
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Rogers, Lambert. "Die voorbereiding van onderwysers vir uitkomsgebaseerde onderwys binne die leerarea sosiale wetenskappe." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53391.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994 South Africa has been characterized by transformation inter alia in the field of education. A process characterized by preparation and development of a new, extended curriculum evolved between 1994 and 1997. On 24 March 1997 Curriculum 2005 with an outcomes-based approach was introduced. Curriculum 2005 strives to bridge the imbalances of the past. Owing to the complexity of this curriculum and the problems encountered in practice, Curriculum 2005 was revised between January and July 2001 in order to address the problem areas. A change in curriculum necessitates a change in teaching-instruction strategies, learning programmes, assessment strategies and the method of recording and reporting. As educators are directly affected by the process of change in curricula, it is essential that educators are curriculum-competent to understand and implement the changes. In this regard, Evans (1996:55) states: "One of the necessary ingredients of such a restructuring is empowering the players, the teachers." An essential condition for successful implementation of change is the empowerment of educators to manage the change. The essential questions addressed in this study are: • To what degree are educators trained to manage these changes? • What does the successful implementation of change, entail specifically within the Social Sciences Learning Area? • What are the educators' needs and experience regarding change? The main focus of this study is to make a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the current changes with a view to developing a theoretical framework for the training of educators for Outcomes-based Education (OBE) within the Social Sciences Learning Area. To achieve the main focus of this study, the following specific aims have been formulated: • executing of a literature study, with regard to appropriate curriculum theory, curriculum practice and development of educators; • making a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the training process of educators within the Social Sciences Learning Area; and • developing a theoretical framework to address the problems that have been identified, regarding educator development. The contribution of this study is located not only in the appropriate literature study, but also in the fact that the outcome of this research can contribute to the development of a relevant, effective and contextualised dissemination process. It is clear that ineffective dissemination is the root cause of ineffective curriculum development, as educator development cannot be optimalised in such conditions.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika word sedert 1994 deur transformasie gekenmerk, onder meer op onderwysgebied. Tussen 1994 en 1997 is 'n proses aan die gang gesit om 'n nuwe, breë kurrikulum voor te berei en te ontwikkel. Op 24 Maart 1997 is Kurrikulum 2005 bekend gestel. Met Kurrikulum 2005 se uitkomsgebaseerde benadering word daarna gestreef om die ongelykhede van die verlede te oorbrug. As gevolg van die kompleksiteit van die kurrikulum en probleme wat in die praktyk ervaar is, is Kurrikulum 2005 tussen Januarie en Julie 2001 hersien ten einde probleemareas aan te spreek. Kurrikulumverandering beteken uiteraard dat daar ook In verandering in onderrigstrategieë, leerprogramme, assesseringstrategieë en wyses van optekening en rapportering sal wees. Aangesien opvoeders direk deur die veranderingsproses van kurrikula geraak word, is dit noodsaaklik dat opvoeders kurrikulumbekwaam is om die verandering te verstaan en te implementeer. In die lig hiervan verklaar Evans (1996: 5): "One of the neccesary ingredients of such a restructuring is empowering the players - the teachers." 'n Kernvoorwaarde vir suksesvolle implementering van verandering is die bemagtiging van opvoeders om hierdie verandering te hanteer. Die kernvrae wat in hierdie studie aangespreek word, is: • In watter mate word opvoeders voorberei om sodanige veranderinge te kan hanteer? • Wat behels effektiewe opvoedervoorbereiding met die oog op die suksesvolle implementering van verandering, spesifiek binne die leerarea Sosiale Wetenskappe? • Wat is opvoeders se behoeftes en ervaring van verandering? Die hooffokus van die studie is die maak van 'n kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe evaluering van huidige verandering met die oog op die ontwikkeling van 'n teoretiesee raamwerk vir die voorbereiding van opvoeders vir Uitkomsgebaseerde Onderwys (UGO) binne die Leerarea Sosiale Wetenskappe. Om die hooffokus van hierdie studie te realiseer, is die volgende besondere doelstellings geformuleer: • die uitvoer van 'n literatuurstudie ten opsigte van toepaslike kurrikulumteorie, kurrikulumpraktyke en opvoederontwikkeling. • die maak van 'n kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe evaluering van die voorbereidingsproses van opvoeders binne die Leerarea Sosiale Wetenskap; en • die ontwikkeling van 'n teoretiese kurrikulumraamwerk vir die aanspreek van die geïdentifiseerde probleme met betrekking tot opvoederontwikkeling. Die bydrae van hierdie studie is nie net in die toepaslike literatuurstudie geleë nie, maar ook daarin dat die uitkoms van hierdie navorsing kan bydra tot die ontwikkeling van relevante, doelmatige en gekontekstualiseerde disseminasieprosesse. Dit blyk duidelik dat oneffektiewe disseminasie 'n grondoorsaak van oneffektiewe opvoederontwikkeling is, juis omdat opvoederontwikkeling nie tot sy reg kom nie.
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Snyman, Margaretha Alberta. "Assessment of professional behaviour in occupational therapy education: investigating assessors’ understanding of constructs and expectations of levels of competence." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20037.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The development of professional behaviour is one of the core components of occupational therapy education. The assessment of professional behaviour poses a problem as the constructs and expectations are not clearly defined; this results in compromised inter-rater reliability. The purpose of the study was to investigate assessors’ understanding of the constructs and the expectations deployed during the assessment of professional behaviour of third and fourth year occupational therapy students during clinical practice. A case study design was used in the qualitative study. Clinical supervisors were involved in: (1) a focus group interview to scrutinise the usefulness of the current assessment instrument and (2) a participatory discussion to determine their understanding of the constructs of professional behaviour and the level of expectations to be set for third and fourth year students respectively. This study confirms that the development of effective assessment of professional behaviour entails a number of pivotal steps that include developing a shared definition of the constructs thereof and the expectations at different levels of undergraduate training, the refinement of the assessment instrument and training of assessors in the use of this assessment instrument.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die ontwikkeling van professionele gedrag is een van die kern komponente in arbeidsterapie opleiding. Die assessering daarvan bied egter uitdagings aangesien die konstrukte en verwagtings nie duidelik gedefinieer is nie; dit het gekompromiteerde geldigheid en betroubaarheid tot gevolg aangesien verskillende assessore die professionele gedrag van studente verskillend assesseer. Hierdie studie het die ondersoek van kliniese toesighouers se begrip van die konstrukte en hul verwagtings tydens die assessering van professionele gedrag van derde- en vierdejaar arbeidsterapiestudente tydens kliniese prakties ten doel gehad. ‘n Gevallestudie ontwerp het die basis van ‘n kwalitatiewe ondersoek gevorm. Kliniese toesighouers is betrek in: (1) ‘n fokusgroeponderhoud om die bruikbaarheid en gebruikersvriendelikheid van die huidige assesseringsinstrument te bepaal; en (2) ‘n deelnemende groepbespreking om hul begrip van die konstrukte van professionele gedrag en die verwagte vlakke van funksionering vir onderskeidelik derde- en vierdejaar studente te ondersoek. Hierdie studie bevestig dat die ontwikkeling van effektiewe assessering van professionele gedrag ‘n aantal essensiële stappe behels. Hierdie stappe sluit die ontwikkeling van ‘n gedeelde definisie van die konstrukte en verwagtinge van professionele gedrag in, asook die verskil in verwagtinge op die onderskeie vlakke van voorgraadse opleiding, die verfyning van die bestaande assesseringsinstrument en die opleiding van assessore in die gebruik daarvan.
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Badenhorst, Corlischa Amanda. "Graad 8-leerders se geleefde ervaring van die gebruik van fiktiewe karakters in die Lewensoriënteringklaskamer." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71871.
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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.Includes bibliography
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The political and social changes that occurred after 1994 in South Africa, inevitably led to the emergence of a new educational era. Life Orientation (LO) was introduced as a new learning area within the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) and seeks to preventatively empower learners to take up their legitimate place as citizens within the national and international society (DoE, 2003:2). LO cannot only be liable for the holistic development of individual learners. The community in which learners grow up are faced with unique challenges that will inescapably influence their development. I highlight the influence of “Ubuntu” and “Ukama” on the process of becoming of each individual and therefore use the ecosystemic perspective as a theoretical framework for this study. I reflect on my own experiences within the LO classroom that led to the creation of fictional characters and case studies as a teaching strategy. In this study I distinguish between case study as a teaching strategy and a research methodology. I determine the lived experiences of Grade 8 learners in a secondary school where this teaching strategy was used within the LO classroom. A case study as research methodology is used where qualitative data was produced through personal documentation. A random sample of ten participants from the case study is used to obtain a thorough understanding of their lived experiences. Qualitative data was further produced by twenty individual and two focus group interviews with the sample group. I used the constant comparative method to ensure that I identify the units of meaning and discuss the findings on the basis of three categories. First, the data indicated that the participants found guidance through the case studies of the characters. Secondly, it appeared that the experiences of the characters influenced the participants’ decision making processes. Thirdly, the data indicated that participants used this teaching strategy as a platform to voice their own personal emotions and experiences. On the basis of Gilles Deleuze (in Wallin, 2010) and Magdeleine Grumet (1981) this study emphasizes the potential role that an evolving, active form of curriculum can play in the becoming processes of each individual learner and teacher. I conclude by recommending that uniqueness and diversity must be encouraged within the classroom to ensure that curriculum will not be a homogeneous policy document, but that it will be active and developmental in nature. I use the work of Wallin (2010), Sutton and Martin-Jones (2008) and Grumet (1981) to offer new insights about the pedagogical making process within the South African context.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die politiese en sosiale veranderinge wat na 1994 binne Suid-Afrika plaasgevind het, het onvermydelik gelei tot die ontstaan van ʼn nuwe opvoedkundige era. Lewensoriëntering (LO) was as ʼn nuwe leerarea binne die Hersiene Nasionale Kurrikulumverklaring (HNKV) bekendgestel en poog om op ʼn voorkomende wyse leerders te bemagtig om hul geregmatige plek as burgers binne die nasionale, sowel as internasionale samelewing op te neem (DvO, 2003:2). LO kan nie alleen aanpreeklik gehou word vir die holistiese ontwikkeling van individuele leerders nie. Die gemeenskap waarbinne die individuele leerders groot word het sy unieke uitdagings en sal daarom onwillekeurig hierdie ontwikkelingsproses beïnvloed. Ek beklemtoon daarom “Ubuntu” en “Ukama” se invloed op die individu se wordingsproses en gebruik die ekosistemiese perspektief as ʼn teoretiese raamwerk vir hierdie studie. Ek reflekteer oor my eie ervarings binne die LO-klaskamer wat aanleiding gegee het tot die ontstaan van fiktiewe karakters en gevallestudies as onderrigstrategie. In hierdie studie onderskei ek tussen gevallestudies as onderrigstrategie en navorsingsmetodologie. Ek bepaal die geleefde ervaring van graad 8-leerders in een sekondêre skool waar dié onderrigstrategie in die LO-klaskamer gebruik word. ʼn Gevallestudie word as navorsingsmetodologie gebruik waar kwalitatiewe data deur persoonlike dokumentasie geproduseer is. Ten einde ʼn deeglike begrip te verkry van die gevallestudie se geleefde ervaring is ʼn ewekansige steekproef van tien deelnemers gebruik. Kwalitatiewe data is verder deur twintig individuele en twee fokusgroeponderhoude met hierdie steekproef geproduseer. Ek het deurgaans die konstante vergelykende metode om eenhede van betekenis te identifiseer gebruik en bespreek my bevindinge aan die hand van drie kategorieë. Eerstens dui die data aan dat deelnemers leiding uit die gevallestudies van karakters ontvang het. Tweedens blyk dit of die ervarings van die karakters die deelnemers se besluitnemingsproses beïnvloed het. Derdens dui die data aan dat deelnemers hierdie onderrigstrategie as ʼn platform gebruik het wat hulle in staat gestel het om uiting aan hul persoonlike emosies en ervarings te gee. Ten slotte beklemtoon hierdie navorsingstudie aan die hand van Gilles Deleuze (in Wallin, 2010) en Magdeleine Grumet (1981) se werk die potensiële rol wat ʼn ontwikkelende, aktiewe vorm van kurrikulum in die wordingsproses van elke individuele leerder en opvoeder kan speel. Ek beveel daarom aan dat uniekhede en diversiteit binne die klaskamer aangemoedig moet word ten einde te verseker dat kurrikulum nie as ʼn homogene beleidsdokument aanvaar word nie, maar dat dit aktief en ontwikkelend van aard sal wees. Ek gebruik die werk van Wallin (2010), Sutton en Martin-Jones (2008) en Grumet (1981) om nuwe insigte rondom die pedagogiese wordingsproses binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks aan te bied.
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Lleida, Alberch Margarita. "El Patrimoni Arquitectònic, una font per a l’ensenyament de la Història i les Ciències Socials. El pensament i la pràctica docent dels professors." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/289783.
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El tema d’estudi de la investigació s’emmarca en el camp de la didàctica de les ciències socials i el patrimoni.
L’objecte d’estudi és la didàctica del patrimoni arquitectònic i, tanmateix, el comportament i desenvolupament de la professionalitat dels docents.
El cos central de la tesi te dos eixos vertebradors:
1. La conceptualització i construcció de nous coneixements que puguin millorar la didàctica del patrimoni arquitectònic com a font històrica.
2. La descripció i anàlisi de les competències del professorat: els seus coneixements, les seves opinions i idees, i també les seves pràctiques professionals.
És una investigació descriptiva i empírica que fa servir instruments de tipus qualitatiu (grup de discussió) com de tipus quantitatiu (qüestionari).
El patrimoni arquitectònic és un testimoni viu del passat humà. Quan el professor el fa servir com a font històrica, hauria de tenir en compte una sèrie de factors que són inherents a l’objecte arquitectònic, entenent aquest com una realitat viva i un document de la història. La font arquitectònica és diferent al document escrit i per tant cal fer un ús adequat a la seva naturalesa. La complexitat de l’obra arquitectònica, la dificultat per a interpretar-la i els problemes didàctics que se’n deriven segons els diferents criteris emprats en la restauració, són elements a tenir em compte quan es fa ús del patrimoni arquitectònic com a font de coneixement històric i social.
La investigació es formula tres preguntes sobre les competències dels docents:
1. Quin tipus de coneixements tenen els professors sobre el patrimoni arquitectònic
2. Quin és el pensament i concepcions dels professors
3. Quina és la pràctica docent dels professors
La tesi està estructurada en tres apartats:
1. Primera part. Marc teòric-conceptual: en primer lloc es formula l’objecte d’estudi, les preguntes, objectius i hipòtesi. Es fa una revissió de l’estat de la qüestió sobre la didàctica del patrimoni arquitectònic. Es revisen els estudis i investigacions que precedeixen la investigació. Es plantegen les bases conceptuals i disciplinars de la didàctica del patrimoni arquitectònic com a font històrica. Les disciplines de referència són l’arquitectura, la història i la didàctica.
2. Segona part. Marc empíric: per poder conèixer la realitat dels docents en matèria de competències patrimonials s’ha definit com a població d’estudi, els professors de Secundària dels centres públics de Catalunya que tenen l’especialitat de Ciències Socials. Els instruments d’observació indirecta que s’han dissenyat són el grup de discussió i el qüestionari. La mostra participant ha sigut d’un 10% dels professorat d’aquests centres. Una vegada recollits, mesurats i processats els resultats, la investigació descriu i analitza les respostes dels professors.
3. Tercera part. Conclusions: Es presenten els resultats obtinguts. Fan referència als tres àmbits que defineixen les competències docents: sobre els coneixements, les idees i concepcions, i les pràctiques docents.
La investigació adjunta, com a apèndix, uns suggeriments sobre el tractament didàctic del patrimoni arquitectònic com a font històrica. Proposa en primer lloc la manera de fer la crítica de la font i en segon lloc, unes orientacions per realitzar visites i itineraris patrimonials.
Al final de la investigació es presenten uns annexos. Cal destacar l’annex fotogràfic que aporta contingut visual al discurs en presentar imatges d’abans i desprès de les actuacions de restauració efectuades.The subject of academic study of this investigation resides in the area of the didactics in social sciences and heritage. The study topic is the didactics of architectural heritage, including the behaviour and development of teachers’ expertise. The main body of the thesis is comprised of two supporting axis: 1. The conceptualisation and construction of new knowledge that helps the improvement of the didactics of architectural heritage as a historical source. 2. The description and analysis of teachers’ competences: their knowledge, opinions and ideas, and their professional teaching practices. This is a descriptive and empirical research that uses both qualitative tools (group discussion) and quantitative tools (questionnaire.) The investigation formulates three questions about teachers’ competences: 1. What is the type of knowledge that teachers have got on architectural heritage? 2. What is the knowledge and conception of teachers? 3. What is the teaching practice of teachers? The thesis is structured on three parts: 1. Theoretical-conceptual framework. The study topic, questions and hypothesis are formulated. A revision of the state of the question on the didactics of architectural heritage is implemented. 2. Empirical framework. The teachers of Secondary Education in Catalonia form the study population of the thesis. The indirect observation tools designed for the investigation are the group discussion and the questionnaire. The range of participation was a 10% of the teachers in these education centres. Once the results have been obtained, measured and processed, the investigation describes and analyses teachers’ answers. 3. Conclusions: the results obtained in the investigation are presented. They cover the three areas that describe teaching competences: knowledge, ideas and conceptions, and teaching practices. The research attaches, as an appendix, suggestions for didactic treatment of heritage as a historical source. At the end of the investigation the annexes are shown. It is important to emphasise the photographic annex that provides the discourse with visual content as it presents images before and after the restoration.
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Singh, Suresh Kamar. "Assessment in natural sciences." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2091.
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D.Ed.This research study focusses on assessment in the Natural Sciences learning area in grades 8 and 9. The aspect under focus is the extent to which educators can apply assessment methods, tools and techniques in this learning area. Outcomes-based education makes use of outcomes-based assessment which incorporates different methods of assessing learners. This study is concerned with the assessment practices of educators in the classroom. The literature examined looks at what is science?, what is assessment?, assessment in outcomes-based education and outcomes-based assessment in the Natural Science learning area. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used in this study. The research instruments used were questionnaires, lessons observations, interviews and analysis of learner portfolios. As a research strategy, questionnaires were administered and analysed; assessment lessons were observed and analysed against principles for outcomes-based assessment; interviews were held with educators, subject advisor and OBE facilitator and learner portfolios were analysed in order to validate data gathered. The findings of the study revealed that educators have begun assessing using the outcomes-based assessment model, however, they are assessing on a very superficial level. The assessment tools, techniques and methods available to educators are not being used properly. It was found that the reason for this was that educators do not fully understand how to assess outcomes and they are not familiar with the assessment criteria. Certain assessment methods like self - and peer - assessment were totally neglected. Educators did not know how to use rubrics and rating scales when assessing learners. From the evidence in the learners’ portfolios, it was found that there is still an over-reliance on tests and that teacher assessment is the dominant assessment method. From the lesson observations it was found that content of the Natural Science learning area was not being adequately covered. In addition, Physical Science sections of the curriculum were deliberately not taught due to inexperience by educators in this field. The lesson observations also revealed that practical work in the form of experiments, observations and investigations was limited and in many cases not done at all. Educators cited lack of experience and resources. It was found that educators over-used textbooks and relied on them as the only source of scientific information. Planning of assessment was also another key area that needed attention.
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Philander, Surainda Malicia Revonia. "The analysis of intermediate phase Natural Sciences workbooks in promoting the nature of science." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14815.
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M.Ed. (Science Education)The nature of science (NOS) remains a problematic construct, which many science teachers do not address in their science teaching. This is owing to an uninformed understanding of the NOS by teachers, who therefore do not include NOS aspects in their science teaching. It is, however, imperative to introduce learners in the Intermediate Phase to NOS elements because it is during this phase that they formally learn science Although there is no specific definition of the NOS, there are guidelines in the framework provided by Chiappetta, Fillman and Sethna on the NOS elements that should be included in science textbooks. The NOS framework for science textbook analysis comprises four themes: Science as a body of knowledge, Science as a way of investigating, Science as a way of thinking and the Interaction among Science, Technology and Society. My study focuses on the analysis of workbooks in the Intermediate Phase Natural Sciences and Technology that were distributed by the South African Department of Basic Education during 2013. These workbooks were distributed as part of the implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) in the Intermediate Phase. The workbooks are a combination of textbook and writing book. These workbooks contain ample information about science concept knowledge and colourful illustrations of real life science phenomena. The NOS units of analysis as stipulated in the NOS framework by Chiappetta et al., were identified for the content analysis of science textbooks, in this case science workbooks. As part of the process of content analysis, a qualified science teacher and I analysed the identified pages in each of the six workbooks from Grades 4 to 6. The overall agreement of codes indicated that the NOS themes are substantially covered in the Natural Sciences workbooks, especially the theme Science as a way of investigating and Science as a body of knowledge. The NOS theme Science as a way of thinking receives more coverage than the NOS theme Interaction among Science, Technology and Society. The latter theme was poorly covered in the identified pages of analysis from the six different workbooks. It is suggested that future writing of science textbooks, especially in the Intermediate Phase, should cover all four NOS themes equally. This could assist Intermediate Phase learners in gaining an informed understanding of the nature of science in order to make educated decisions in the scientific enterprise as adults.
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Austen, Karryn Lynda. "Natural Sciences teachers' conceptualisation of 'science and society' in South African curriculum documents." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25656.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Science,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science.
Johannesburg, 2017.The potential for South African science teachers to become powerful agents of transformation needs to be explored. Speaking of Fensham's (2002) term “educo-politics” Aikenhead (2010) argues that, "all science teachers are constantly engaged in ‘educo-politics'” (Aikenhead, 2010:615). In this study I attempted to uncover some of the socially critical aspects of science and society related themes. This study investigated how science and society themes outlined in the Natural Sciences Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) (Department of Basic Education [DBE], 2011) are understood and valued by teachers. The study provides an account of how science teachers under the direction of the curriculum statement conceptualise the pedagogical use, and social value, of Specific Aim 3 in their regular teaching of Grade 9 Natural Sciences. The Science-Technology-Society- Environment (STSE) currents presented by Pedretti & Nazir (2011) provided a theoretical framework from which this inquiry was conducted and structured. This was a qualitative, small-scale study limited to 32 participants. The theoretical foundation of this study was influenced by the ideology and pedagogical frameworks which underpin science and society philosophies and movements in science education. An evaluation of the Natural Sciences CAPS (DBE, 2011) using such frameworks informed the development of the two research instruments used. A questionnaire was administered to 32 Grade 9 Natural Sciences teachers from government schools in the Johannesburg-West and Johannesburg-North districts in Gauteng. Three of the questionnaire participants were then interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. The participants varied in age, race demographics, distribution of home languages, professional qualifications and years of teaching experience. The schools where participants teach were varied in terms of demographics and available resources. The study found that participants did not communicate a clear understanding of the principles which form science and society in the Natural Sciences CAPS. Time constraints, deviation from science content and limited usefulness for science learning were commonly cited to justify limited science and society practices. Furthermore, participants regularly made statements which communicated their belief in the superiority of science in terms of its explanatory value. In this regard participants showed insensitivity to the cultural barriers students may experience when learning science. This study has contributed to our understanding of how South African science teachers conceptualise and use science as society themes as outlined in the Grade 9 Natural Sciences CAPS. The findings of this study confirmed that the effects and consequences of the prescriptive elements and nature of the Natural Sciences CAPS (DBE, 2011) need to be critically evaluated. Although curriculum reform in South Africa was intended to empower teachers in their decision-making about what and how to teach, over-reliance on work schedules and Learning Support Materials (LSMs) results in the constriction of teacher agency (Stoffels, 2008). Such tendencies were observed in this study and hence it is suggested that this aspect of teacher agency be explored in further research. KEY WORDS Science and Society Scientific literacy Humanistic science education Curriculum Teachers Science-Society-Technology Science-Society-Technology-Environment Socioscientific Issues
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"An analysis of grade 9 natural sciences textbooks for the nature of science." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14812.
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M.Ed. (Education)This study is an analysis of Grade 9 Natural Sciences textbooks for their representation of the nature of science. The textbooks analysed are CAPS compliant and approved by the Department of Basic Education. Like any other modern education system in a democratic dispensation, the South African education system has undergone several curricular changes post- independence (1994). These changes have been due to, but not limited by, factors pertaining to political and economic reforms. Curricular revisions have spanned a period of almost 20 years, commencing with Curriculum 2005 (C2005) to the current revised Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS). Science curriculum documents subscribe to the tenets of the nature of science (Lederman, 2007). Bell (2008) suggests that science is best defined by its characteristics, otherwise known as the tenets of NOS. Eleven key aspects of NOS that are intricately related to the basic tenets of science derived by Lederman (2007) form the analytical framework used in this study. The aspects are: Empirical; Inferential; Creative; Theory-driven; Tentative; Myth of the scientific method; Scientific theories; Scientific laws; Social dimensions of science; Social and cultural embeddedness of science and Science vs. pseudoscience. These aspects further formed a detailed scoring rubric to record the extent to which NOS is represented in the units of analysis, which comprise complete paragraphs, activities, worked examples, figures with captions, tables with captions, charts with captions, and marginal comments of the sampled topics ...
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Mbatha, Virginia Lindiwe. "Outcomes-based instructional planning in the integration of HIV/AIDS themes in the natural sciences and life sciences curriculum." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/544.
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M.Ed.This study was conducted with the main aim to inquire into the possibilities of the integration of themes on HIV/AIDS into the Natural Sciences (Grades 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grades 10-12) curriculum in such a way that learners can become aware of the danger of an epidemic such as caused by HIV/AIDS, and start to take care of themselves. The researcher also wanted to explore the views of educators as stakeholders’ perseverance and strategies for combating the pandemic spread of the HIV/AIDS amongst our youth and everyone else. It is generally accepted that many schools are already experiencing the effects of the disease as teachers, learners and members of their families fall ill and even die. This often results in the disruption of the normal school programme. At present, the assumption can be made that there is no integration of themes, knowledge and life skills on HIV/AIDS and the Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12) curriculum, and no teaching about the consequences of this disease. It is clear that HIV/AIDS, Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12) programmes should be designed to enable young learners to develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values that will prepare them to identify and solve problems and make decisions for their own benefit. At the same time, Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12) help learners to develop basic personal and community health knowledge and skills that would benefit the whole community. They will also learn about their rights and responsibilities and the causes and impact of problems that may affect their health and safety because the HIV/AIDS programmes can also be incorporated into the Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12) curriculum. Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12), and themes on HIV/AIDS, link closely to the knowledge and experiences the learners bring with them to school. The programmes should affirm both this prior knowledge and experience, and assist in the development of new life skills out of it. The Department of Education is expecting that the issue of HIV/AIDS should be taught in school. The problem that arises is HOW TO link or integrate HIV/AIDS and Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12). The educators need to be capacitated through in-service training and workshops to enable them to handle the issue of HIV/AIDS with all the sensitivity it deserves. Where teachers can draw on their relevant professional experiences and expertise to integrate and strengthen their Natural Sciences (Grade 7-9) and Life Sciences (Grade 10-12) skills, they should do so without hesitation. At the same time they should address the development of appropriate life skills and knowledge on HIV/AIDS to deal with the consequences of the disease and how to fight it.
Dr. M.C. van Loggerenberg
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Akinyemi, Olutosin Solomon. "Pre-service teachers' development of topic specific PCK in kinematics and transferability of PCK competence to a new physics topic." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21025.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Science, School of Education,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in partial fulfilment of
the award of Master of Science (MSc.) in Science Education
May, 2016There have been indications of inadequate content knowledge of South African physical science teachers and poor pedagogical content knowledge in making the concepts accessible to students. With this, the pre-service teachers are considered a part of the science education foremost links to schools and young science learners. Empirically, it has been reported that this unique teacher knowledge could be developed particularly in pre-service teachers in a planning context and that the new technique of developing pre-service teachers’ PCK within a topic helps in their good mastery of teaching concepts and thus making them specialists in topics. The Topic Specific PCK (TSPCK) construct focuses on the transformation of the understanding of content of a particular topic. This study investigated the extent to which focus on kinematics improves pre-service teachers’ PCK in the topic and possible transferability of the learnt pedagogical competence to a new physics topic – electric circuits. Guiding this study were two research questions: What is the impact of the intervention on the quality of pre-service teachers’ Topic Specific PCK in Kinematics? To what extent is the preservice teachers’ learnt pedagogical transformation competence transferrable to their planning of a new topic in physics topic – Electric circuits? This study used mixed methods to investigate TSPCK in pre-service teachers. It was located in the methodology class of Twenty-three (23) 4th year physical science majors. The study included an intervention where the theoretical framework for TSPCK was used to introduce the construct in Kinematics. The intervention explains each of the five components of Topic Specific PCK using the knowledge concepts of Kinematics. Data were collected using three instruments: an instrument measuring content knowledge in kinematics; an instrument measuring the quality of Topic Specific PCK in kinematics administered as a set of pre/post intervention tests; and an instrument measuring transferability of learnt competence in planning for teaching a new topic electricity. The pre-service teachers’ written responses to the TSPCK kinematics tool were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Both methods of analysis revealed that the pre-service teachers improved in their quality of TSPCK in kinematics following the intervention. It was also found out that the pre-service teachers’ improvement in the quality of TSPCK in kinematics was as result of rigorous engagement with the TSPCK components at varying degrees. Similarly, on the topic of transfer, electricity which was not discussed during the intervention, TSPCK tool in electric circuits was administered to the pre-service teachers and few records of their actual classroom teaching were analyzed. This was done to examine possible transferability of learnt pedagogical transformation competence to the new physics topic of electricity. The findings revealed that the pre-service teachers had ‘developing level’ of TSPCK in the topic of transfer similar to the finding in the topic of kinematics. The study demonstrated that focus on a single topic in a methodology course will enable transfer to another topic provided the teachers have the pre-requisite content knowledge. The findings of this study would contribute to the training of the Physical science student teachers and specifically improve their planning of other physics topics to enhance effective teaching and learning process.
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Mosidi, Solomon Makobe. "Environmental education in curriculum 2005 : a case study in the Northern Cape." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6235.
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M.Ed.For many years, Environmental Education was marginalised in the school curriculum, as it was seen to belong with subjects like geography and biology. This alienated it from the majority of teachers who are not trained in science related subjects. Thus only few pupils, who happened to have studied under science oriented institutions or teachers, were exposed to this field of knowledge. On 24 March 1997, the national Ministry of Education launched a new Outcomes Based Education (OBE) system for South Africa, called Curriculum 2005. This marked the end of different education systems that had existed in South Africa, and also opened new avenues for cross curricular issues such as Environmental Education, which did not form part of the school curriculum in the past. The primary aims of the study are: to investigate ways in which Environmental Education could benefit and support Curriculum 2005; to document the process that led to the infusion of Environmental Education into the school curriculum; and to determine needs and problems of teachers implementing Curriculum 2005 and suggest possible solutions for their problems. The data for this study was collected by using qualitative techniques of consultative synthesis; group open-ended interviews; public forums; field studies; observations and literature research related to different aspects of Environmental Education activities. In addition, a questionnaire was used in four regions that constitute the Northern Cape Provincial Education Department. The realities are that teacher education programmes in many institutions do not include courses in Environmental Education. Education about the environment has not been a visible priority in many countries, including South Africa. As indicated in this study, the situation in the Northern Cape clearly gives evidence of this. On the other hand, teachers had serious misgivings about their competence to teach Environmental Education. The enthusiasm reflected by teachers in the province, their potential and willingness to learn, are but a few indications of the possible success of Environmental Education in the province. The major/main problem identified is the OBE terminology which seems to hamper the implementation of Curriculum 2005. Thus, the success of Environmental Education in South African formal education depends on how well teachers adapt to, understand, are prepared for and committed to Curriculum 2005. I believe that if Curriculum 2005 succeeds, Environmental Education will also succeed. If it fails, Environmental Education will probably fail too, since is regarded as an integral part of the curriculum.
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Perrier, Charlotte. "Une activité d'élaboration d'hypothèses pour soutenir le développement du RCI d'étudiantes en sciences infirmières." Thèse, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/10998.
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L'enseignement du raisonnement clinique infirmier (RCI) est une préoccupation importante des formateurs en sciences infirmières depuis plusieurs années. Les étudiantes en sciences infirmières éprouvent des difficultés à formuler des hypothèses cliniques, à savoir trouver les explications pouvant justifier la coexistence d'une combinaison de données cliniques. Pourtant, la formulation d’hypothèses constitue une étape déterminante du RCI. Dans cette étude qualitative exploratoire, nous avons mis à l'essai une activité d'apprentissage par vignette clinique courte (AVCC) qui fournit aux étudiantes l'occasion d'exercer spécifiquement la formulation d'hypothèses cliniques. L'étude visait à documenter la capacité d'étudiantes de troisième année au baccalauréat en sciences infirmières à formuler des hypothèses cliniques durant l'activité. Dix-sept étudiantes ont été recrutées par convenance et divisées en groupes selon leurs disponibilités. Au total, quatre séances ont eu lieu. Les participantes étaient invitées à réfléchir à une vignette clinique courte et à construire un algorithme qui incluait: 1) leurs hypothèses concernant la nature du problème clinique, 2) les éléments d'informations essentiels à rechercher pour vérifier chaque hypothèse et 3) les moyens pour trouver ces informations. L'observation participante, l'enregistrement audio-vidéo et un questionnaire auto-administré ont servi à collecter les données. Les stratégies de RCI décrites par Fonteyn (1998) ont servi de cadre théorique pour guider l’analyse, sous forme de matrices comprenant des verbatims et des notes de terrain. Les résultats suggèrent que l'AVCC stimule la formulation d'hypothèses cliniques et la réactivation des connaissances antérieures. Cette activité pourrait donc être utile en complément d'autres activités éducatives pour favoriser le développement du RCI chez les étudiantes en sciences infirmières.Teaching and learning clinical reasoning has been a major concern amongst nurse educators for many years. Hypothesis generation is a critical milestone in clinical nursing reasoning which students are still struggling with at the end of their program. In a qualitative exploratory study, we tested a vignette-based activity to provide to the students an opportunity to specifically practice hypotheses generation. The study aimed at documenting nursing student’s capacity to formulate hypotheses during the activity. Seventeen nursing students in the last semester of their program were recruited by convenience and grouped accordingly to their availability to participate. The activity was held four times. Participants were asked to focus on a brief clinical vignette and to build an algorithm that would include 1) their hypotheses regarding the nature of the problem, 2) the essential pieces of information to collect in order to verify each hypothesis, and 3) the way the information was to be found. The combined methods used for data collection were participative observation, videotaping the activity and a written questionnaire immediately after the activity. Data were then classified in matrices in the form of verbatim and notes using clinical nursing reasoning skills described by Fonteyn (1998) as the theoretical framework. Results suggest that the vignette-based activity does stimulate students to formulate hypotheses. It also stimulates sharing and recollection of knowledge amongst students. This type of activity could therefore be useful in promoting the development of clinical reasoning as a complement to other educative activities used in nursing education programs.
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Teane, Florah Moleko. "The integration of the environmental awareness issues in the teaching of life-sciences in the Further Education and Training (FET) band: a case study of the experiences of the Grade 10 educators in the Temba school district." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1377.
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The purpose of this study was to establish whether educators of Grade 10 integrate environmental awareness issues in the teaching of the Life Sciences learning area as prescribed by the National Curriculum Statement (NCS).
Related literature was reviewed on the changing curriculum in South Africa (NCS) as well as Environmental education to place in context the problem of the study, namely to figure out whether educators do integrate environmental awareness in the teaching of Life-Sciences learning area.
A qualitative methodology research was used. School principals and educators were selected to participate in the research.
The findings of the research showed that educators did not integrate environmental awareness in the teaching of Life sciences learning area. Respondents suggested that educators need to be retrained so that they could implement the principles of NCS effectively.Educational Studies
M.Ed. (Specialization in Curriculum Studies)
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Manyane, R. Motse. "History teaching in South Africa within the context of the human and social sciences : an outcomes-based approach with reference to anti-racism." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18117.
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This study begins by analysing and exploring problems associated with (a) history
teaching as part of the Human and Social Sciences learning area, (b) history teaching
within an Outcomes-based approach, and (c) history teaching and racism. In an effort
to provide solutions to these problems the study proceeds to propose a framework for
teaching history within the Human and Social Sciences learning area, to suggest a
viable Outcomes-based approach to teaching history in the context of this learning area,
and an attempt is also made to provide criteria for an anti-racist approach to history
teaching. Further, teaching and learning strategies of how far learners can exhibit antiracist
perspectives and attitudes have been developed.
Overall, the study found that an interdisciplinary approach - intended to preserve
history's identity within the Human and Social Sciences learning area- is worthwhile
and essential, given the rich potential of the discipline to enrich and even gain from the
unique insights that other disciplines within the learning area can provide. It is evident
that history, either by itself or in association with other disciplines, lends itself well to
Outcomes-based Education; and that while it is important and necessary to differentiate
between learning outcomes on the one hand, and aims and objectives on the other, the
former and the latter two demonstrate some significant overlaps.
Given the crucial importance of improving race and a range of other relations in South
Africa, the findings of the study seem to prove to be a feasible and indeed critically
important way in which history teaching could deal with racial and other forms of viprejudice,
injustice and discrimination. This seems to be the case because the findings
reveal that learners registered progress in various aspects of anti-racist history
teaching. Given the gains by learners, therefore, an Outcomes-based history teaching
within the Human and Social Sciences learning area would seem to be an essential
approach to learning programme development in the South African system of education
and training.Educational Studies
D. Ed. (Didactics)
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Bouchard, Luc. "Les perceptions d’étudiants au baccalauréat en sciences infirmières de l’utilisation du journal d’apprentissage." Thèse, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/7076.
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L’approche par compétences est de plus en plus choisie pour guider les curriculums universitaires de formation professionnelle. Accordant un intérêt primordial au développement des compétences, les responsables des programmes élaborés selon cette approche doivent déterminer les stratégies pédagogiques qui seront les plus efficaces et qui permettront une participation active de l’étudiant. Depuis plus de 30 années (Cameron et Mitchell, 1993; Wellard et Bethune, 1996), le journal d’apprentissage favorise la construction des savoirs en pratique clinique et le développement de la pensée réflexive, une compétence nécessaire à la pratique des infirmières qui s’inspirent d’une vision spécifique de la discipline, comme celle du modèle de McGill (Kravitz et Frey, 1989; Thorpe, 2003). Malgré cela, les études sur les perceptions d’étudiants relativement au journal d’apprentissage sont rares, et ce, surtout au Canada (Epp, 2008). Il importe de s’intéresser aux perceptions d’étudiants afin d’atteindre l’efficacité optimale de l’outil. Le but de cette étude était d’explorer les perceptions d’étudiants au baccalauréat en sciences infirmières de l’utilisation du journal d’apprentissage. Elle a été réalisée auprès d’étudiants de 2e et 3e année, selon un devis de type qualitatif exploratoire. Les participants (n=52) ont rempli un formulaire constitué d’une mise en situation comprenant 5 questions ouvertes. L’analyse des données a fait émerger trois thèmes principaux de l’utilisation du journal soit : un outil personnel, un outil de communication et un outil d’apprentissage de la pratique. Des recommandations pour la formation et la recherche sont formulées.The competency-based approach is increasingly chosen to guide university curriculum. In according an essential interest to the competency development, the responsible for programs developed using this approach must determine the most effective learning strategy. In the last 30 years (Cameron et Mitchell, 1993; Wellard et Bethune, 1996), the learning journal promote the building of clinical knowledge and the development of reflexive thinking, a competency that is necessary to the practice nurses inspired by a specific vision of the discipline, like the McGill model (Kravitz et Frey, 1989; Thorpe, 2003). Despite this, the studies on the student’s perceptions on the learning journal are rare, especially in Canada (Epp, 2008). It is important to look at student’s perceptions to attain the optimal efficacy of the tool. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of undergraduate students in nursing of the utilization of learning journal. It was realized with 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students in nursing, using a qualitative exploratory research design. The participants (N=52) completed a form presenting a simulated situation that contained 5 open ended questions. The three main themes that emerged during data analysis on the utilization of the learning journal were: a personal tool, a communication tool and a learning practice tool. Recommendations for education and future research are offered.
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Girard, Marie-Claude. "L’expérience d’acquisition de ressources en enseignement à la clientèle et de leur utilisation en situation clinique telle que perçue par des infirmiers ayant suivi un cours e-learning : étude qualitative descriptive." Thèse, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/11946.
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Les infirmiers doivent maintenir leurs connaissances à jour et poursuivre le développement de leurs compétences. Toutefois, dans le contexte actuel de pénurie d’infirmiers, la formation continue représente un défi pour eux. Or, le e-learning semble offrir un potentiel intéressant pour relever ce défi. Une étude qualitative basée sur la méthode des incidents critiques visait à décrire l’expérience clinique d’infirmiers (n=4) suite à un cours e-learning sur l’enseignement à la clientèle. Ce cours de 45 heures était basé sur l’approche par compétences. Des entrevues individuelles ont permis de documenter l’acquisition et l’utilisation en contexte clinique d’apprentissages effectués durant le cours. Les résultats révèlent que ce cours e-learning a permis aux infirmiers qui ont participé à l’étude (n=4) d’acquérir des ressources (connaissances et habiletés) et de les utiliser dans des situations cliniques d’enseignement à la clientèle. Les stratégies pédagogiques, qui apparaissent les plus prometteuses, à la lumière des résultats, sont la discussion de situations cliniques sur le forum de discussion « en ligne » et le projet de mise en contexte réel. En somme, le e-learning, basé sur l’approche par compétences se révèle une approche pédagogique prometteuse pour soutenir le développement des compétences des infirmiers.
Mots clés : e-learning, formation continue, stratégies pédagogiques, approche par compétencesAll nurses must maintain their knowledge and skills up to date. However, in the current context, due to lack of nurses, continuing education represents a great challenge for nurses. Therefore e-learning seems to have a great potential to take over this challenge. A qualitative study based on the critical incidents method was meant to describe clinical nursing experiences (n=4) after an e-learning course on patient teaching. This 45 hours long course was led on a competency based approach. Individual interviews allowed us to document the use of their acquired knowledge in different clinical contexts. The results reveal that nurses (n=4) acquired different resources (knowledge, skills) that they used in clinical patient teaching. According to the results, discussion forums about clinical cases and a learning project in real clinical context turned out to be useful educational strategies to sustain professional nursing skills. Finally, e-learning based on the competency-based approach reveals itself as an educational strategy of great promise. Key words: e-learning, continuing education, educational strategies, competency based approach
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Samuels, Kinsa Gita. "Perceptions and knowledge regarding indigenous knowledge and environmental education in the Natural Science curriculum." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1792.
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Human activities that involve interactions amongst three players i.e. nature, humans and technology, continue to impact negatively on the Earth's biosphere.
The impact is tremendous: consumption of resources at an unsustainable level leading to rapid loss of natural resources and biodiversity. The plea to reverse this negative trend is as valid now as it were many years ago.
While some progress has been made to develop strategies to wisely manage and protect the Earth's resources, the state of the environment is still fragile. Strategies are far from satisfactory: hence the grounds for a new commitment in a manner best suited to a country's needs and resources. In recent years, research in indigenous knowledge systems has been pursued in an attempt to develop a deeper understanding of its complex linkages with the environment. Incorporating some of these linkages in the science curricula provides opportunities for learners to make informed choices to address individual and society's needs by extracting relevant elements from Western science and indigenous knowledge systems.
This research focuses on the use of indigenous knowledge in science education offered to grade eight and nine learners in South African schools. As part of this education, science curricula, teaching methodologies and resources therefore should be developed in response to the changing needs of learners and their communities.
A close look at the natural science learning area of Curriculum 2005 shows that the South African curriculum developers have under-used indigenous knowledge in the teaching and learning of science at school level. The conceptualization of an inclusive and just science education has been evaded.
Perceptions elicited from a small group of academics, well versed in IK, indicate that the majority of South African science teachers will embrace the inclusion of indigenous knowledge in the natural science learning area but will require significant assistance from the Department of Education. The key to deal with this daunting task is for the relevant role players to establish partnerships with the knowers and holders of indigenous knowledge and to operate in a neutral, noble and altruistic manner and that in itself in the present context is highly problematic.Educational Studies
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Munasi, Khathutshelo Ronald. "Integrating Environmental Education in the Life Sciences curriculum in the Vhembe District, Limpopo." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26846.
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The mandate from the government is for schools to integrate Environment Education (EE) in all subjects. However, some Life Sciences teachers in the Vhembe District still fail to integrate EE into their lessons. This qualitative case study, hence, investigated how Life Sciences teachers in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province are supported by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to integrate EE into their lessons. The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines to enhance the support given by DBE, to Life Sciences teachers, in their attempts to integrate EE into their lessons.
Studies have been conducted about factors that inhibit the integration of EE in school subjects. However, little has been written about how the DBE supports teachers to integrate EE in their lessons. This study contributes knowledge to this gap. This study was based on interpretivism, followed a qualitative approach and a phenomenological case study design. Three schools in Vhembe District in Limpopo Province were conveniently selected and one Life Sciences teacher was purposively selected from each school to get rich-information about the research topic. One subject advisor was also purposely selected as a participant from the Vhembe District under, Mutshindudi circuit. Data were collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with the teachers and the subject advisor. Before the interviews, the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) document, pacesetter and textbooks were first analysed.
Findings from the CAPS document analysis show support for teachers towards integrating EE in Life Sciences, although, the pacesetter does not provide such support. The teachers, however, do not take advantage of the offered support from the documents because they do not read these curriculum documents. Further, the findings reveal that the subject advisor was not doing enough to support the teachers as the limited support that the teachers received was only reactive. This study also found that lack of training for teachers and the subject advisor, lack of understanding of EE and lack of resources were still challenges in the integration of EE in the research context.
This study recommends that there should be a more proactive support for to integrate EE into their lessons so as to produce environmentally informed learners. Thus, the DBE must take responsibility of providing teachers with necessary trainings and resources for EE to support them to integrate it into the lessons.Educational Studies
M. Ed. (Specialisation in Environmental Education)
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Létourneau, Dimitri. "Un modèle cognitif de l’apprentissage de la compétence « agir avec humanisme » d’un programme de formation en sciences infirmières basé sur une approche par compétences." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23987.
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Des écrits scientifiques mettent en évidence les retombées de l’humanisation et de la déshumanisation des soins pour les patients. Les formateurs et les chercheurs mettent donc à l’essai de nombreuses stratégies pédagogiques prometteuses qui visent à promouvoir l’humanisation des soins. Or, les connaissances portant sur le processus d’apprentissage de la compétence « agir avec humanisme » demeurent peu développées.
Cette thèse doctorale présente une étude phénoménologique qui visait à élaborer un modèle cognitif de l’apprentissage (MCA) de la compétence « agir avec humanisme », à partir de l’expérience vécue d’apprentissage d’étudiantes infirmières et de diplômées d’un programme de baccalauréat en sciences infirmières basé sur une approche par compétences, et à identifier les indicateurs de développement s’y rattachant. L’étude a été orientée par une perspective conceptuelle intégrant les sciences infirmières, soit le Modèle humaniste des soins infirmiers – UdeM (MHSI-UdeM) développé par Cara et al. (2016), et les sciences de l’éducation, soit la conception du développement des compétences de Tardif (2006). La philosophie humaniste, à la base du MHSI-UdeM, a été approfondie et analysée à la lumière de cinq conceptions infirmières. Une analyse du MHSI-UdeM selon la méthode de Chinn et Kramer (2018) a également été réalisée.
La phénoménologie interprétative de Benner (1994), ancrée dans les référents philosophiques d’Heidegger (1927/2008), a été privilégiée. Les participantes (n = 26), des étudiantes et des infirmières, ont été recrutées dans six groupes en fonction de leur progression universitaire et professionnelle. Des entrevues individuelles ont été conduites puis les récits recueillis ont été transcrits et analysés selon une opérationnalisation de la perspective phénoménologique de Benner (1994).
Le MCA de la compétence « agir avec humanisme » a été décliné en cinq niveaux de développement suivants : 1) conscientisation à l’humanisation des soins, 2) appropriation d’habiletés de communication investies dans une approche humaniste, 3) conciliation d’un idéal de pratique humaniste aux responsabilités de l’infirmière clinicienne, 4) intégration d’une approche humaniste dans l’ensemble des soins et 5) maîtrise d’une approche humaniste dans l’environnement de travail. D’autres résultats ont montré qu’un développement de la compétence « agir avec humanisme » commençait avant les études en sciences infirmières et qu’il était différent d’une étudiante à l’autre.
Les résultats ont aussi mis en évidence des leviers et des contraintes au développement de la compétence « agir avec humanisme », résidant à la fois dans les institutions d’enseignement et les établissements de santé. Il y avait notamment la présence de modèles de rôle humanistes et d’environnements qui promeuvent l’humanisation des soins, ainsi que la surcharge de travail qui l’entrave. Les participantes ont aussi énoncé des recommandations visant à optimiser le développement de la compétence « agir avec humanisme » qui se sont avérées fortement cohérentes avec les leviers et les contraintes identifiées.
Des retombées pour les cinq domaines de la pratique infirmière découlent de cette étude et offrent certaines pistes qui pourraient favoriser le développement de la compétence « agir avec humanisme ». L’une d’elles vise à harmoniser l’entrée dans la profession infirmière après la formation, une période charnière où le développement de la compétence « agir avec humanisme » s’est avéré être le plus vulnérable.Several papers illustrate the outcomes of humanization and dehumanization of care for patients. Educators and researchers are testing many promising educational strategies aimed at promoting humanization of care. However, little is known about the development of the “humanistic caring” competency. This thesis presents a phenomenological study aimed at elaborating a cognitive learning model (CLM) of the “humanistic caring” competency, from the lived experiences of nursing students and graduates of a competency-based program, and to identify related developmental indicators. A conceptual perspective combining nursing, the Humanistic Model of Nursing Care – UdeM (HMNC-UdeM) developed by Cara et al. (2016), and education, a conception about competency development (Tardif, 2006), oriented the study. The humanistic philosophy at the roots of the HMNC-UdeM was scrutinized and analyzed in the context of five conceptual models. An analysis of the HMNC-UdeM, based on Chinn and Kramer’s method (2018), was also carried out. Benner’s (1994) interpretive phenomenology, grounded in the philosophical foundations of Heidegger (1927/2008), was used as the study methodology. The participants (n = 26), students and nurses, were recruited into six groups based on their progression in the education program and their clinical experience. Individual interviews were conducted, and the stories collected were transcribed and analyzed according to an operationalization of Benner’s (1994) phenomenological perspective. The CLM of the “humanistic caring” competency comprised five developmental stages: 1) conscientization to humanization of care, 2) assimilation of communication skills integrated in a humanistic approach, 3) reconciliation of an ideal of humanistic practice with the responsibilities of a nurse, 4) integration of a humanistic approach in nursing care, and 5) mastery of a humanistic approach in the work environment. Other results showed that a development of "humanistic caring" began before studying nursing and that it was different from one student to another. The results also highlighted facilitators and constraints to the development of "humanistic caring" residing in both educational institutions and healthcare facilities. These included the presence of humanistic role models and environments that promote humanization of care, and the work overload, that impedes it. The participants also suggested recommendations aimed at optimizing the development of "humanistic caring", and these were highly consistent with the aforementioned facilitators and constraints. Implications for the five domains of practice emerge from this study and offer some avenues that could promote the development of "humanistic caring". One of them is to facilitate the entry into the nursing profession after graduation, a turning point where the development of "humanistic caring" has proven to be the most vulnerable.
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Charette, Martin. "Compétences d’infirmiers nouvellement diplômés d’un programme de baccalauréat basé sur l’approche par compétences : une ethnographie ciblée d’un milieu de soins aigus." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21204.
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Saint-Martin, Monique. "Construction d'une échelle décrivant les niveaux de compétence de collaboration, à partir d'indicateurs validés par des enseignants cliniciens en médecine." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/9855.
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La collaboration est une compétence essentielle que les futurs médecins doivent développer. La détermination des niveaux de compétence est cruciale dans la planification de cet apprentissage. Les échelles descriptives suscitent un intérêt croissant, car elles décrivent en termes qualitatifs les performances attendues. Nous inspirant de la méthodologie mixte de Blais, Laurier, & Rousseau (2009), nous avons construit en cinq étapes une échelle de niveau de compétence de collaboration: 1) formulation d’une liste d’indicateurs situés à quatre niveaux de la formation médicale (préclinique, externat, résidence junior et sénior) par les chercheurs (n= 3) et un groupe d’éducateurs (n=7), leaders pédagogiques possédant une expertise pour la compétence de collaboration; 2) sondage en ligne comprenant quatre questionnaires portant sur les niveaux de 118 indicateurs, auprès d’enseignants cliniciens représentant les différentes spécialités (n=277); 3) analyse, avec le modèle partial credit de Rasch, des réponses aux questionnaires appariés par calibration concurrente; 4) détermination des niveaux des indicateurs par les éducateurs et les chercheurs; et 5) rédaction de l’échelle à partir des indicateurs de chaque niveau.
L’analyse itérative des réponses montre une adéquation au modèle de Rasch et répartit les indicateurs sur l’échelle linéaire aux quatre niveaux. Les éducateurs déterminent le niveau des 111 indicateurs retenus en tenant compte des résultats du sondage et de la cohérence avec le curriculum. L’échelle comporte un paragraphe descriptif par niveau, selon trois capacités : 1) participer au fonctionnement d’une équipe; 2) prévenir et gérer les conflits; et 3) planifier, coordonner et dispenser les soins en équipe.
Cette échelle rend explicites les comportements collaboratifs attendus à la fin de chaque niveau et est utile à la planification de l’apprentissage et de l’évaluation de cette compétence. La discordance entre les niveaux choisis par les éducateurs et ceux issus de l’analyse des réponses des enseignants cliniciens est principalement due au faible choix de réponse du niveau préclinique par les enseignants et aux problèmes d’adéquation pour les indicateurs décrivant la gestion des conflits. Cette recherche marque une avan- cée dans la compréhension de la compétence de collaboration et démontre l’efficacité de la méthodologie de Blais (2009) dans un contexte de compétence transversale, en sciences de la santé. Cette méthodologie pourrait aider à approfondir les trajectoires de développement d’autres compétences.Being able to collaborate is a key competence that physicians need to learn. Determining competence levels is crucial to planning the learning process. By defining performance levels in qualitative terms, descriptive scales are a promising avenue. We developed a five-stage competence-level scale based on Blais, Laurier & Rousseau (2009) mixed methodology: 1) having researchers (n= 3) and a group of educators (n= 7), pedagogical leaders with expertise in the field of collaboration, list indicators that apply to the four training levels (preclinical, clerkship, junior and senior residencies); 2) conducting with clinician teachers, representative of various specialties (n= 277), an online survey that includes four questionnaires on the 118 indicator levels; 3) performing an analysis using the Rasch partial credit model on responses to questionnaires linked through concurrent calibration; 4) having educators and researchers determine the indicator levels; 5) creating a scale based on indicators at each level. The iterative analysis of the responses shows that it fits the Rasch model and distributes indicators on the linear scale on the four levels. The educators were responsible for determining the level of 111 selected indicators by taking into account the results of the survey and coherence with the curriculum. The scale includes a descriptive paragraph for each level as it applies to the 3 abilities : 1) taking part in running the team; 2) preventing and managing conflicts; 3) planning, coordinating and providing care as a team. The scale explains the collaborative behaviors expected at the end of each level and can be used to plan learning and evaluate competence. The source of disagreement between the levels set by the educators and those resulting from the analysis of clinician teacher responses are mostly explained by the low response by teachers at the preclinical level and misfit issues for the indicators describing conflict management. The research provided a broader understanding of collaboration competency and demonstrated the effectiveness of the Blais et al.1 methodology within the context of cross-curricular competency in health sciences. The methodology could be useful to go deaper into other competencies development path.
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Morake, Machomi Nnior. "The implementation of professional development in the foundation phase in the North West Province with reference to Curriculum and assessment policy statement." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13756.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the training given to Foundation Phase (FP) teachers in the implementation of Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), with the intention to develop an alternative professional development (PD) approach for this Phase.
Literature indicates that the academic success of learners can be significantly affected by Foundation Phase teachers’ access and participation in quality PD activities. It also indicates that PD is much more than training. It includes on-going workshops, follow-up, study, reflections, observations and assessment which accommodates FP teachers as learners, recognises the long-term nature of learning, and utilises methods that are likely to lead teachers to improve their practice as professionals.
In this study, mixed methods research approach was employed to collect empirical data. It includes questionnaires responded to by 84 FP teachers, three sets of interview questions, that is, one for 9 primary school principals, one for 3 subject advisors, and the last one for the Focus group made up of 10 FP teachers who were not included in questionnaires. Observation at training centre was also conducted.
The study revealed that the responses from the five sets of data collection instruments seemed to agree on the following:
- FP teachers were not involved in the design of their PD activities;
- An appropriate time for FP teachers to engage in PD activities is during school holidays;
- The length of the training was too short;
- Training was not based on the teachers identified needs; and
- It was not designed by teachers in cooperation with experts in the field.
This study therefore recommends the use of mixed-models approach because the Cascade model that was used, is not addressing the needs of all FP teachers.Educational Leadership and Management
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Chamane, Thabile Carol. "'Framing and classifying' the implementation of the grade 10 curriculum and assessment policy statement : a case study of selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19583.
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The South African education system has been evolving since the country became democratic in 1994 and a number of curriculum reforms have been introduced within a short space of time. These reforms revolve around power and control and therefore, Bernstein’s concepts of classification and framing form the conceptual framework for this study.
This study attempts to give a picture of what is currently happening in schools pertaining to the implementation of the grade 10 Life Sciences (LS), Business Studies (BS), and Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD) Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The dual aim of this study was to find out educators’ understanding and interpretation of the CAPS that can be observed in their teaching practice and to establish how decisions on subject content (selection, sequencing and pacing) are made. Also of importance was to determine whether educators view and treat their subject as unique or as similar to other subjects.
The study used a qualitative approach, using case study design. Observations were used as the main method for data construction. Four LS, BS and EGD educators from four different schools were observed teaching the same class for five consecutive lessons. Thereafter, these educators were interviewed. For triangulation purposes, learners and the subject advisor were participants in this thesis. For this purpose a group of ten randomly selected learners from observed classes per subject and school were requested to complete a questionnaire and the LS, BS and EGD subject advisors were interviewed.
The subject advisors insisted that educators follow the CAPS so that learners would be able to write common assessment tasks at the end of each term. Although educators claimed that they were following the CAPS regarding content selection, sequencing and pacing, observations showed that educators were not following the CAPS document. The findings suggest that well coordinated interventions are required to support and monitor educators’ practice.Curriculum and Instructional Studies
D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)