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A phenomenological explication of the meaning of the concept self-respect in high school learnersBelle, Nokuthula Siphiwokuhle January 2012 (has links)
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in (Counselling Psychology) in the department of psychology, University of Zululand, South Africa, 2012. / Self-respect is defined as pride and confidence in oneself, a feeling that one is behaving with honor and dignity. The objective of the study was to find out the conceptualization of self-respect from high school learners. This study adopted a phenomenological approach to facilitate the understanding of the information gathered. The sample consisted of 10 participants: 5 males and 5 females. Participants were Grade 12 learners who were willing to participate. A self-administered questionnaire was given to the participants to fill. Results from the participants revealed that the concept self-respect means respecting yourself and others, as well as having self-confidence. Participants also mentioned that self-respect comes from home, from parents as well as friends. The study concludes with limitations of the study and recommendations for future research.
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An Afrocentric model of understanding substance abuse among high school learners in King Cetshwayo District.Nzama, Muzi Vitalis, Hlongwane, M.M., Kutame, A.P. January 2019 (has links)
A thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand, 2019. / This study explored substance abuse among high school learners in King Cetshwayo district. The main concern, on which this study was based, was on the rise in substance abuse by high school learners and the risk behaviours associated with it in spite of all endeavours being made against substance abuse by various non-governmental organisations and the government. Owing to the fact that all these endeavours did not seem to show expected results, the researcher felt that there was a need to look at substance abuse from an Afrocentric perspective.
This study was motivated among others, by Afrocentric theory of Asante which emphasises the African identity from the perspective of African people as centred, located, oriented, and grounded and stresses the dire need for African people to be re-located historically, economically, socially, politically, educationally and philosophically. It was again also based on Bowen family systems theory, which is about the emotional functioning of the human species.
This study adopted a mixed method approach making use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Questionnaires were utilised for quantitative data collection and interviews were utilised to gather qualitative data from primary respondents (learners), parents and educators.
The findings of the study revealed that the main substances of abuse by learners in King Cetshwayo district were cigarettes at 83%; alcohol at 64% and dagga at 27%. It was found that 77% of the learners were found to be influenced by friends or peers to abuse substances. The findings also revealed that learners were involved in substance abuse because of stress caused by parent-child relationships and stigmatisation both by parents and educators who failed to support them. It was also revealed that the family structure plays a role in substance abuse since 30% of the learners stay with their mothers only. The lack of role models in the community was one of the causes for learners’ abuse of substances.
It was recommended that parent-child relationships be strengthened and that parents should teach their children about substance abuse and be role models to their children.
Parents should again educate their children about African values and morals before they commence with schooling. Educators should also be skilled on how to reverse moral regeneration by focussing on Afrocentric norms and values to be emulated by learners. An Afrocentric model of understanding substance abuse should be adopted. This model is based on the idea that if people who are concerned with the development of a child, can be embedded with African morals and values and be empowered with the necessary skills, they can be in a better position to assist learners to fight against substance abuse.
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Implementing an intentional teaching model to investigate grade 9 learners’ ways of working with rational algebraic fractionsMaphini, Nwabisa Vivian January 2019 (has links)
Magister Educationis - MEd / In South Africa it is widely known that most learners struggle with mathematics. The results for mathematics are poor. The department of basic education offers a number of intervention programmes to assist learners in mathematics but the problem still persists. Algebra is the most basic and important topic in mathematics as it becomes an element in almost all the other topics in mathematics curriculum. Algebraic fractions in particular are a challenge for most leaners. Research shows that learners commit a number of errors when they work with algebraic fractions.
The study investigated the implementation of an intentional teaching model into grade 9 mathematics learners’ ways of working with rational algebraic fractions. An intentional teaching model is a teaching strategy which emphasizes teaching intentions or teaching objectives are brought to the fore during a lesson, the model emphasizes the use of spiral revision and assessment for learning. Ways of working in this study refers to the way in which learners deal with algebraic fractions when they simplify them including the errors they commit from the misconceptions they have about aspects of working with fractions. The study was conducted in a group of grade 9 mathematics learners at Gugulethu High school, which is located in Guguletu, a township in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
The study is premised on a qualitative research paradigm which focuses on studying situations in their natural settings and applying an interpretive perspective. Data was collected by means of observation and video recording of lessons while learners were engaged in working with algebraic fractions. Learners’ written work was analysed as part of the data collection. The results of the study show that leaners commit a number of errors when they manipulate algebraic fractions. Among other errors are: (i) Cancellation errors which had the highest frequency of occurrence (ii) Defractionalisation (iii) No recognition of the common factor and (iv)Exponential laws error. It was found that the learners’ ways of working with algebraic fractions are mostly characterised by their misunderstanding of exponential laws and difficulty in working with fractions needing the use of factorisation to simplify and find the lowest or highest common denominator during addition or subtraction. The results of the study also reveal that learners struggle to articulate extensively or in detail what they are actually doing as they simplify rational algebraic fraction.
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The knowledge and attitudes of high school learners regarding people living with HIV/AIDS / M.P. PodilePodile, Mmathipana Patricia January 2004 (has links)
The message that is being preached on the streets on a daily basis is that HIV/AIDS has
no cure and that it is a fatal disease. The AIDS pandemic is a serious problem,
everybody's concern and nobody's fault. If not attended to accordingly and not controlled
properly, the epidemic poses a serious threat to the whole nation, therefore every
individual is faced with an enormous challenge, especially young people, since today's
youths are tomorrow's future.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is continuing to rob both parents and their children of an
opportunity of reaching their last mile of development which is old age. HIV/AIDS is not
regarded to be the same as any other disease. The situation is getting out of hand as the
HIV/AIDS victims are facing a double jeopardy of fighting for their lives, while at the
same time, suffering from negative societal attitudes. They are being discriminated
against, rejected, ill-treated and not treated with love and respect Therefore every
individual is faced with the huge task of fighting this monster and creating a caring
society. A supportive and enabling environment needs to be created so that HIV/AIDS
victims can be treated similarly to any other patients.
The aim of the study was to explore learners' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and determine
their attitudes regarding people living with HIV/AIDS. From the research findings, it was
found that learners are knowledgeable about the general facts on the HIV/AIDS
pandemic, but that their knowledge concerning certain aspects is limited to some extent,
therefore it is deemed necessary to equip and empower them with more and relevant
information. With regard to learners' attitudes, it was found that learners have fair and
positive attitudes towards people living with AIDS.
It is recommended that these positive attitudes and fair knowledge of learners must be
sustained. The most effective way to attain this is though education, and schools are the
appropriate places to teach young people about HIV prevention. Here they can receive
information and skills. It is further recommended that more HIV/AIDS programmes be
developed to increase awareness and knowledge with the intention of educating people to
recognize and avoid high-risk behaviour. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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The knowledge and attitudes of high school learners regarding people living with HIV/AIDS / M.P. PodilePodile, Mmathipana Patricia January 2004 (has links)
The message that is being preached on the streets on a daily basis is that HIV/AIDS has
no cure and that it is a fatal disease. The AIDS pandemic is a serious problem,
everybody's concern and nobody's fault. If not attended to accordingly and not controlled
properly, the epidemic poses a serious threat to the whole nation, therefore every
individual is faced with an enormous challenge, especially young people, since today's
youths are tomorrow's future.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is continuing to rob both parents and their children of an
opportunity of reaching their last mile of development which is old age. HIV/AIDS is not
regarded to be the same as any other disease. The situation is getting out of hand as the
HIV/AIDS victims are facing a double jeopardy of fighting for their lives, while at the
same time, suffering from negative societal attitudes. They are being discriminated
against, rejected, ill-treated and not treated with love and respect Therefore every
individual is faced with the huge task of fighting this monster and creating a caring
society. A supportive and enabling environment needs to be created so that HIV/AIDS
victims can be treated similarly to any other patients.
The aim of the study was to explore learners' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and determine
their attitudes regarding people living with HIV/AIDS. From the research findings, it was
found that learners are knowledgeable about the general facts on the HIV/AIDS
pandemic, but that their knowledge concerning certain aspects is limited to some extent,
therefore it is deemed necessary to equip and empower them with more and relevant
information. With regard to learners' attitudes, it was found that learners have fair and
positive attitudes towards people living with AIDS.
It is recommended that these positive attitudes and fair knowledge of learners must be
sustained. The most effective way to attain this is though education, and schools are the
appropriate places to teach young people about HIV prevention. Here they can receive
information and skills. It is further recommended that more HIV/AIDS programmes be
developed to increase awareness and knowledge with the intention of educating people to
recognize and avoid high-risk behaviour. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Educators’ perceptions of primary school learners’ performance in Mthunzini CircuitKhumalo, Nonhlanhla Doris Fortunate January 2014 (has links)
The study was a descriptive survey designed to find out educators’ perceptions of learners’ performance in selected public primary schools in Mthunzini circuit in Empangeni district. Subjects for the study were one hundred and seventy (170) educators randomly drawn from primary schools. Views were sampled through 5 Likert-type questionnaire.This was to address the three research questions formulated to guide the study. Data were analysed using chi-square and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) resulting in descriptive data. The findings of the study revealed that teachers’ qualifications, experience and level of specialization do influence learners’ performance. The study also revealed that inadequate teaching and learning materials (T/LMs) and other study materials, educator and learner absenteeism and lateness and inability to complete the content of the teaching syllabus and other school related factors contribute to poor academic performance of learners. Outside school related factors include provision of basic needs and lack of parental involvement due to a number of learners who are from single household families. They lack monitoring mechanisms of their children’s school work as intensity of examinations and supervision. Recommendations made from the study were that, the appointment of educators in primary schools should be strictly aligned with their field of specialization. The Department of Basic Education should supply primary schools with adequate teaching and learning materials as well as other study materials to help enhance teaching and learning to raise the academic standards of learners. Likewise the supervision and monitoring in the Department of Basic Education should be strengthened. Subject and circuit supervisors should be more regular in the schools to help motivate educators and learners to work more efficiently and effectively. Regular sensitization should be organized in the circuit to inform parents about the value of education to children, the community and the nation as a whole to encourage parental involvement.
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High school learners’ attitudes towards physical sciencesMahama, Wundow January 2018 (has links)
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master Of Education in Research Methodology in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education at the University Of Zululand, 2018 / The investigation of high school learners’ attitudes towards physical science has been one of the prominent areas of research for the science education research community globally for some time now. However, its current importance in South Africa is emphasised by the mounting evidence of poor performance in physical science at matriculation level. Consequently, identifying the nature of learners’ attitudes towards physical science, and promoting favourable attitudes towards physical science is increasingly a matter of concern. The present study therefore investigated high school learners’ attitudes towards physical science and the relationship between their attitudes and learners’ biographical data such as gender, age and grade level. Both systematic and stratified sampling techniques were used to select a sample size of 298 respondents from five high schools in the Nongoma circuit in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The research was based on descriptive research design to obtain information from respondents in their natural environment through the use of adopted attitude scale. Permission was sought and obtained through email to use the attitude scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to present and analyse the data. The findings from the present study suggest that majority of high school learners hold positive attitudes towards physical science. Findings with regard to the relationship between learners’ attitudes and their biographical data reveal that there is no association between attitudes and learners’ biographical data such as gender, age and grade level. The findings from this study will add value to education policy pertaining to science education in the country. It will also contribute to the theory of attitudes towards physical science. However, there is a need in future to study ways of encouraging learners to have positive attitudes towards physical science.
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What is a Primary School Learners' Knowledge and Fears on HIV/AIDS?Hoosain, Naeema Yusaf 14 November 2006 (has links)
Student Number : 9603194F -
MA research report -
School of Human and Community Development -
Faculty of Humanities / The primary objective of this study was to explore what primary school learners’
knowledge and fears of HIV/AIDS were. The researcher surveyed 633 primary school
learners from four primary schools in Lenasia (Gauteng, South of Johannesburg).
Learners were drawn from Grade 6 (n=292; 46%) and Grade 7 (n=341; 54%). The
majority of learners ranged from 11 years to 15 years of age, with a mean age of 12.22
years (SD = 0.89). Quantitative methods were employed to analyse the data collected.
Most of the assumptions for a parametric test were met, except for the sample
distribution, which seemed to have been slightly skewed, i.e. the sample consisted of
more Black learners (n=407) than Indian learners (n=226). Concurring with recent
evidence, this study found knowledgeability about AIDS among respondents to be
moderately high; however, it was evident that learners held misconceptions concerning
HIV/AIDS. The answers provided by learners in this study indicated that the awareness
of the severity of the disease was higher amongst Black learners than Indian learners.
Those learners who were more knowledgeable about AIDS were not necessarily less
fearful of contracting AIDS. The results derived from the two-way ANOVA and
regression models indicate that there appears to be a significant gender difference, as
more females were worried of getting AIDS than males. These were just some of the
main findings of the study. The limitations of the study were also discussed.
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A preventative group work programme on HIV/AIDS for high school learners in a rural area / Mmapula Mary SitoSito, Mmapula Mary January 2004 (has links)
There is a well-documented evidence to confirm that the largest number of
people living with the HI-virus is in Africa and especially in South Africa. The
prospect of a significant breakthrough in treatment looks uncertain at present
and for this reason the impact of HIV and AIDS in South Africa must be taken
very seriously.
In 1999 surveys estimated about 3,5 million people infected by HIV and 150
000 with AIDS. The figure was expected to rise to 5-7 million HIV-infected
people over the next 5 years. Experts calculated that on average 1500 people
get infected each day in South Africa! South Africa has one of the most
rapidly spreading pandemics in the world.
High school learners are a high-risk group. Prevention programmes are
important to minimize the infection rate amongst adolescents and young
adults. The researcher has therefore concentrated on the prevention of
HIV/AIDS among learners at high school level in a rural area between the
ages 16-18 years.
A survey was undertaken with the purpose of preventing HIV/AIDS among
learners from the Thejane Secondary school in a rural area in Thaba Nchu.
The aim of this research was:
8 To evaluate the effectiveness of a group work programme for high
school learners in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in a rural area.
To reach this aim, a prevention programme was designed for these high
school learners through which knowledge about the nature of HIV/AIDS as
well as knowledge about values and attitudes were given to them. A small
group of ten learners were chosen as the research group and ten learners as
the control group. Group work as a method of social work was chosen to
achieve the aim of the study.
The group work programme was successfully presented in 9 sessions of one
to one and a half hour each during school time. The programme was in
particular suited, not only to improve the knowledge of the learners about the
nature of HIV/AIDS, but also to broaden their insight with regard to the
important role of a healthy lifestyle as well as the importance of being
assertive.
The programme was evaluated by measuring at two occasions. The results
obtained by this evaluation showed that the group work programme brought
about a significant difference in the knowledge, insight, attitudes and beliefs
about HIV/AIDS as well as the important role of values. The single system
design was used to measure the effect of the programme. The results of the
measuring indicated that group work intervention was successful in
implementing the desired change. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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A preventative group work programme on HIV/AIDS for high school learners in a rural area / Mmapula Mary SitoSito, Mmapula Mary January 2004 (has links)
There is a well-documented evidence to confirm that the largest number of
people living with the HI-virus is in Africa and especially in South Africa. The
prospect of a significant breakthrough in treatment looks uncertain at present
and for this reason the impact of HIV and AIDS in South Africa must be taken
very seriously.
In 1999 surveys estimated about 3,5 million people infected by HIV and 150
000 with AIDS. The figure was expected to rise to 5-7 million HIV-infected
people over the next 5 years. Experts calculated that on average 1500 people
get infected each day in South Africa! South Africa has one of the most
rapidly spreading pandemics in the world.
High school learners are a high-risk group. Prevention programmes are
important to minimize the infection rate amongst adolescents and young
adults. The researcher has therefore concentrated on the prevention of
HIV/AIDS among learners at high school level in a rural area between the
ages 16-18 years.
A survey was undertaken with the purpose of preventing HIV/AIDS among
learners from the Thejane Secondary school in a rural area in Thaba Nchu.
The aim of this research was:
8 To evaluate the effectiveness of a group work programme for high
school learners in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in a rural area.
To reach this aim, a prevention programme was designed for these high
school learners through which knowledge about the nature of HIV/AIDS as
well as knowledge about values and attitudes were given to them. A small
group of ten learners were chosen as the research group and ten learners as
the control group. Group work as a method of social work was chosen to
achieve the aim of the study.
The group work programme was successfully presented in 9 sessions of one
to one and a half hour each during school time. The programme was in
particular suited, not only to improve the knowledge of the learners about the
nature of HIV/AIDS, but also to broaden their insight with regard to the
important role of a healthy lifestyle as well as the importance of being
assertive.
The programme was evaluated by measuring at two occasions. The results
obtained by this evaluation showed that the group work programme brought
about a significant difference in the knowledge, insight, attitudes and beliefs
about HIV/AIDS as well as the important role of values. The single system
design was used to measure the effect of the programme. The results of the
measuring indicated that group work intervention was successful in
implementing the desired change. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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