Impact of Virtual Laboratory Delivery Environment on Grade 11 Learners’ Learning Outcomes in Physical Sciences: A Case of Two Low Performing Schools in OR Tambo Inland
- Sincuba, Muthandwa Chinamhora
- Authors: Sincuba, Muthandwa Chinamhora
- Date: 2020-08
- Subjects: Physics--Laboratory blanks
- Language: English
- Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6627 , vital:47172
- Description: This study sought to evaluate factors affecting the quality of food provided by the school nutrition programme in Mthatha, OR Tambo Inland Education District. This was a qualitative study in the form of case study research design. Two (2) schools were conveniently selected and from these, 2 principals, 2 school nutrition coordinators, 4 food handlers and 10 learners were purposefully selected to form the sample. Thus, 18 participants were selected in total. Interviews were used to collect data. A review of literature demonstrated that the school nutrition programme was valuable and played an important role towards addressing some of challenges prevalent in South Africa due to the history of the country. The literature reviewed also highlighted challenges faced by the school nutrition programme despite its tremendous success. These are some of the findings: the school nutrition programme was successful towards improving learner punctuality and engaging in the classroom. This had the potential to improve learner health overall; however, it was observed that lack of training around food preparation and hygiene could reduce the effectiveness of the programme. The provision for appropriate storage facilities was also noted as an issue that placed the programme at risk. These are some of the recommendations: the government should provide appropriate training and proper storage facilities in schools with nutrition programme; this could contribute meaningfully towards improving the quality of food provided by the school nutrition programme. , Thesis (M.Ed) -- Faculty of Education Sciences, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-08
- Authors: Sincuba, Muthandwa Chinamhora
- Date: 2020-08
- Subjects: Physics--Laboratory blanks
- Language: English
- Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6627 , vital:47172
- Description: This study sought to evaluate factors affecting the quality of food provided by the school nutrition programme in Mthatha, OR Tambo Inland Education District. This was a qualitative study in the form of case study research design. Two (2) schools were conveniently selected and from these, 2 principals, 2 school nutrition coordinators, 4 food handlers and 10 learners were purposefully selected to form the sample. Thus, 18 participants were selected in total. Interviews were used to collect data. A review of literature demonstrated that the school nutrition programme was valuable and played an important role towards addressing some of challenges prevalent in South Africa due to the history of the country. The literature reviewed also highlighted challenges faced by the school nutrition programme despite its tremendous success. These are some of the findings: the school nutrition programme was successful towards improving learner punctuality and engaging in the classroom. This had the potential to improve learner health overall; however, it was observed that lack of training around food preparation and hygiene could reduce the effectiveness of the programme. The provision for appropriate storage facilities was also noted as an issue that placed the programme at risk. These are some of the recommendations: the government should provide appropriate training and proper storage facilities in schools with nutrition programme; this could contribute meaningfully towards improving the quality of food provided by the school nutrition programme. , Thesis (M.Ed) -- Faculty of Education Sciences, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-08
IMPACTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON THE STABLE ISOTOPIC DYNAMICS OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER IN MBASHE RIVER, EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
- Authors: MUNETSI ZVAVAHERA
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: stable isotopes, anthropogenic activities, enrichment, depletion
- Language: English
- Type: Masters, MSc
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2361 , vital:41451
- Description: Mbashe River passes through three districts of Eastern Cape, South Africa, with catchments that have been modified by anthropogenic activities. To determine the effects of anthropogenic activities on the river particulate organic matter, (δ13CPOM), (δ15NPOM) and C/N ratios of particulate organic matter were investigated. Six sampling sites from three sections of the river were identified and selected according to anthropogenic activity occurring close to the river and sampled over a period of twelve months. The results indicated that different anthropogenic activities had significant effect on the POM stable isotope dynamics, resulting in uniquely distinct stable isotopes signatures varying both temporally and spatially. The C/N ratios, (δ13CPOM), and (δ15NPOM) isotopic values varied significantly (95% confidence interval) and revealed that POM was derived from different sources in the river catchment. Anthropogenic activities affected C/N ratios and δ15NPOM temporally, spatially and between river sections. The upstream was δ15NPOM depleted (4.5‰) while downstream the river δ15NPOM was enriched (5.8 ‰). The δ13CPOM values ranged from -12‰ to -32‰ temporally during the study period. The study revealed that POM was mainly derived from allochthonous sources (C/N ratios >8). The (δ15NPOM) revealed that upstream was more affected by anthropogenic activities than downstream. Our findings suggest that anthropogenic activities had more temporal effect than site to site. Further research is recommended and required to check whether isotopic dynamics observed can be replicated and determine whether the effect of anthropogenic activities is increasing or decreasing.
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- Authors: MUNETSI ZVAVAHERA
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: stable isotopes, anthropogenic activities, enrichment, depletion
- Language: English
- Type: Masters, MSc
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2361 , vital:41451
- Description: Mbashe River passes through three districts of Eastern Cape, South Africa, with catchments that have been modified by anthropogenic activities. To determine the effects of anthropogenic activities on the river particulate organic matter, (δ13CPOM), (δ15NPOM) and C/N ratios of particulate organic matter were investigated. Six sampling sites from three sections of the river were identified and selected according to anthropogenic activity occurring close to the river and sampled over a period of twelve months. The results indicated that different anthropogenic activities had significant effect on the POM stable isotope dynamics, resulting in uniquely distinct stable isotopes signatures varying both temporally and spatially. The C/N ratios, (δ13CPOM), and (δ15NPOM) isotopic values varied significantly (95% confidence interval) and revealed that POM was derived from different sources in the river catchment. Anthropogenic activities affected C/N ratios and δ15NPOM temporally, spatially and between river sections. The upstream was δ15NPOM depleted (4.5‰) while downstream the river δ15NPOM was enriched (5.8 ‰). The δ13CPOM values ranged from -12‰ to -32‰ temporally during the study period. The study revealed that POM was mainly derived from allochthonous sources (C/N ratios >8). The (δ15NPOM) revealed that upstream was more affected by anthropogenic activities than downstream. Our findings suggest that anthropogenic activities had more temporal effect than site to site. Further research is recommended and required to check whether isotopic dynamics observed can be replicated and determine whether the effect of anthropogenic activities is increasing or decreasing.
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Implementation of the integrated quality management system (IQMS) in selected schools in the Libode District of the Eastern Cape Province
- Authors: Mbangata, Luvuyo Stanley
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Integrated quality management system -- Schools
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18429 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1007143
- Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) is implemented in schools in the Libode education district. The study focused on the existence of IQMS documents as evidence or proof that IQMS is being implemented. In addition, the study looked at the existence and functionality of structures and processes for the implementation of IQMS in the selected schools. Lastly, the study focused on the deliverables and outcomes arising out of the implementation of IQMS in schools. The pragmatic paradigm and the case study design were used to frame and focus the research. Data was obtained from sixty (60) educators who were surveyed, principals of the three (3) selected schools, and three (3) Education District Officials (EDOs) selected on purpose for interviews. Data thus obtained was analysed both quantitatively using descriptive statistics, and qualitatively through extraction of themes. The study draws conclusions on findings based on the attendance of IQMS workshops meant to capacitate teachers on the conceptualisation and practice of IQMS; the availability and quality of IQMS workshops; understanding of IQMS processes by teachers and the officials; IQMS evaluation processes underwent by teachers; alignment between School Improvement Plans and the District Improvement Plan, and the connection between individual growth and school improvement; the constitution and functioning of IQMS structures; and the form and content of IQMS deliverables and outcomes. This research makes recommendations for IQMS implementation and further research.
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- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Mbangata, Luvuyo Stanley
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Integrated quality management system -- Schools
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18429 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1007143
- Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) is implemented in schools in the Libode education district. The study focused on the existence of IQMS documents as evidence or proof that IQMS is being implemented. In addition, the study looked at the existence and functionality of structures and processes for the implementation of IQMS in the selected schools. Lastly, the study focused on the deliverables and outcomes arising out of the implementation of IQMS in schools. The pragmatic paradigm and the case study design were used to frame and focus the research. Data was obtained from sixty (60) educators who were surveyed, principals of the three (3) selected schools, and three (3) Education District Officials (EDOs) selected on purpose for interviews. Data thus obtained was analysed both quantitatively using descriptive statistics, and qualitatively through extraction of themes. The study draws conclusions on findings based on the attendance of IQMS workshops meant to capacitate teachers on the conceptualisation and practice of IQMS; the availability and quality of IQMS workshops; understanding of IQMS processes by teachers and the officials; IQMS evaluation processes underwent by teachers; alignment between School Improvement Plans and the District Improvement Plan, and the connection between individual growth and school improvement; the constitution and functioning of IQMS structures; and the form and content of IQMS deliverables and outcomes. This research makes recommendations for IQMS implementation and further research.
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- Date Issued: 2013
Implications of financial poverty on schooling and management in the Centane Unit
- Authors: Mvenene Nongcwalisa
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Poverty -- Economical aspects -- Schooling and management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18467 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1009454
- Description: This study sought to find out the implications of poverty on schooling and management in the Centane Educational Unit. Centane Educational Unit is part of the Mnquma Local Municipality. The other Educational units that constitute the Mnquma are Butterworth and Ngqamakhwe. The Mnquma is one of the 7 local municipalities that form Amathole District Municipality. The other areMbhashe, Amahlathi, Great Kei, Ngqushwa, Nkonkobe and Nxuba. Quantitative and qualitative and research designs were used. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data from the principals, the school governing bodies parent members, educators and learners of 5 selected section 20 junior secondary schools. Participants were selected using a random sampling technique. The sample was made up of 5 principals, 20 SGB parent members (4 from each school), 10 educators (2 from each school) and 10 learners (2 from each school). Learners were selected from the senior phase. The total number of the sample was 45. The researcher analysed the data collected by means of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The findings were that poverty- whether absolute or relative- had an adverse impact on schooling and management in the Centane Educational Unit. Its impact relates to parents’ inability to meet financial school requirements. This impact ranges from learners’ poor attendance to school, learners’ lack of concentration on studies, poor participation on extra-mural activities and parents’ failure to pay for school needs. On the basis of the negative effects of poverty on schooling and management recommendations were made in order to conscientise stakeholders on how best they could push back the frontiers of poverty and obviate its detrimental effects on our education system. The researcher encountered such limitations as the geographical location of schools which are scattered and far apart, working responsibilities and pressures, bad and impassable roads, financial commitments, negative attitudes of certain educators, principals and parent components of the School Governing Bodies (SGB) and officials of the Department of Education towards the researcher’s aims of undertaking this study. However, the researcher managed to work with the interviewees as she tried to address these challenges through interactions with her informants.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Mvenene Nongcwalisa
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Poverty -- Economical aspects -- Schooling and management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18467 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1009454
- Description: This study sought to find out the implications of poverty on schooling and management in the Centane Educational Unit. Centane Educational Unit is part of the Mnquma Local Municipality. The other Educational units that constitute the Mnquma are Butterworth and Ngqamakhwe. The Mnquma is one of the 7 local municipalities that form Amathole District Municipality. The other areMbhashe, Amahlathi, Great Kei, Ngqushwa, Nkonkobe and Nxuba. Quantitative and qualitative and research designs were used. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data from the principals, the school governing bodies parent members, educators and learners of 5 selected section 20 junior secondary schools. Participants were selected using a random sampling technique. The sample was made up of 5 principals, 20 SGB parent members (4 from each school), 10 educators (2 from each school) and 10 learners (2 from each school). Learners were selected from the senior phase. The total number of the sample was 45. The researcher analysed the data collected by means of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The findings were that poverty- whether absolute or relative- had an adverse impact on schooling and management in the Centane Educational Unit. Its impact relates to parents’ inability to meet financial school requirements. This impact ranges from learners’ poor attendance to school, learners’ lack of concentration on studies, poor participation on extra-mural activities and parents’ failure to pay for school needs. On the basis of the negative effects of poverty on schooling and management recommendations were made in order to conscientise stakeholders on how best they could push back the frontiers of poverty and obviate its detrimental effects on our education system. The researcher encountered such limitations as the geographical location of schools which are scattered and far apart, working responsibilities and pressures, bad and impassable roads, financial commitments, negative attitudes of certain educators, principals and parent components of the School Governing Bodies (SGB) and officials of the Department of Education towards the researcher’s aims of undertaking this study. However, the researcher managed to work with the interviewees as she tried to address these challenges through interactions with her informants.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Implications of Risks and Vulnerability challenges for Teaching and Learning in Libode - Mega District Rural Schools: Eastern Cape: South Africa
- Authors: Noloyiso Nongalo
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Educational Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, D Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2214 , vital:40917
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- Authors: Noloyiso Nongalo
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Educational Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, D Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2214 , vital:40917
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Inhibiting factors to the role of representative council of learners in participative governance of schools: a case study of selected schools in the Qumbu District in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
- Authors: Poswa, Sakumzi
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: High school students -- Governance Student representative council -- Secondary education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/484 , vital:27277
- Description: This study was conducted in four Qumbu District schools The literature review enabled the researcher to understand the current discourses in terms of learners’ participation in the governance of schools through the Representative Council of Learners Through the methodological application of triangulation, the study produced data on which findings were based and recommendations made Generally, evidence from the collected data reveals issues worth the attention of the researcher and relevant authorities Some of the evidence in this study was that there is need to involve learners in decision making; that the learners who are elected to be members of the RCL should be provided with orientation and training so that they become aware of the content of policy documentations that govern their roles and responsibilities These RCL members are supposed to be considered as potential decision makers and leaders in their schools It is therefore the responsibility of schools and the Department of Education to provide orientation and training for these learners so as to equip them adequately with leadership information and to develop their skills in order for them to be able to play their roles responsibly In concluding, the researcher believes that solutions to the problems identified can be resolved by considering the recommendations for implementation.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Poswa, Sakumzi
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: High school students -- Governance Student representative council -- Secondary education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/484 , vital:27277
- Description: This study was conducted in four Qumbu District schools The literature review enabled the researcher to understand the current discourses in terms of learners’ participation in the governance of schools through the Representative Council of Learners Through the methodological application of triangulation, the study produced data on which findings were based and recommendations made Generally, evidence from the collected data reveals issues worth the attention of the researcher and relevant authorities Some of the evidence in this study was that there is need to involve learners in decision making; that the learners who are elected to be members of the RCL should be provided with orientation and training so that they become aware of the content of policy documentations that govern their roles and responsibilities These RCL members are supposed to be considered as potential decision makers and leaders in their schools It is therefore the responsibility of schools and the Department of Education to provide orientation and training for these learners so as to equip them adequately with leadership information and to develop their skills in order for them to be able to play their roles responsibly In concluding, the researcher believes that solutions to the problems identified can be resolved by considering the recommendations for implementation.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Intersection of race, gender and class in the interventional life-writings of four selected South African authors
- Ndlovu, Siphatisiwe Patricia
- Authors: Ndlovu, Siphatisiwe Patricia
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Post-apartheid era -- South Africa , Interventional writing , Fred Khumalo , Malaika wa Azania , Khaya Dlanga , Tumi Morake
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3414 , vital:43345
- Description: The interventional life writings of second generation life writers (young, black, middleclass South Africans) in post-apartheid South Africa have not attracted much academic debate in spite of the burgeoning of such writings recently. The intersection of race, class and gender in post-apartheid South Africa remains a problem and a rich site of research, hence this research’s reading of four selected life writings by young, black, middle-class South Africans living in post-apartheid South Africa: Fred Khumalo’s Touch My Blood: The Early Years (2006), Malaika Wa Azania’s Memoires of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation (2014), Khaya Dlanga’s To Quote Myself (2015) and Tumi Morake’s And Then Mama Said… Words That Set My Life Alight (2018). Using the intersectional approach, the study explores the lives narrated by second generation South Africans, in a manner similar to the grand narratives because of their historical and social context. The study focalises life/self-writers who have experienced post-apartheid trauma of being racialized, gendered and classed in a democratic country. This is a shift from the staple analysis of lives of political struggle against apartheid, narrated by historical legends such as Nelson Mandela. The study then, by focusing on ‘small voices’ closes a critical gap created by over-attention paid to grand narratives in South African life writing. Self-narrations by young, black, middle-class South Africans emerge not only as a way of narrating history but also as a means of making history. Through the deployment of the intersectional approach (the interconnectedness of inequalities) to analyse the systems of oppression associated with democratic South Africa, the four selected interventional life writers reveal how their experiences and identities are an outcome of constantly renegotiating power relations. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Ndlovu, Siphatisiwe Patricia
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Post-apartheid era -- South Africa , Interventional writing , Fred Khumalo , Malaika wa Azania , Khaya Dlanga , Tumi Morake
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3414 , vital:43345
- Description: The interventional life writings of second generation life writers (young, black, middleclass South Africans) in post-apartheid South Africa have not attracted much academic debate in spite of the burgeoning of such writings recently. The intersection of race, class and gender in post-apartheid South Africa remains a problem and a rich site of research, hence this research’s reading of four selected life writings by young, black, middle-class South Africans living in post-apartheid South Africa: Fred Khumalo’s Touch My Blood: The Early Years (2006), Malaika Wa Azania’s Memoires of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation (2014), Khaya Dlanga’s To Quote Myself (2015) and Tumi Morake’s And Then Mama Said… Words That Set My Life Alight (2018). Using the intersectional approach, the study explores the lives narrated by second generation South Africans, in a manner similar to the grand narratives because of their historical and social context. The study focalises life/self-writers who have experienced post-apartheid trauma of being racialized, gendered and classed in a democratic country. This is a shift from the staple analysis of lives of political struggle against apartheid, narrated by historical legends such as Nelson Mandela. The study then, by focusing on ‘small voices’ closes a critical gap created by over-attention paid to grand narratives in South African life writing. Self-narrations by young, black, middle-class South Africans emerge not only as a way of narrating history but also as a means of making history. Through the deployment of the intersectional approach (the interconnectedness of inequalities) to analyse the systems of oppression associated with democratic South Africa, the four selected interventional life writers reveal how their experiences and identities are an outcome of constantly renegotiating power relations. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020
Investigating factors that contribute to the disengagement of non-custodial fathers after divorce in the King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of Republic of South Africa
- Authors: Nyikana, Kwezi Jerome
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Desertion and non-support , Divorce -- Psychological aspects , South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Sw
- Identifier: vital:18481 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1015519
- Description: This study is premised on the plight of custodial women, who sometimes complain about lack of financial support and the physical absence or disengagement of non-custodial fathers in the lives of their children after divorce. A notable number of non-custodial fathers in the KSD Municipal area have been identified through this study to be disengaging themselves physically from the lives of their children after divorce. The research analysis point to a number of compelling factors for post-divorce paternal disengagement.The research study is an exploratory study in which a mixed method of both qualitative and quantitative research design have been utilised. The researcher was interested in using qualifying words and the use of statistical analysis to describe the father disengagement phenomenon. The hypothesis for this study is: psychological, social and structural factors contribute to the disengagement of non-custodial fathers after divorce. The researcher drew up a sample which Bailey (1982) defines as a subset or portion of the total population. The researcher selected respondents according to the purposive sample which Rubin and Babbie (1993:259) defines as a type of non-probability sampling method in which the researcher uses his own judgement in the selection of respondents. In sampling, 30 respondents who are non-custodial parents were selected to participate in the study. Disengaged non-custodial father was the unit of analysis.The data was collected by means of administering questionnaires and voice recordings. The researcher also utilized in-depth interviews as stated by Boyce and Neale (2006) as being useful when you want detailed information about a person’s thoughts and behaviours, or when the researcher wants to explore new ideas in-depth. The latter approach is most appropriate in qualitative data collection. However, data was analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively.The findings of the study have in many ways answered questions the researcher has been curious about. The ex-wives’ feelings, in-laws, lack of residence, lack of communication between the divorced parents, remarriages, a child or children’s refusal to meet his/her father after divorce have been cited by the respondents as mitigating factors to non-custodial father disengagement. The psychological state of the divorced parties, that of anger, depression, overwhelmed by parenting alone or anxiety or distraught emotional state all form psychological factors. The latter factors were found not to be properly managed well and have often resulted in post-divorce father disengagement. The emotional pain by the non-custodial fathers of not seeing their children for a long time even demonstrates that structural challenges are also contributing factors to post-divorce father disengagement.In the light of the above findings the researcher would recommended mandatory counseling for parenting after divorce, expansion of the family advocate office, provision of a national program for divorced men, creating positive pictures of fatherhood through the media, incorporation of fatherhood or parenthood into the curriculum in our institutions of higher learning and mobilization of men at all levels to take position actions in remedying the experience of divorce.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Nyikana, Kwezi Jerome
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Desertion and non-support , Divorce -- Psychological aspects , South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Sw
- Identifier: vital:18481 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1015519
- Description: This study is premised on the plight of custodial women, who sometimes complain about lack of financial support and the physical absence or disengagement of non-custodial fathers in the lives of their children after divorce. A notable number of non-custodial fathers in the KSD Municipal area have been identified through this study to be disengaging themselves physically from the lives of their children after divorce. The research analysis point to a number of compelling factors for post-divorce paternal disengagement.The research study is an exploratory study in which a mixed method of both qualitative and quantitative research design have been utilised. The researcher was interested in using qualifying words and the use of statistical analysis to describe the father disengagement phenomenon. The hypothesis for this study is: psychological, social and structural factors contribute to the disengagement of non-custodial fathers after divorce. The researcher drew up a sample which Bailey (1982) defines as a subset or portion of the total population. The researcher selected respondents according to the purposive sample which Rubin and Babbie (1993:259) defines as a type of non-probability sampling method in which the researcher uses his own judgement in the selection of respondents. In sampling, 30 respondents who are non-custodial parents were selected to participate in the study. Disengaged non-custodial father was the unit of analysis.The data was collected by means of administering questionnaires and voice recordings. The researcher also utilized in-depth interviews as stated by Boyce and Neale (2006) as being useful when you want detailed information about a person’s thoughts and behaviours, or when the researcher wants to explore new ideas in-depth. The latter approach is most appropriate in qualitative data collection. However, data was analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively.The findings of the study have in many ways answered questions the researcher has been curious about. The ex-wives’ feelings, in-laws, lack of residence, lack of communication between the divorced parents, remarriages, a child or children’s refusal to meet his/her father after divorce have been cited by the respondents as mitigating factors to non-custodial father disengagement. The psychological state of the divorced parties, that of anger, depression, overwhelmed by parenting alone or anxiety or distraught emotional state all form psychological factors. The latter factors were found not to be properly managed well and have often resulted in post-divorce father disengagement. The emotional pain by the non-custodial fathers of not seeing their children for a long time even demonstrates that structural challenges are also contributing factors to post-divorce father disengagement.In the light of the above findings the researcher would recommended mandatory counseling for parenting after divorce, expansion of the family advocate office, provision of a national program for divorced men, creating positive pictures of fatherhood through the media, incorporation of fatherhood or parenthood into the curriculum in our institutions of higher learning and mobilization of men at all levels to take position actions in remedying the experience of divorce.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Investigating the challenges faced by educators in implementing arts and culture in the RNCS in Libode schools
- Authors: Nobanda, Vusumzi Zwelandile
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Arts and culture -- Teachers -- Rural schools
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18460 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1008211
- Description: The dawning of democracy in South Africa necessitated some changes in many spheres of government including education. There was a dire need for educational transformation from the apartheid education system, which favoured white South Africans, to an inclusive education system. This transformation was crucial to address and/or redress the neglect and/or exclusion of other learning areas in the school curriculum especially in South African rural schools. One of the learning areas that were neglected was Arts and Culture mostly in the rural schools. There is, however, overwhelming evidence that the inclusion of Arts and Culture learning area in the school curriculum lacks proper planning and preparation. Educators responsible for this learning area, therefore, experience enormous challenges in the implementation of Arts and Culture, especially in rural schools. This study endeavoured to investigate the prevailing challenges faced by educators in the implementation of Arts and Culture in the rural schools of the Libode Mega-District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The investigation of these challenges was conducted through the exploration of this main research question: What challenges do educators face in implementing Arts and Culture as a learning area in the new curriculum? Other subsidiary questions were also derived from the above main research question. Ten schools from the population of schools in the Libode Mega-District were randomly sampled from which participants in the study had been selected. All data in the study were obtained from these participants. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were the instruments used to collect data. In-depth interviews were done on the day I collected the questionnaires on all participants. Data collected through the use of questionnaires was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Data collected through interviews was first coded to form units according to similarities and/or differences among units. Units were thereafter grouped into clusters to form domains in order to discover relationships between domains. Challenges faced by educators, as per the findings of this study, were; inadequate teacher training, lack of infrastructure, lack of adequate support from other stakeholders and lack of teaching and learning material relating, mostly, to the practical side of this learning area.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Nobanda, Vusumzi Zwelandile
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Arts and culture -- Teachers -- Rural schools
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18460 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1008211
- Description: The dawning of democracy in South Africa necessitated some changes in many spheres of government including education. There was a dire need for educational transformation from the apartheid education system, which favoured white South Africans, to an inclusive education system. This transformation was crucial to address and/or redress the neglect and/or exclusion of other learning areas in the school curriculum especially in South African rural schools. One of the learning areas that were neglected was Arts and Culture mostly in the rural schools. There is, however, overwhelming evidence that the inclusion of Arts and Culture learning area in the school curriculum lacks proper planning and preparation. Educators responsible for this learning area, therefore, experience enormous challenges in the implementation of Arts and Culture, especially in rural schools. This study endeavoured to investigate the prevailing challenges faced by educators in the implementation of Arts and Culture in the rural schools of the Libode Mega-District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The investigation of these challenges was conducted through the exploration of this main research question: What challenges do educators face in implementing Arts and Culture as a learning area in the new curriculum? Other subsidiary questions were also derived from the above main research question. Ten schools from the population of schools in the Libode Mega-District were randomly sampled from which participants in the study had been selected. All data in the study were obtained from these participants. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were the instruments used to collect data. In-depth interviews were done on the day I collected the questionnaires on all participants. Data collected through the use of questionnaires was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Data collected through interviews was first coded to form units according to similarities and/or differences among units. Units were thereafter grouped into clusters to form domains in order to discover relationships between domains. Challenges faced by educators, as per the findings of this study, were; inadequate teacher training, lack of infrastructure, lack of adequate support from other stakeholders and lack of teaching and learning material relating, mostly, to the practical side of this learning area.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Investigating the existance of HIV/AIDS health advisory committee in selected senior secondary schools in the Amathole District Municipality schools in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Authors: Mbayeka, Sizwe Michael
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS -- Health advisory committee -- Education (Secondary)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18466 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1009449
- Description: This study investigated the question: Have the Amathole District Municipality Schools and higher education institutions established and successfully run Health Advisory Committees (HACs) in accordance with stipulations of the National Policy on HIV/AIDS for Learners and Educators in Public Schools Act No.27 0f 1996 (DoE, 1996). The main focus of the study was to determine the existence and the performance of HIV/AIDS Health Advisory Committees in 16 senior secondary schools selected from the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The two main research questions which the study seeks to interrogate are: Does any of the selected 16 secondary schools have HIV/AIDS Health Advisory Committees? And if HIV/AIDS Health Advisory Committees had been established in any of the schools, are they managed in accordance with the stipulated guidelines of the national education policy? The decision to investigate this phenomenon stemmed from the researcher’s observation that schools might have failed to establish and to effectively manage the HAC. This assumption was based upon the fact that in rural schools located among the less educated and illiterate rural masses, semi-educated and illiterate parent members of the school governing bodies are more likely to be poorly informed about HIV/AIDS and might not be aware of the importance setting up committees and running them efficiently. The study used a survey as its research design. Surveys typically rely on large scale data, e.g. from questionnaires ,test scores, attendance rates results of public examinations etc., all of which would be enable comparisons to be made over time or between groups. Data was collected by means of questionnaires which were analysed using SPSS. The findings produced evidence that backed the above assumption. The study revealed that Data and the findings indicated that some schools in the Amathole District do not have HAC. Instead of HACs, they have other health advisory structures. However, parents believed that there was the need for HIV/AIDS HACs in their school communities as they were considered capable of addressing health related challenges/ problems such as teenage pregnancy HIV/AIDS diseases, hygiene and healthy living style among the school stakeholders. The study concluded that the existence of the HIV/AIDS HAC is essential and necessary in all schools as it ensures a healthy living in the school communities as suggest by the findings of this study.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Mbayeka, Sizwe Michael
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS -- Health advisory committee -- Education (Secondary)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18466 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1009449
- Description: This study investigated the question: Have the Amathole District Municipality Schools and higher education institutions established and successfully run Health Advisory Committees (HACs) in accordance with stipulations of the National Policy on HIV/AIDS for Learners and Educators in Public Schools Act No.27 0f 1996 (DoE, 1996). The main focus of the study was to determine the existence and the performance of HIV/AIDS Health Advisory Committees in 16 senior secondary schools selected from the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The two main research questions which the study seeks to interrogate are: Does any of the selected 16 secondary schools have HIV/AIDS Health Advisory Committees? And if HIV/AIDS Health Advisory Committees had been established in any of the schools, are they managed in accordance with the stipulated guidelines of the national education policy? The decision to investigate this phenomenon stemmed from the researcher’s observation that schools might have failed to establish and to effectively manage the HAC. This assumption was based upon the fact that in rural schools located among the less educated and illiterate rural masses, semi-educated and illiterate parent members of the school governing bodies are more likely to be poorly informed about HIV/AIDS and might not be aware of the importance setting up committees and running them efficiently. The study used a survey as its research design. Surveys typically rely on large scale data, e.g. from questionnaires ,test scores, attendance rates results of public examinations etc., all of which would be enable comparisons to be made over time or between groups. Data was collected by means of questionnaires which were analysed using SPSS. The findings produced evidence that backed the above assumption. The study revealed that Data and the findings indicated that some schools in the Amathole District do not have HAC. Instead of HACs, they have other health advisory structures. However, parents believed that there was the need for HIV/AIDS HACs in their school communities as they were considered capable of addressing health related challenges/ problems such as teenage pregnancy HIV/AIDS diseases, hygiene and healthy living style among the school stakeholders. The study concluded that the existence of the HIV/AIDS HAC is essential and necessary in all schools as it ensures a healthy living in the school communities as suggest by the findings of this study.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Investigating the key performance factors in circumventing the effects of sanctions imposed by the gulf cooperation council (gcc). A case study of qatar airways (2016-2020)
- Authors: Mutebuka , Tonderai
- Date: 2021-00
- Subjects: Industry 4.0 , Airport authorities , Aviation
- Language: English
- Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6457 , vital:46285
- Description: The study aimed to investigate the key performance factors in circumventing the effects of sanctions imposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Qatar. A case study of Qatar Airways (2016-2020) in the form of desktop analysis/document review coupled with observation was carried out. Effects of sanctions identified included the closure of air corridors, increased operational costs, and in-access to services from certain insurance companies and travel agencies. From the results, management was observed to have implemented the following measures to caution the airlines from the effects of sanctions: close monitoring of flights, integration of all operations activities, network expansion, effective marketing, continued engagement with the sanction imposers, consistency in terms of management action and the messages communicated and fighting sanctions legally through the courts. Key Success Factors (KSFs) were extracted from these management initiatives credited with the continued success of Qatar Airways which included marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), service quality, marketing, security, resources availability, technology, synergies, diversification, and government support. From the management initiatives, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were also extracted which acted as barometers to indicate the progress being made by implementation of these management initiatives in the fight against sanctions. These included accolades, passengers/cargo, fleet size, revenue, employees, and crisis indicators. These findings from the study can be used by other airlines that may find themselves under sanctions. , Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Commerce and Administration, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-00
- Authors: Mutebuka , Tonderai
- Date: 2021-00
- Subjects: Industry 4.0 , Airport authorities , Aviation
- Language: English
- Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6457 , vital:46285
- Description: The study aimed to investigate the key performance factors in circumventing the effects of sanctions imposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Qatar. A case study of Qatar Airways (2016-2020) in the form of desktop analysis/document review coupled with observation was carried out. Effects of sanctions identified included the closure of air corridors, increased operational costs, and in-access to services from certain insurance companies and travel agencies. From the results, management was observed to have implemented the following measures to caution the airlines from the effects of sanctions: close monitoring of flights, integration of all operations activities, network expansion, effective marketing, continued engagement with the sanction imposers, consistency in terms of management action and the messages communicated and fighting sanctions legally through the courts. Key Success Factors (KSFs) were extracted from these management initiatives credited with the continued success of Qatar Airways which included marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), service quality, marketing, security, resources availability, technology, synergies, diversification, and government support. From the management initiatives, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were also extracted which acted as barometers to indicate the progress being made by implementation of these management initiatives in the fight against sanctions. These included accolades, passengers/cargo, fleet size, revenue, employees, and crisis indicators. These findings from the study can be used by other airlines that may find themselves under sanctions. , Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Commerce and Administration, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-00
Investigating young children’s knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS pandemic in Libode District of Eastern Cape
- Authors: Xhala, Xolelwa
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS(Disease) -- Social aspect Learners -- AIDS-- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children -- AIDS -- Knowledge and attitudes
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1290 , vital:30795
- Description: This case study, which was conducted in the Libode District of the Eastern Cape Province, investigated forty (41)) Grade 3 children’s awareness of and the extent of knowledge about HIV/AIDS disease. The study targeted primary school children aged between 5 and 12 years. This investigation assessed the knowledge levels, attitudes and risky perceptions associated with HIV/AIDS among primary school children in order to achieve one major purpose: to help learners acquire adequate basic knowledge that could help them make informed decisions about how to protect their own health and to promote safe behaviours concerning HIV/AIDS. The study was located within children’s concepts of illness theory and children’s rights theory. The findings of my study suggested the HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention interventions that have been implemented since the outbreak of the epidemic have not their stated objectives aimed at reducing infections and children’s feeling of stigma towards their HIV/AIDS infected peers in schools. More worrying is the fact that the results suggested that primary school children lacked the appropriate knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The outcome of this lack of knowledge is that many primary school children have adopted risky behaviours towards the disease. The study recommended that all stakeholders must shift prevention interventions from media-based programmes focussed on adolescents to school-based programmes focused on primary school learners. The literature reviewed and my findings suggested school-based prevention awareness campaigns and inclusion of HIV/AIDS knowledge into school curriculum for all learners might produce better results.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Xhala, Xolelwa
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS(Disease) -- Social aspect Learners -- AIDS-- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children -- AIDS -- Knowledge and attitudes
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1290 , vital:30795
- Description: This case study, which was conducted in the Libode District of the Eastern Cape Province, investigated forty (41)) Grade 3 children’s awareness of and the extent of knowledge about HIV/AIDS disease. The study targeted primary school children aged between 5 and 12 years. This investigation assessed the knowledge levels, attitudes and risky perceptions associated with HIV/AIDS among primary school children in order to achieve one major purpose: to help learners acquire adequate basic knowledge that could help them make informed decisions about how to protect their own health and to promote safe behaviours concerning HIV/AIDS. The study was located within children’s concepts of illness theory and children’s rights theory. The findings of my study suggested the HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention interventions that have been implemented since the outbreak of the epidemic have not their stated objectives aimed at reducing infections and children’s feeling of stigma towards their HIV/AIDS infected peers in schools. More worrying is the fact that the results suggested that primary school children lacked the appropriate knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The outcome of this lack of knowledge is that many primary school children have adopted risky behaviours towards the disease. The study recommended that all stakeholders must shift prevention interventions from media-based programmes focussed on adolescents to school-based programmes focused on primary school learners. The literature reviewed and my findings suggested school-based prevention awareness campaigns and inclusion of HIV/AIDS knowledge into school curriculum for all learners might produce better results.
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- Date Issued: 2014
INVESTIGATION INTO PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM 2005 IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN FOUR SELECTED DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
- Authors: Nthabiseng Joyce Mokhantso
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Management and Policy
- Language: English
- Type: Masters. Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2345 , vital:41449
- Description: This study investigated problems of implementation of C2005 in the South African Education System, which eventually led to its demise in 2010 replaced by CAPS. Its aim was to identify the common factors and the programmes and actions that could be used to help implement curriculum successfully. Theoretically, the literature review formed an essential part of the research process and constituted part of the whole project in itself. It was a critical synthesis of previous researches, which have been undertaken that helped to validate the need for the study to be conducted. In retrospect, the evaluation of the literature reviewed led logically to the formulation of the research questions that constituted the bases for the formulation of the, which formed the instrumentation for the collection of the main primary data required to complete the study. Methodologically, the researcher identified the need to discern an elaborate methodological choice, design and application using qualitative, quantitative and participatory research paradigms constituting the triangulation approach. This was the most important part of the research study, which guided the whole process to a successful conclusion. Through the methodological application, the study produced data from which findings were deduced and recommendations made to respond to the research problem. The conclusion that could be drawn is that curriculum reform and implementation should be considered in terms of the curriculum cycle if set aims and objectives were to be achieved successfully. Sporadic curriculum implementation leads to its apparent failure as was the case with C2005. The fear of the researcher is that CAPs might go the same way since its introduction and implementation did not subscribe to the curriculum cycle perspective. I
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- Authors: Nthabiseng Joyce Mokhantso
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Management and Policy
- Language: English
- Type: Masters. Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2345 , vital:41449
- Description: This study investigated problems of implementation of C2005 in the South African Education System, which eventually led to its demise in 2010 replaced by CAPS. Its aim was to identify the common factors and the programmes and actions that could be used to help implement curriculum successfully. Theoretically, the literature review formed an essential part of the research process and constituted part of the whole project in itself. It was a critical synthesis of previous researches, which have been undertaken that helped to validate the need for the study to be conducted. In retrospect, the evaluation of the literature reviewed led logically to the formulation of the research questions that constituted the bases for the formulation of the, which formed the instrumentation for the collection of the main primary data required to complete the study. Methodologically, the researcher identified the need to discern an elaborate methodological choice, design and application using qualitative, quantitative and participatory research paradigms constituting the triangulation approach. This was the most important part of the research study, which guided the whole process to a successful conclusion. Through the methodological application, the study produced data from which findings were deduced and recommendations made to respond to the research problem. The conclusion that could be drawn is that curriculum reform and implementation should be considered in terms of the curriculum cycle if set aims and objectives were to be achieved successfully. Sporadic curriculum implementation leads to its apparent failure as was the case with C2005. The fear of the researcher is that CAPs might go the same way since its introduction and implementation did not subscribe to the curriculum cycle perspective. I
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Investigation into School Managers’ role as facilitators of Teachers to improve Teacher effectiveness and efficiency
- Authors: Peter, Tembelihle
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: School principals -- Facilitation -- South Africa Teachers – Effectiveness and efficiency School manager -- Educators—Professional development-- South Africa – Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1314 , vital:30803
- Description: This research study examined the role of management by school managers in the three strata schools of the Mthatha Education District in the Province of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The researcher tried to show how School managers provide a leadership role especially in the Mthatha schools in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It was deduced from the statistical data presented that there is a significant correlation between a school manager’s tasks and the quality of education. This shows that when school managers plan properly, organizing properly, leading and control management task be better all resources of the school will be managed better. The proper execution of management tasks of planning, organizing, leading and control by school managers have contributed extensively to the success of schools. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative methods in –order to collect data. Two instruments namely, questionnaires and interviews were used in –order to collect data. Tools used during quantitative research design data collection are questionnaires. Questionnaires were used in order to pilot the study for the purposes of identifying with rich information. The researcher used structured questions for quantitative questionnaires. Respondents answered questionnaires in the absence of the researcher in-order to allow anonymity and a stress –free environment. Tools used for the qualitative research design data collection method were interviews. Interviews were used for the information rich subjects. During interviews, the researcher used face-to-face, one- to- one interviews with each subject. The sample subjects in this study for the quantitative method were school managers of Mthatha schools. The total number of participants was 14. All of them returned their questionnaire responses at the agreed time with the researcher. Amongst the findings that emerged were; a high level of enthusiasm in all three schools for change; however, different kinds of hindrances were experienced. ii Finally, recommendations and suggestions were made starting that schools have to follow strict management /leadership programs.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Peter, Tembelihle
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: School principals -- Facilitation -- South Africa Teachers – Effectiveness and efficiency School manager -- Educators—Professional development-- South Africa – Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1314 , vital:30803
- Description: This research study examined the role of management by school managers in the three strata schools of the Mthatha Education District in the Province of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The researcher tried to show how School managers provide a leadership role especially in the Mthatha schools in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It was deduced from the statistical data presented that there is a significant correlation between a school manager’s tasks and the quality of education. This shows that when school managers plan properly, organizing properly, leading and control management task be better all resources of the school will be managed better. The proper execution of management tasks of planning, organizing, leading and control by school managers have contributed extensively to the success of schools. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative methods in –order to collect data. Two instruments namely, questionnaires and interviews were used in –order to collect data. Tools used during quantitative research design data collection are questionnaires. Questionnaires were used in order to pilot the study for the purposes of identifying with rich information. The researcher used structured questions for quantitative questionnaires. Respondents answered questionnaires in the absence of the researcher in-order to allow anonymity and a stress –free environment. Tools used for the qualitative research design data collection method were interviews. Interviews were used for the information rich subjects. During interviews, the researcher used face-to-face, one- to- one interviews with each subject. The sample subjects in this study for the quantitative method were school managers of Mthatha schools. The total number of participants was 14. All of them returned their questionnaire responses at the agreed time with the researcher. Amongst the findings that emerged were; a high level of enthusiasm in all three schools for change; however, different kinds of hindrances were experienced. ii Finally, recommendations and suggestions were made starting that schools have to follow strict management /leadership programs.
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- Date Issued: 2015
Investigation into the factors militating against the performance of grade 12 business studies learners in the Mthatha District of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
- Authors: Boadzo, Robert Mawuli Kwasi
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Performance contracts in education -- Dissertations , Performance contracts in education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18469 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1011276
- Description: The problem of education in South Africa is neither specialization nor broad education. It is adopting the most suitable curriculum for the improvement of educational provision and increasing the ability to adjust to a constantly changing and evolving economic environment. The curriculum of commercial subjects is appropriate for the overall transformation of the South African society because it holds the progressive development of business and entrepreneurial advancement, thereby pepping up industrial and economic development. The intensity and expectations from schools in terms of good results had been so high that since the advent of the new democratic dispensation in 1994, massive budgetary allocations had been committed to the development of education. This study sampled six high schools from circuit one of the Mthatha District of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa for the investigation into the performance Grade 12 Business Studies learners. The Study revealed that prior knowledge was the most significant factor in determining a good performance in Business Studies. The conclusion is that on the basis of the research findings the overall development of teaching and learning towards good performance in Business Studies by Grade 12 students can be possible if teachers and students are provided with the required resources.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Boadzo, Robert Mawuli Kwasi
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Performance contracts in education -- Dissertations , Performance contracts in education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18469 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1011276
- Description: The problem of education in South Africa is neither specialization nor broad education. It is adopting the most suitable curriculum for the improvement of educational provision and increasing the ability to adjust to a constantly changing and evolving economic environment. The curriculum of commercial subjects is appropriate for the overall transformation of the South African society because it holds the progressive development of business and entrepreneurial advancement, thereby pepping up industrial and economic development. The intensity and expectations from schools in terms of good results had been so high that since the advent of the new democratic dispensation in 1994, massive budgetary allocations had been committed to the development of education. This study sampled six high schools from circuit one of the Mthatha District of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa for the investigation into the performance Grade 12 Business Studies learners. The Study revealed that prior knowledge was the most significant factor in determining a good performance in Business Studies. The conclusion is that on the basis of the research findings the overall development of teaching and learning towards good performance in Business Studies by Grade 12 students can be possible if teachers and students are provided with the required resources.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Investigation of the Chemical Nature and Species Distribution of Nitromethane in Inert Solvents
- Authors: Namntu, Vuyokozi
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2964 , vital:43106
- Description: The solution behaviour of nitromethane in inert solvents; carbon tetrachloride, n-hexane and cyclohexane is rigorously investigated using mainly spectroscopic and computational techniques. Analysis of Proton (1H) and Carbon 13 (13C) NMR spectral data reveal that nitromethane solutions in inert solvents form associated species to varying degrees of complexity. A cyclic dimer is postulated as the energetically most favourable chemical species at low solute concentrations. Infrared spectra studied in the overtone region and UV-Visible spectral data confirm the presence of multiple associated chemical species at different solute concentrations with the degree of association progressively increasing with increase in concentration of the solute. The species involved in the association of nitromethane is formulated as (CH3NO2)2n, where n=0, 1,2 and 3, for the monomer, dimer and higher order polymers respectively. Line-shape analysis of both infrared and UV spectra show the onset of a plateau at molar solute concentrations of 0.616 molar described by the point of inflection in the absorption curve at around 0.055 cm-1 , in the second overtone. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Natural Sciences, 2014
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Namntu, Vuyokozi
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2964 , vital:43106
- Description: The solution behaviour of nitromethane in inert solvents; carbon tetrachloride, n-hexane and cyclohexane is rigorously investigated using mainly spectroscopic and computational techniques. Analysis of Proton (1H) and Carbon 13 (13C) NMR spectral data reveal that nitromethane solutions in inert solvents form associated species to varying degrees of complexity. A cyclic dimer is postulated as the energetically most favourable chemical species at low solute concentrations. Infrared spectra studied in the overtone region and UV-Visible spectral data confirm the presence of multiple associated chemical species at different solute concentrations with the degree of association progressively increasing with increase in concentration of the solute. The species involved in the association of nitromethane is formulated as (CH3NO2)2n, where n=0, 1,2 and 3, for the monomer, dimer and higher order polymers respectively. Line-shape analysis of both infrared and UV spectra show the onset of a plateau at molar solute concentrations of 0.616 molar described by the point of inflection in the absorption curve at around 0.055 cm-1 , in the second overtone. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Natural Sciences, 2014
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- Date Issued: 2014
Investigation on effectiveness of strategies applied to control drug abuse at secondary schools in Libode -Mega District
- Pahlane-Ntloko, Nolitha Frances
- Authors: Pahlane-Ntloko, Nolitha Frances
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Drug abuse -- Prevention -- Education (Secondary)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18473 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1011522
- Description: In this study, the researcher investigated the effectiveness of the strategies put in place by both the school and the community to control drug abuse by secondary school learners. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the strategies and identify whether there were any successes in controlling drug abuse by learners. This study was conducted during school time when learners were expected to be fully engaged with school work in the Libode-Mega district of education. The researcher had decided on the study with the feeling that there are strategies put in place by the relevant stakeholders but it might happen that the abusers were not cautioned on the seriousness of such measures. The researcher involved the schools, the community representatives and the health representatives in the study so that the information obtained would give a clear picture of what is happening in the area. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative research designs whereby the questionnaires were distributed to learner respondents to answer while there were interview schedules drawn up for the teachers, the ward representative and health officials to respond to. The findings showed that there were strategies put in place at school and by the community and also the learner respondents who were the focal point in the study seemed to understand the bad behavior by abusers but it was noticed by the researcher that there was not unity in implementation of the strategies which might lead to little achievement. The researcher also noted that drug was prevalent in a number of communities especially in social gatherings. It is through that drug prevalence that both old and young people carelessly misused drugs while enjoying themselves in public places. A further research was suggested in order to improve relationships between the school and the communities in an attempt to control substance abuse.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Pahlane-Ntloko, Nolitha Frances
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Drug abuse -- Prevention -- Education (Secondary)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18473 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1011522
- Description: In this study, the researcher investigated the effectiveness of the strategies put in place by both the school and the community to control drug abuse by secondary school learners. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the strategies and identify whether there were any successes in controlling drug abuse by learners. This study was conducted during school time when learners were expected to be fully engaged with school work in the Libode-Mega district of education. The researcher had decided on the study with the feeling that there are strategies put in place by the relevant stakeholders but it might happen that the abusers were not cautioned on the seriousness of such measures. The researcher involved the schools, the community representatives and the health representatives in the study so that the information obtained would give a clear picture of what is happening in the area. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative research designs whereby the questionnaires were distributed to learner respondents to answer while there were interview schedules drawn up for the teachers, the ward representative and health officials to respond to. The findings showed that there were strategies put in place at school and by the community and also the learner respondents who were the focal point in the study seemed to understand the bad behavior by abusers but it was noticed by the researcher that there was not unity in implementation of the strategies which might lead to little achievement. The researcher also noted that drug was prevalent in a number of communities especially in social gatherings. It is through that drug prevalence that both old and young people carelessly misused drugs while enjoying themselves in public places. A further research was suggested in order to improve relationships between the school and the communities in an attempt to control substance abuse.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions Towards HIV Testing Among IsiXhosa-Speaking Men in The Zithulele Catchment Area of The Rural Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Authors: Scotcher, Philippa Claire
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: HIV infections
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6842 , vital:51017
- Description: BACKGROUND South Africa carries the largest burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the world, with over 7.9 million people infected and over 70 000 HIV-related deaths in 2019. Men are 25% more likely to die from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) compared to women, even though women are more likely to be infected. Despite these numbers, only 24.1% of HIV-positive men compared to 64.8% of HIV-positive women were aware of their status. Statistics indicate that men in South Africa are not testing for HIV until it is too late. In order to focus efforts on the prevention of HIV transmission, there is a need to understand why men are not accessing HIV testing and treatment services earlier. This study aims to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions towards HIV testing of isiXhosa-speaking men in the Zithulele catchment area of the rural Eastern Cape. METHODS This was a qualitative study using the phenomenological approach. It was conducted among a purposive sample of isiXhosa-speaking men from the Zithulele catchment area, in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape Province. Ten semi-structured interviews and one focus group were conducted in isiXhosa. Interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed, and translated into English. The interviews were thematically analysed using an inductive approach. RESULTS Participants from the study had a good understanding of HIV and HIV transmission. They perceived HIV infection as a death sentence, a consequence of immoral behaviour and an indication of failure as man. Reluctance to test for HIV was due to the perception that testing hastens the onset of symptoms and death, whereas disclosure of an HIV-positive status was described as difficult due to the fear of stigmatization. Some of the barriers to accessing HIV testing services included masculine norms, the belief that sickness is equated with weakness, a perceived lack of confidentiality at health facilities and how female-dominated clinics were not male-friendly spaces. Suggestions to improve HIV testing among men included improving targeted education, home-based testing services and utilizing traditional meetings to address men. CONCLUSION The findings of this study may suggest that healthy men in the Zithulele catchment area of the rural Eastern Cape are not accessing HIV testing and treatment services. The reasons behind this reluctance include false beliefs around HIV and testing, the fear of discrimination, disruption of masculine norms and reluctance to access care at female-dominated health facilities. Further research is needed to explore ways to reach, educate and encourage men to test earlier for HIV. , Thesis (Masters) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Authors: Scotcher, Philippa Claire
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: HIV infections
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6842 , vital:51017
- Description: BACKGROUND South Africa carries the largest burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the world, with over 7.9 million people infected and over 70 000 HIV-related deaths in 2019. Men are 25% more likely to die from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) compared to women, even though women are more likely to be infected. Despite these numbers, only 24.1% of HIV-positive men compared to 64.8% of HIV-positive women were aware of their status. Statistics indicate that men in South Africa are not testing for HIV until it is too late. In order to focus efforts on the prevention of HIV transmission, there is a need to understand why men are not accessing HIV testing and treatment services earlier. This study aims to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions towards HIV testing of isiXhosa-speaking men in the Zithulele catchment area of the rural Eastern Cape. METHODS This was a qualitative study using the phenomenological approach. It was conducted among a purposive sample of isiXhosa-speaking men from the Zithulele catchment area, in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape Province. Ten semi-structured interviews and one focus group were conducted in isiXhosa. Interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed, and translated into English. The interviews were thematically analysed using an inductive approach. RESULTS Participants from the study had a good understanding of HIV and HIV transmission. They perceived HIV infection as a death sentence, a consequence of immoral behaviour and an indication of failure as man. Reluctance to test for HIV was due to the perception that testing hastens the onset of symptoms and death, whereas disclosure of an HIV-positive status was described as difficult due to the fear of stigmatization. Some of the barriers to accessing HIV testing services included masculine norms, the belief that sickness is equated with weakness, a perceived lack of confidentiality at health facilities and how female-dominated clinics were not male-friendly spaces. Suggestions to improve HIV testing among men included improving targeted education, home-based testing services and utilizing traditional meetings to address men. CONCLUSION The findings of this study may suggest that healthy men in the Zithulele catchment area of the rural Eastern Cape are not accessing HIV testing and treatment services. The reasons behind this reluctance include false beliefs around HIV and testing, the fear of discrimination, disruption of masculine norms and reluctance to access care at female-dominated health facilities. Further research is needed to explore ways to reach, educate and encourage men to test earlier for HIV. , Thesis (Masters) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021
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Learners' Attitudes Influencing their performance in the study of Mathematics in Seven Selected Senior Secondary Schools in the Mthatha Education District
- Authors: Gyeke, Yirenkyi - Darko
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Mathematics Education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, D Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2222 , vital:40919
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- Authors: Gyeke, Yirenkyi - Darko
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Mathematics Education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, D Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2222 , vital:40919
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Literary representations of Zimbabwean migrants’ lives in selected texts
- Authors: Mpofu, Tarisai
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Human rights -- Zimbabwe , Homelessness in literature , African diaspora in literature
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3402 , vital:43340
- Description: It has been nearly two decades since Zimbabwe has been engulfed in both political and economic crises which have had untold hardships to the majority of ordinary people. As the hardships worsened it pushed Zimbabweans to migrate to “greener pastures” as a survival strategy. Due to the sheer numbers of people who left the country, migration became a social phenomenon in the country that even literary writers also explored. It is the purpose of this study to analyse literary reactions to migration in Zimbabwe from the turn of the new millennium to date, with particular reference to selected Zimbabwean fiction in the form of the short story and novel. The dissertation examines how Zimbabwean literature represents life in Zimbabwe in the context of this economic malaise that emerged after the year 2000 and the resultant lives of migrants who left the country as a result of this political and economic crisis. Similar to the majority of African literatures, Zimbabwean literature emerges from specific historical events and this study therefore sought to describe literary representations of people’s responses to the crisis and the life of Zimbabwean migrants in the margins of host communities. This study reveals the intricate relationship between literary responses and the conditions that most migrants found themselves in especially as they fled the country and what obtained in host countries. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, 2018
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Mpofu, Tarisai
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Human rights -- Zimbabwe , Homelessness in literature , African diaspora in literature
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3402 , vital:43340
- Description: It has been nearly two decades since Zimbabwe has been engulfed in both political and economic crises which have had untold hardships to the majority of ordinary people. As the hardships worsened it pushed Zimbabweans to migrate to “greener pastures” as a survival strategy. Due to the sheer numbers of people who left the country, migration became a social phenomenon in the country that even literary writers also explored. It is the purpose of this study to analyse literary reactions to migration in Zimbabwe from the turn of the new millennium to date, with particular reference to selected Zimbabwean fiction in the form of the short story and novel. The dissertation examines how Zimbabwean literature represents life in Zimbabwe in the context of this economic malaise that emerged after the year 2000 and the resultant lives of migrants who left the country as a result of this political and economic crisis. Similar to the majority of African literatures, Zimbabwean literature emerges from specific historical events and this study therefore sought to describe literary representations of people’s responses to the crisis and the life of Zimbabwean migrants in the margins of host communities. This study reveals the intricate relationship between literary responses and the conditions that most migrants found themselves in especially as they fled the country and what obtained in host countries. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, 2018
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- Date Issued: 2018