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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 20th Jubilee Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), conducted virtually in June 2022. The 20th BCES Conference theme is "Towards the Next Epoch of Education." The theme is focused on problems, discussions, changes, solutions, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation
Naong, M. N. – Africa Education Review, 2013
The inception of no-fee schools and a school-fee exemption policy has become a contentious issue but also an exciting one for school managers in South Africa. Managers opposed to the policy have cited amongst others things, academic standards dropping, as well as parents who can afford to pay jumping on the bandwagon and refusing to pay. While the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Based Management, School Policy, Financial Policy
White, C. J.; Gina, J. M.; Coetzee, I. E. M. – Educational Studies, 2015
This article is based on research conducted on the topic: "Safety and security in schools: The case of KwaZulu-Natal." For the research project a purposive sample consisting of secondary school learners, teachers, school governing body chairpersons and principals were selected from the rural and township schools used in this study to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Safety, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Rantao, Masego; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan A. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2012
Objectives: To determine factors associated with dual use of tobacco products in a population of black South African adolescents. Methods: Data were obtained from a self-administered questionnaire completed by a representative sample of grade 8 students from 21 randomly selected secondary state schools in the Limpopo Province, South Africa (n =…
Descriptors: Smoking, Marijuana, Drinking, Adolescents
Ohajunwa, Chioma; Mckenzie, Judith; Hardy, Anneli; Lorenzo, Theresa – Perspectives in Education, 2014
Evidence suggests that the lack of inclusion of disability issues in the curricula of higher education institutions may result in the perpetuation of practices that discriminate against disabled people in the broader society. In light of this claim, this article investigates whether and how disability issues are included in the teaching and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Colleges, Higher Education, Disability Discrimination
Boughey, J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2012
In response to perceived academic unpreparedness on the part of first year students, in the second semester of 2010 a number of departments in the Faculties of Arts, Commerce, Administration and Law (CAL), and Science at the University of Zululand (Unizulu) opted to use the Department of Higher Education and Training's Teaching Development Grant…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Academic Support Services, Feedback (Response)
Marishane, R. N. – Africa Education Review, 2013
Empowerment, accountability and redress are prime objectives of school funding in the new South Africa. This is facilitated through the National Norms and Standards for School Funding. The application of the norms has led to the development of a "no-fee school" policy aimed at exempting poor parents from payment of school fees. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Policy, Financial Policy, Educational Finance
Ferreira, Ronél; Ebersöhn, Liesel; Botha, Karien – South African Journal of Education, 2013
In this article we report on the manner in which participatory action research (PAR) was utilised by teachers in developing a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) school plan, in collaboration with university researchers. The need for a structured HIV and Aids school plan emerged during the course of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Action Research, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Walton, E.; Nel, N. – Africa Education Review, 2012
In the years since the publication in South Africa of White Paper Six: Special needs education (Department of Education (DoE) 2001) various schools in the state and independent sectors have begun to implement inclusive policies and practices. With reference to the Guidelines for full-service/inclusive schools issued in 2009, and by discussing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Inclusion, Educational Policy
Carter, Prudence L. – Oxford University Press, 2012
What are the features of the school environment that make students' of color incorporation greater at some schools than at others? Prudence L. Carter seeks to answer this basic but bedeviling question through a rich comparative analysis of the organizational and group dynamics in eight schools located within four cities in the United States and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Organizational Climate, Group Dynamics
Michael, Sathiapama; Wolhuter, Charl C.; van Wyk, Noleen – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate the management of parental involvement in three multicultural schools in the Umlazi District in Durban, South Africa. A literature survey resulting in a theoretical framework on parental involvement in schools, multicultural schools, and the managing of parental involvement in schools has been done. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Parent Participation, Qualitative Research
Xaba, Mgadla; Malindi, Macalane – South African Journal of Education, 2010
Historically disadvantaged schools are mostly in a position where they cannot easily practise entrepreneurial customs like innovation, proactiveness and risk-taking. However, some of these schools perform well under similar circumstances and show strong entrepreneurial inclinations. In fact, in research conducted in 2006, Lebusa and Xaba found…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Disadvantaged Schools, Risk, Educational Innovation
Bosch, Anita; Taylor, John – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
Globally, research has become a key driver for the achievement of status and the procurement of funding for higher education institutions. Although there is mounting pressure on institutions to become research active, many institutions are rooted in a strong tradition of teaching. These institutions find it challenging to develop research capacity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Research Administration, Research Universities
Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjork; Brock-Utne, Birgit – Educational Action Research, 2010
In this article we illustrate how the piloting process has influenced two widely different studies within the educational sciences. These studies differ in design but have as a common denominator that they used piloting methods in their preparatory process. They are also similar in the intention of the main researchers of conducting research with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pilot Projects, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
Disempowerment and Psychological Distress in the Lives of Young People in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Nduna, Mzikazi; Jewkes, Rachel – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
A qualitative study was conducted in Butterworth, in the rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, to explore sources of distress for young people. Semi-structured, individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 men and 24 women aged 16-22 years. The findings revealed interconnections between structural factors such as death, poverty,…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Child Abuse, Females, Substance Abuse