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THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION: A CASE OF THE WESTERN CAPE COLOURED COMMUNITY

This article analyses the implications of a reconceptualised democratic citizenship education on universities in Africa with special emphasis on Zimbabwe. This is a qualitative research where data has been gathered through interviews and observation. Democratic citizenship education theory is used as a theory speaking to the argument. The arguments proffered in the research are that the concepts of DCE, education, and democracy that are rooted in liberal ideas of education have the potential...

Abstract In recent years, the demand for the acquisition of Mandarin Chinese language is in full swing globally based on the recognition of the economic and social importance of China. As a proactive response, the Ministry of General Education in Zambia included Mandarin Chinese as a second additional language in the secondary school Curriculum. However, there is a lack of exploring the epistemological beliefs and conceptions about Mandarin Chinese language teaching and learning in Zambia. A...

The porous materials of rod-like γ-alumina interlaced in pores of volcanic rock were prepared by in-situ growth using volcanic rock as matrix material, aluminum nitrate and ammonium bicarbonate as raw materials. The structure and properties of the materials were characterized by XRD, SEM, N2 adsorption-desorption and TG-DSC technology. The adsorption performance of Congo red was also studied. It was found that the aluminum nitrate solution filled the pores of volcanic matrix materials by...

The purpose of this study is to detect possible impact of global warming on agriculture over Gaza. The longest and continuity data of annual average rainfall and temperature obtained cover a period of 36 years (1982-2018). Furthermore, the agricultural available data has been collected from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Agriculture during 1993 to 2010. In this study, The rising temperatures have caused many agricultural pests that were unknown before, which...

ABSTRACT One this study examined the relationship between equal opportunity to learning, provision of basic needs, teacher preparation of lesson and students’ development in Kwara State, Nigeria. Proportional sampling procedure was used to select participants from sample public senior secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Questionnaire titles “Social Justice and Management of Students’ Development Questionnaire (SJMSDQ) was used to gather data and analysed with the use of quantitative...

The paper discussed the challenges of technical vocational education and training (TVET) and the need for enhanced educational technology in technical schools in Nigeria. Concept of TVET, forms of TVET, objective of TVET and the relevance of educational technology to technical schools were discussed in the paper. The challenges of TVET and the need for enhanced educational technology materials in technical schools as a way of exposing students to relevant knowledge and skills required to...

Open Educational Resources (OER) is simple but powerful educational materials made freely and legally availableon the Internet for anyone to reuse, revise, and redistribute. These materials have the potential to give people everywhere equal access to our collective knowledge and provide many more people around the world with access to quality education by making lectures, books and curricula widely available on the Internet. In this paper a brief history of OER is stated and then Creative...

Background and Purpose: Workplace stress is a common phenomenon that militates against the productivity of teachers. Thus, this study investigated the factors responsible for workplace stress among female teachers in Oyo metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria.
 
 Methodology: Descriptive survey method was adopted. A total of 200 female secondary school teachers in Oyo metropolis represented the sample for the study. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The instrument was validated by...

The study assessed the student's career choice and entrepreneurial intentions of Adeleke University Ede, Nigeria. Specifically, it evaluated undergraduate students entrepreneurial intentions immediately after graduation; examined students characteristics with entrepreneurial activities and choices. This study was fashioned based on a model developed by Ajzen. The survey design was adopted, and self-administered questionnaires were distributed to a total of 250 students randomly selected....

This research work examined the cost benefits of Ph. D in Nigeria. It was a descriptive design of a survey type. The population of the study was all the lecturers and Ph. students of the University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, 150 Lecturers and students were selected through simple random sampling and techniques. Two sets of research instruments were used one for the lecturers and the second one for the students currently undergoing Ph. . The validity of the instruments was done with the use of...

Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, the study investigated college students’ readiness for online learning from seven colleges of education in Ghana’s Volta and Oti Regions (UTAUT). The study focused on college students’ eLearning readiness and their perceptions of eLearning in Ghana. The descriptive phenomenological research design was used in this study. Using the convenience sampling technique, seven colleges were chosen from a pool of forty-six colleges of...

This study explored teachers’ views on the influence that entrepreneurship education has on Business Studies learners’ career choices in Gauteng, South Africa. A qualitative case study approach was employed with a sample size of five Business Studies teachers from three selected public secondary schools in Gauteng East District, using purposive and convenience sampling methods to select participants for this study. Semi-structured in-depth face-to-face interviews were employed to collect...

This study investigated incidences of undesirable behaviours in classroom among secondary school students and modification techniques adopted by teachers in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey type.  The target population were the teachers of junior and senior secondary schools. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 20 teachers from all 10 secondary schools making 200 respondents as sampled out 657 teachers. Two researcher developed instruments were...

The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of the reading habits of Syrian students studying at secondary schools on their vocabulary learning motivation.The mixed research model was used in the study.The universe of the study consists of Syrian secondary school students studying in Kilis.The sample consists of 164 Syrian secondary school students studying at Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Imam Hatip Secondary School.Research data were collected using the "Book Reading Habit Attitude Scale" and...

IntroductionThis research investigates the effect of Jolly phonics teaching method on reading abilities of primary school pupils inGusau local government, Zamfara State.The term Jolly means 'fun' and phonics refers to letter sounds used for reading.Jolly phonics means reading through play Jolly phonics instructional strategy is a systematic and sequential phonics programme designed to teach children to read and write (Ogbemudia&Alasa, 2014).Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centered approach...