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A Dissertation Presented to The Division of Specialized Education The University of the Witwatersrand In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education (Educational Psychology)
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The University of South Africa (Unisa) is one of the largest distance education universities in the world. Teaching physics at a distance is a complex and multifaceted problem which is compounded in the South African context by the diversity of educational backgrounds of the learners involved. The fact that students are distributed over a vast geographical area, presents unique problems for the incorporation of the practical component into the curriculum. Current research involves a...
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Face aux risques graves de secheresse durant le cycle vegetatif de l'arachide, les selectionneurs jouent sur la precocite varietale (maximum 80 ou 90 jours selon la partie du bassin arachidier) ainsi que sur la capacite de resistance au manque d'eau. L'amelioration genetique conduite depuis 1985 est de type pluridisciplinaire, incluant des etudes agro-physiologiques sur le systeme racinaire (volume, forme), la regulation stomatique et la resistance membranaire. La precocite est de nature...
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Since the public exposure of the atrocities associated with the Tuskegee experiment, organizations in the African-American community have become more politically involved in and sophisticated about the agendas of outside researchers and the policy implications of these studies for their residents and communities. Community organizations are now requiring accountability from researchers, regardless of race. This chapter discusses the politics of conducting research in these communities and...
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Abstract In the 1970s, policies restricting the growth of post‐primary education and guaranteeing government employment for the few graduates limited the spread of the ‘diploma disease’ in Tanzania. The economic crisis of the 1980s meant growing underfund‐ing of education, which, combined with bureaucratic inefficiency and corruption, has led to the collapse of educational quality. Consequently, the majority rural poor have increasingly turned away from formal schooling, while the urban...
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This paper aims to examine the findings of the National Teacher Education Audit in view to explore the possibilities and limits of interinstitutional cooperation or partnerships between institutions involved -in teacher education in South Africa. This will entail a careful scrutiny of the structure institutional distribution types of programmes offered and the existing linkages involving these institutions. The most pressing problems facing teacher education include duplication of programmes...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership, the manner in which these leaders approach their work and a variety of organisational outcomes in the South African banking sector. In particular, the manner and extent to which transformational leaders focus on the management of organisation culture and are able to bring about learning within their organisations was examined. Other areas explored included their sensitivity to the macro environment...