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Gift Sonkqayi – Educational Review, 2024
Epistemicide occurs when one knowledge is exalted at the expense of local or indigenous knowledge systems leading to the demise of such knowledge systems. In this article, I focus on how some conceptions and ways of incorporating indigenous knowledge systems seem to be entangled in the same misnomer to which they owe their existence (i.e. a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epistemology, Indigenous Knowledge, Misconceptions
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Makombe, Rodwell; Nyambi, Oliver – Africa Education Review, 2021
This article critically examines how selected schools in Qwaqwa (a remote town in the eastern Free State province of South Africa) imagine and "image" schooling through mission and vision statements, mottos, and emblems. We use the word "image" to refer to the way in which schools often use images to represent particular views…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Aids, Position Papers, Strategic Planning
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Saudelli, Mary Gene; Niemczyk, Ewelina K. – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Universities can play a key role in contributing to a sustainable future for our planet and its inhabitants. In times of constant changes, there is a growing urgency to reflect on the vision of universities as well as their respective practices and projects that can promote the creation of sustainable societies. As is evident in scholarly…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Universities, Foreign Countries, Social Problems
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Selaelo Maifala – Perspectives in Education, 2024
Schools in the rural context of Limpopo Province, South Africa have a plethora of challenges, which have a negative impact on learner achievement. This paper argues that for schools to triumph over the obstacles, effective school leaders are necessary. Such leaders must define and communicate a clear vision and mission and work with stakeholders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Administrative Organization, School Administration
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Fritz, Annemarie; Long, Caroline; Herzog, Moritz; Balzer, Lars; Ehlert, Antje; Henning, Elizabeth – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
Against the background of the low mathematical performance of South African learners in international panel studies, there is an urgent need to improve mathematical education. In particular, the curriculum and its structure raise questions. It is logical that the prescribed curricula should align with learners' developmental trajectories. Given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fundamental Concepts, Knowledge Level, Curriculum Development
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Muposhi, Asphat; Dhurup, Manilall; Martin, Robert L.; Bhadury, Joyendu – London Review of Education, 2019
In recent years, Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes and their curricula have been subjected to substantial scrutiny. However, the majority of studies have been confined to business schools in Western countries. By comparison, much less research is available on MBA programmes in developing countries, particularly those in Africa. In…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Program Evaluation, Global Approach
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Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
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de Lange, Maryna M.; Winberg, Christine; Dippenaar, Hanlie – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), and similar international assessments, have consistently shown South African intermediate phase learners' performance to be among the lowest worldwide. Of particular concern is the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for Home Language in the Intermediate Phase…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Grade 4
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Mereku, Damian Kofi; Mereku, Cosmas Worlanyo Kofi – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2015
The PanAfrican Research Agenda on the Pedagogical Integration of information and communication technology (ICT; PanAf) research project was initiated in 2006 to support initiatives in African countries to integrate ICT into teaching and learning through the frequent collection and analysis of data on ICT usage. The article examines the congruence…
Descriptors: African Studies, Foreign Countries, Intention, Program Implementation
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Govender, Logan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This article contends that teacher unions' participation in policy making during South Africa's political transition was characterised by assertion of ideological identity (unionism and professionalism) and the cultivation of policy networks and alliances. It is argued that, historically, while teacher unions were divided along political and…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Unions, Teacher Associations, Participation
Khoza, Simon Bheki – Online Submission, 2013
This article draws on a case study of six facilitators who were teaching Publishing Research in 2011 at one of the universities in South Africa. Publishing Research was offered by two campuses of this institution. This article gives these facilitators a voice and also identifies and defines the intended, implemented and attained learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
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Moletsane, Relebohile; Juan, Andrea; Prinsloo, Cas; Reddy, Vijay – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
Research increasingly points to the negative impacts of teacher absence from school on access to schooling and success in learning in schools, in particular in schools in areas of multiple-deprivation (including rural schools). South African schools are no exception. In this regard, like any other employer, the South African Department of Basic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leaves of Absence, Rural Schools, School Administration
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Nakedi, Mpunki; Taylor, Dale; Mundalamo, Fhatuwani; Rollnick, Marissa; Mokeleche, Maebeebe – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
Recently "Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements" ("CAPS") were introduced in South Africa in response to confusion precipitated by previous curriculum documents. The purpose of this paper is to explore that confusion in the subject 'Physical Sciences' and consider the nature of the transformation from the previous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Sciences, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Lotz-Sisitka, Heila – Environmental Education Research, 2009
This paper responds to a keynote paper presented by William Scott at the 2007 World Environmental Education Congress held in Durban, South Africa. The keynote address reviewed 30 years of environmental education research. In this response to William Scott's paper I contemplate the way in which environmental education research may enable…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Theories, Educational Research
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Wayman, Ian; Kyobe, Michael – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
As students in computing disciplines are introduced to modern information technologies, numerous unethical practices also escalate. With the increase in stringent legislations on use of IT, users of technology could easily be held liable for violation of this legislation. There is however lack of understanding of social aspects of computing, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Ethics
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