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Journal of educational studies, Dec 1, 2023
African journal of research in mathematics, science and technology education, Apr 1, 2024
Perspectives in Education
This article reports on mathematics teachers’ professional learning prospects through video-stimu... more This article reports on mathematics teachers’ professional learning prospects through video-stimulated recall (VSR), a tool for in-house professional development. Providing timeous feedback to teachers on aspects of their teaching that they should improve are greatly beneficial. Two Mathematics teachers at a rural high school in a province of South Africa, implemented VSR. The research question was: What is the effect of incorporating VSR on the professional learning of these two mathematics teachers? This qualitative study used the conscious competence learning model as its conceptual lens. VSR-related interviews served as data collection instrument. The findings revealed that the teachers reflected differently and on different aspects of their lessons. Their professional learning varied were they adapted their teaching on some of the aspects noticed and one some not/ to a limited extend. VSR put them in the driving seat of their own learning, allowing them to develop professional ...
Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2019
There are many routes to address patriarchy in faith communities. This article asks the question ... more There are many routes to address patriarchy in faith communities. This article asks the question whether one particular Christian Women’s Ministry, that of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA), can empower black women to address gender justice. It utilises a historical-narrative approach to interpret the goals, functioning and impact of this ministry in terms of its own primary documents. The findings point to the potential of such a dialogue, yet also highlight the complexities with regard to impact analysis within a denominational context. Some strides have been made, but this article shows there is still a need to work together to build a church where—besides putting policies and programmes in place—the church should prophetically address injustice and seek witness to the partnership between women and men.
Pythagoras, 2017
Only a small percentage of mathematics teacher professional development activities in South Afric... more Only a small percentage of mathematics teacher professional development activities in South Africa include pedagogy and instruction approaches required to teach the content. In the light of the poor mathematics results, it is of pertinent importance that teachers need to be developed in terms of the mathematics they teach and the pedagogical component of it. A teachers’ professional development programme that used mentoring as one of the interventions was investigated where the mentor conducted classroom observations and had post–observation conferences with the teachers. The data from the observations, post observation conferences and interviews of both the mentors and the mathematics teachers was used to inform the off-site workshops on mathematics content and the instructional skills required to effectively teach the content. Mentoring supported the teachers in terms of mathematics content and instruction, team teaching and lesson preparation. The teachers’ individual content and...
South African Journal of Education, 2012
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014
This article explores the role of an Academic Advising programme based on personal exchanges betw... more This article explores the role of an Academic Advising programme based on personal exchanges between academic staff member and students in enhancing the latter's academic success. The contribution focuses specifically on the relevance of "Academic Advising" as an innovative strategy for boosting the academic performance of extended diploma programme students. This strategy responds to the imperative to design appropriate interventions to effectively assist with increasing the academic success of students from disadvantaged school backgrounds, who are considered "at-risk" especially in their first year. Put differently, Academic Advising is an intervention aimed at identifying these "at-risk" students early in their first year of study, and supporting them holistically with the view to increasing "access for success" in Higher Education. Interviews with staff members and students are used to elicit both parties' experience of the particular intervention. It is shown that the success of this intervention is strongly linked to academic staff's ability to identify the personal struggles of individual students, namely, accommodation issues, reading and language challenges, and lack of career guidance. Besides improving students' academic performance, this intervention will create a sense of accomplishment, increased enthusiasm and confidence among these students, who did not initially meet the minimum entry requirements for Higher Education.
South African Journal of Education, 2020
Journal of educational studies, Dec 1, 2023
African journal of research in mathematics, science and technology education, Apr 1, 2024
Perspectives in Education
This article reports on mathematics teachers’ professional learning prospects through video-stimu... more This article reports on mathematics teachers’ professional learning prospects through video-stimulated recall (VSR), a tool for in-house professional development. Providing timeous feedback to teachers on aspects of their teaching that they should improve are greatly beneficial. Two Mathematics teachers at a rural high school in a province of South Africa, implemented VSR. The research question was: What is the effect of incorporating VSR on the professional learning of these two mathematics teachers? This qualitative study used the conscious competence learning model as its conceptual lens. VSR-related interviews served as data collection instrument. The findings revealed that the teachers reflected differently and on different aspects of their lessons. Their professional learning varied were they adapted their teaching on some of the aspects noticed and one some not/ to a limited extend. VSR put them in the driving seat of their own learning, allowing them to develop professional ...
Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2019
There are many routes to address patriarchy in faith communities. This article asks the question ... more There are many routes to address patriarchy in faith communities. This article asks the question whether one particular Christian Women’s Ministry, that of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA), can empower black women to address gender justice. It utilises a historical-narrative approach to interpret the goals, functioning and impact of this ministry in terms of its own primary documents. The findings point to the potential of such a dialogue, yet also highlight the complexities with regard to impact analysis within a denominational context. Some strides have been made, but this article shows there is still a need to work together to build a church where—besides putting policies and programmes in place—the church should prophetically address injustice and seek witness to the partnership between women and men.
Pythagoras, 2017
Only a small percentage of mathematics teacher professional development activities in South Afric... more Only a small percentage of mathematics teacher professional development activities in South Africa include pedagogy and instruction approaches required to teach the content. In the light of the poor mathematics results, it is of pertinent importance that teachers need to be developed in terms of the mathematics they teach and the pedagogical component of it. A teachers’ professional development programme that used mentoring as one of the interventions was investigated where the mentor conducted classroom observations and had post–observation conferences with the teachers. The data from the observations, post observation conferences and interviews of both the mentors and the mathematics teachers was used to inform the off-site workshops on mathematics content and the instructional skills required to effectively teach the content. Mentoring supported the teachers in terms of mathematics content and instruction, team teaching and lesson preparation. The teachers’ individual content and...
South African Journal of Education, 2012
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014
This article explores the role of an Academic Advising programme based on personal exchanges betw... more This article explores the role of an Academic Advising programme based on personal exchanges between academic staff member and students in enhancing the latter's academic success. The contribution focuses specifically on the relevance of "Academic Advising" as an innovative strategy for boosting the academic performance of extended diploma programme students. This strategy responds to the imperative to design appropriate interventions to effectively assist with increasing the academic success of students from disadvantaged school backgrounds, who are considered "at-risk" especially in their first year. Put differently, Academic Advising is an intervention aimed at identifying these "at-risk" students early in their first year of study, and supporting them holistically with the view to increasing "access for success" in Higher Education. Interviews with staff members and students are used to elicit both parties' experience of the particular intervention. It is shown that the success of this intervention is strongly linked to academic staff's ability to identify the personal struggles of individual students, namely, accommodation issues, reading and language challenges, and lack of career guidance. Besides improving students' academic performance, this intervention will create a sense of accomplishment, increased enthusiasm and confidence among these students, who did not initially meet the minimum entry requirements for Higher Education.
South African Journal of Education, 2020