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The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Teaching Physics, 2023
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Oct 22, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. T... more Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. To this end, a national postgraduate structure, the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme was established at the University of Cape Town. Despite overall success the programme has failed to recruit and retain Black South African students. In order to address this postgraduate bridging program, the Extended Honours Programme, was established to address the issue. An important part of the EHP includes a research component investigating the reasons for ...
Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated one of the flagship areas of research in South Af... more Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated one of the flagship areas of research in South Africa. As part of human capacity building in this regard, a postgraduate national teaching programme at the Honours and Masters level, the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) was established by an interested of group universities and located at the University of Cape Town. Despite initial success the programme failed to recruit and retain black South African students. In order to address this problem a postgraduate bridging program, the Extended Honours Programme (EHP), was established as a one year pre-honours level educational intervention. The research described in this thesis is directed at trying to identify the nature of the problems faced by the EHP students during their transition from their previous institutions to UCT. The Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framework and its principle of contradictions and multivoiceness are employed to describe the...
Black South African students who transfer from “Historically Black Universities” to the National ... more Black South African students who transfer from “Historically Black Universities” to the National Graduate Program in Astrophysics and Space Science at the University of Cape Town often struggle academically. While our previous studies focused on student epistemology and went some way towards understanding student under-performance it became clear that broader socio-cultural and systemic issues were playing critical roles. Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as a theoretical perspective we (a) characterized the broader context as an Activity System and (b) identified the four main types of systemic contradictions as proposed by the theory.
Page 1. Generation and detection of ultrashort pulses н Ю игж Чвн Цлгзй Ь з з дж з ви в д жи а йа... more Page 1. Generation and detection of ultrashort pulses н Ю игж Чвн Цлгзй Ь з з дж з ви в д жи а йа ааб ви г и ж ей ж б виз гж и ж г Х зи ж г Ы в и и Эв к жз ин г Ыи аа в гз Ыйд жк згж Шжг К К К Ъг л ж гЙзйд жк згжз Шжг К РК Ы лг ж ж в жК К ж в з Х ж ОММ Page 2. а ж и гв ...
The exciting field of ultrashort laser optics has experienced tremendous growth since it's in... more The exciting field of ultrashort laser optics has experienced tremendous growth since it's inception. One of it's branches that has been of continuous interest is the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses ... Thesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
Page 1. Second-Harmonic Generation Victoria Nwosu (victoria@aims.ac.za) African Institute for Mat... more Page 1. Second-Harmonic Generation Victoria Nwosu (victoria@aims.ac.za) African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Supervised by Prof. EG Rohwer and Dr. GJ Arendse University of Stellenbosch June 8, 2007 Page 2. Abstract ...
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. T... more Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. To this end, a national postgraduate structure, the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme was established at the University of Cape Town. Despite overall success the programme has failed to recruit and retain Black South African students. In order to address this postgraduate bridging program, the Extended Honours Programme, was established to address the issue. An important part of the EHP includes a research component investigating the reasons for ...
2018 Fifth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS)
The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Teaching Physics, 2023
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Oct 22, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. T... more Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. To this end, a national postgraduate structure, the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme was established at the University of Cape Town. Despite overall success the programme has failed to recruit and retain Black South African students. In order to address this postgraduate bridging program, the Extended Honours Programme, was established to address the issue. An important part of the EHP includes a research component investigating the reasons for ...
Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated one of the flagship areas of research in South Af... more Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated one of the flagship areas of research in South Africa. As part of human capacity building in this regard, a postgraduate national teaching programme at the Honours and Masters level, the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) was established by an interested of group universities and located at the University of Cape Town. Despite initial success the programme failed to recruit and retain black South African students. In order to address this problem a postgraduate bridging program, the Extended Honours Programme (EHP), was established as a one year pre-honours level educational intervention. The research described in this thesis is directed at trying to identify the nature of the problems faced by the EHP students during their transition from their previous institutions to UCT. The Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framework and its principle of contradictions and multivoiceness are employed to describe the...
Black South African students who transfer from “Historically Black Universities” to the National ... more Black South African students who transfer from “Historically Black Universities” to the National Graduate Program in Astrophysics and Space Science at the University of Cape Town often struggle academically. While our previous studies focused on student epistemology and went some way towards understanding student under-performance it became clear that broader socio-cultural and systemic issues were playing critical roles. Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as a theoretical perspective we (a) characterized the broader context as an Activity System and (b) identified the four main types of systemic contradictions as proposed by the theory.
Page 1. Generation and detection of ultrashort pulses н Ю игж Чвн Цлгзй Ь з з дж з ви в д жи а йа... more Page 1. Generation and detection of ultrashort pulses н Ю игж Чвн Цлгзй Ь з з дж з ви в д жи а йа ааб ви г и ж ей ж б виз гж и ж г Х зи ж г Ы в и и Эв к жз ин г Ыи аа в гз Ыйд жк згж Шжг К К К Ъг л ж гЙзйд жк згжз Шжг К РК Ы лг ж ж в жК К ж в з Х ж ОММ Page 2. а ж и гв ...
The exciting field of ultrashort laser optics has experienced tremendous growth since it's in... more The exciting field of ultrashort laser optics has experienced tremendous growth since it's inception. One of it's branches that has been of continuous interest is the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses ... Thesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
Page 1. Second-Harmonic Generation Victoria Nwosu (victoria@aims.ac.za) African Institute for Mat... more Page 1. Second-Harmonic Generation Victoria Nwosu (victoria@aims.ac.za) African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Supervised by Prof. EG Rohwer and Dr. GJ Arendse University of Stellenbosch June 8, 2007 Page 2. Abstract ...
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. T... more Astronomy and Astrophysics have been designated the flagship areas of research in South Africa. To this end, a national postgraduate structure, the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme was established at the University of Cape Town. Despite overall success the programme has failed to recruit and retain Black South African students. In order to address this postgraduate bridging program, the Extended Honours Programme, was established to address the issue. An important part of the EHP includes a research component investigating the reasons for ...
2018 Fifth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS)