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Mphahlele, Amanda; McKenna, Sioux – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
Plagiarism needs to be addressed to maintain academic standards and to safeguard the integrity of the academic project. With the evolving digital world, conventional methods of addressing plagiarism are gradually being dismissed in favour of new technologies. Unfortunately, there is a general misunderstanding about what such technologies do. This…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Misconceptions, Higher Education, Public Colleges
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Naidoo, Shantha – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
The paper examines the role educators and members of school management teams (SMTs) play in transforming schools towards integrative learning environments. Data was collected through a survey and individual interviews that were administered to educators and members of SMTs (N = 88) in four multiracial schools. The survey included open-ended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Integration, Public Schools, Secondary Schools
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Venketsamy, R.; Sing, N.; Smart, Lyndsey – Perspectives in Education, 2020
Research surrounding classroom practice is changing the way principals, School Management Teams and teachers organise their learning spaces as well as their methods of teaching and learning. In this paper, we aim to explore teachers' experiences of an invitational learning environment in culturally diverse Foundation Phase classrooms. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Environment
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Thajane, S. B.; Masitsa, M. G. – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Despite numerous attempts by the Free State Department of Education to train primary school principals on how to design and implement school policies, numerous schools do not implement school policies satisfactorily. In this article we examine the implementation of school policies in township primary schools in the Free State province, South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, School Policy, Public Agencies
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Antia, Bassey E.; van der Merwe, Chanel – Language Policy, 2019
As part of a broader student campaign for 'free decolonized education', protests over language policies at select South African universities between 2015 and 2016 belied widespread positive appraisals of these policies, and revealed what is possibly an internal contradiction of the campaign. The discourse prior to the protests (e.g.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Universities, School Policy
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Odendaal, Albi; Frick, Liezel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
The dissemination of doctoral research is a crucial ethical, financial and status issue for universities worldwide. The publication based thesis (PBT) may encourage dissemination, but is still in definitional flux at many institutions, particularly in South Africa, especially regarding how many articles are required and the publication status of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Student Research
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Sylvester, Frederick J.; Marsh, Kathryn – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Positive behavioural interventions and supports (PBIS) is a framework that aligns with the South African Department of Education's Alternatives to Corporal Punishment. Aim: The aim of this study is to provide a snapshot of the extent to which policies and practices in a disadvantaged South African primary school align with PBIS.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Behavior Supports, Alignment (Education), Punishment
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Pfeiffer, Verbra – South African Journal of Education, 2018
A key concern today is the question of homework in our nation's public schools. In this study, an investigation was conducted with the first no-homework policy, which has been introduced in one of the primary schools in the Western Cape. This study seeks to determine whether a no-homework policy will validate a positive or negative effect on…
Descriptors: Homework, School Policy, Case Studies, Public Schools
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Snowball, Jen D.; Shackleton, Charlie M. – Research Evaluation, 2018
Research is increasingly regarded a core facet of university endeavours globally, and research profiles of universities, institutes, and colleges are commonly used as one measure for ranking them. University administrations and funders would be better able to stimulate research if they had insights into context-specific, institutional constraints,…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Online Surveys, Foreign Countries, Reputation
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Bipath, Keshni; Venketsamy, Roy; Naidoo, Linda – South African Journal of Education, 2019
Teacher absenteeism is of concern in today's developing educational climate. In South Africa, where education itself is a contested terrain, and decades of disadvantage still impact resources and skills, despite democracy, it is a compelling challenge. This paper, based on a study of how independent primary schools in Gauteng, South Africa, manage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Employee Absenteeism, Elementary School Teachers
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Nwokedi, Peace Ginika; Khanare, Fumane Portia M. K. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
This study uses the agentic capability theory of Albert Bandura (Bandura 2009; 2012) as its lens to explore international students' experiences in a South African higher educational institution. The agentic capability theory "adopts an agentic perspective toward human development, adaptation, and change" (Bandura 2006:164). This implies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Students, Educational Experience, Educational Environment
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Bhagwan, R. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
Although discourse related to the salience of community engagement in higher education has proliferated, little has focussed on the process of institutionalisation of community engagement, in South Africa. This paper presents findings from a national study, which focussed on how community engagement can be institutionalised within higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Community Involvement
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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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Tshilongo, Tshanduko; Rothmann, Jacques – Transformation in Higher Education, 2019
Background: The role of safe spaces on university campuses for gay and lesbian students remains a contested issue. This is attributed to the fact that the visibility of these students on university campuses presents a duality: On the one hand, the creation of such spaces provides a sense of communal belonging, safety and visibility for these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, LGBTQ People, Educational Environment
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Bruce, Elizabeth R. – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2019
This analysis examines South Africa's "Policy and Strategic Framework on HIV and AIDS for Higher Education." According to the Foreword by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, it is addressed towards "all" at higher education institutions, including students, university management, and other role players, for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), School Policy
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