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Biesman-Simons, Claire; Dixon, Kerryn; Pretorius, Elizabeth; Reed, Yvonne – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: Given the comprehensively documented literacy crisis in South Africa and the gaps in what is known about the effective teaching of reading and writing in schools, high-quality literacy research is a priority. Objectives: This article evaluates South African research from two annotated bibliographies on reading in African languages at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Literacy Education, Educational Research
Mouton, Johann, Ed.; Joubert, Dian, Ed. – 1990
Issues and themes in the contemporary social sciences are explored in a collection of papers by South African scholars. Thirty-five papers are organized by 10 themes. The first theme, metatheory in the social sciences, includes: "Beyond Relativism in the Natural and Social Sciences" (M. Hesse); and "A Critique of Bhaskar's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Scholarship, Social Science Research
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1981
An introduction by Jon Baggaley provides background information on this international conference and its participants, and introduces 10 papers which were presented. The papers are as follows: (1) "Teaching Production Research and Design: The Interface of Theory and Practice" (James M. Linton); (2) "The Impact of Television on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Audience Analysis, Educational Television
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1982
An introduction briefly summarizes the four previous conferences in this series, identifies trends in topics addressed, and introduces the 16 presented papers in this collection. The papers are as follows: (1) "Formative Evaluation and the New Technologies" (Marjorie Cambre); (2) "Formative Evaluation of Sesame Street Using Eye…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audience Analysis, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods
Millroy, Wendy Lesley – Journal for Research in Mathematics, 1992
The researcher conducted a six-month ethnographic study as an apprentice carpenter in Cape Town, South Africa, to document the valid mathematical ideas that are embedded in the everyday woodworking activities of a group of carpenters. A secondary objective was to examine and to give a firsthand account of the teaching and learning of mathematical…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships, Carpentry
Aldrich-Langen, Caroline, Ed. – 1995
The report presents results of two seminars, held in Miami (Florida) and Cambridge (England), in which representatives of two groups, The European Association for International Education and the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs: Association of International Educators, met for intensive discussion of the methods for and design of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Certification, College Admission, College Credits