The background in this study is that over the years analysis of grade 12 results in Ekurhuleni South District indicates that most secondary schools obtain 100% pass rate but not quality results isiZulu home language. IsiZulu home language quality results often range from 20% to 40%. The research findings point at two casual factors: (1) inside the classroom and (2) outside the classroom. Inside the classroom refers to quality of educators teaching isiZulu home language and outside the classroom refers to what is supposedly isiZulu home language’ yet a close analysis of the kind spoken in the township Zulu homes is in fact pidgin Zulu. In terms of quality evaluation this so called isiZulu home language can never pass quality assurance. The researcher recommends that educators of isiZulu home language be put through vigorous quality training in the teaching of isiZulu (HL). / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)

There are numerous problems associated with the teaching of Euclidean geometry at secondary schools today. Students do not see the necessity of proving results which have been obtained intuitively. They do not comprehend that the validity of a deduction is independent of the 'truth' of the initial assumptions. They do not realise that they cannot reason from diagrams, because these may be misleading or inaccurate. Most importantly, they do not understand that Euclidean geometry is a particular interpretation of physical space and that there are alternative, equally valid interpretations. A possible means of addressing the above problems is tbe introduction of nonEuclidean geometry at school level. It is imperative to identify those students who have the pre-requisite knowledge and skills. A number of interesting teaching strategies, such as debates, discussions, investigations, and oral and written presentations, can be used to introduce and develop the content matter. / Mathematics Education / M. Sc. (Mathematics)

Text in Afrikaans / Summaries in Afrikaans and English / The supposition exists that the Transvaal Education Department's Senior Primary Class Music syllabus is not being implemented in all aspects and that this is connected to teacher training. An empirical investigation was launched using three questionnaires and a classroom field study. Two questionnaires, completed by Class Music teachers, were used to assess to what extent the school syllabus was being followed. Teachers also had to provide information about their training in Class Music teaching. The third questionnaire offered a structured interview with school principals. The actualisation of Class Music, extra curricular music activities, the role of the teacher and teacher training were examined. Lessons for standard two pupils at twenty schools, were presented for an in-depth investigation. The results were tabulated, summarised in bar graphs and interpretations rendered. According to the findings, recommendations with regard to curriculum, the implementation of the syllabus, and tertiary Class Music training were made. / Daar is vermoed dat die seniorprimere Klasmusieksillabus van die Transvaalse Onderwysdepartement gedeeltelik gelmplementeer word en dat df t verband hou met onderwysersopleiding. In die lig hiervan is 'n empiriese ondersoek geloods deur middel van drie vraelyste en deur veldwerk. In die twee vraelyste wat deur Klasmusiekonderwysers voltooi is, is nagevors in watter mate die skoolsillabus gelmplementeer word. Verder het die onderwysers hulle Klasmusiekopleiding in hierdie verband aangetoon. Die derde vraelys vorm die raamwerk vir 'n gestruktureerde onderhoud met skoolhoofde. Die realisering van Klasmusiek, buite-kurrikulere musiekaktiwiteit en die rol van die onderwyser en onderwysopleiding is nagegaan. In 'n diepte-ondersoek is lesse by twintig skole vir standerdtweeleerlinge aangebied. Die resultate word in tabelle uiteengesit en in staafdiagramme saamgevat, terwyl waarnemings weergegee word. Op grondhiervan word aanbevelings gemaak oor kurrikulering, sillabusimplementering en tersiere Klasmusiekopleiding. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.Mus

The thesis is focused on ESP, English for Specific Purposes, namely English for tourism. Another specific feature is that it focuses on one particular student and the preparation of an individual course for him. In this thesis the student's needs are analyzed, the course syllabus is developed and teaching materials are prepared. After the study of the theoretical literature, the needs of the particular student are analyzed in terms of language needs, language skills and intercultural competence. The analysis is carried out through a guided interview and synthesized in a case study. A one-semester course syllabus design is the result of the analysis. In accordance with the syllabus, the lesson plans containing specific topic, aim, language skills, language sub-skills and teaching materials are created.

[pt] Esta dissertação se insere no contexto das discussões contemporâneas sobre abordagens às tecnologias da tradução na formação universitária de tradutores profissionais. Este estudo parte de uma análise de um afastamento percebido entre ensino universitário e prática profissional no âmbito estrito da formação de tradutores para investigar o papel do tratamento dispensado às tecnologias da tradução nessa conjuntura. Para tanto, como base teórica e metodológica, este trabalho usa postulados dos Estudos da Tradução sobre o objeto de seus ramos descritivos e aplicados e os estudos desenvolvidos pela pedagogia da tradução em torno do que seriam competências tradutórias para, então, propor um modo de inserção da tecnologia no processo de formação de tradutores. É feita, então, uma inclusão das tecnologias da tradução no contexto dos modernos Estudos de Ciência e Tecnologia em seus aspectos descritivos - notadamente os trabalhos sobre Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) e a Teoria Ator-Rede (TAR) - para verificar expectativas sobre processos e resultados da tradução por causa da presença intensiva da tecnologia. Por fim, com base nas inter-relações expostas pelo exame anterior, este estudo sugere uma forma de abordagem às tecnologias da tradução na universidade que contribua para valorizar a universidade, reduzir o afastamento percebido entre ensino universitário e prática da tradução e destacar as pesquisas acadêmicas da tradução como protagonistas no âmbito das Humanidades Digitais. / [en] This work follows the contemporary discussions on how to approach the translation technologies in the education of professional translators. This study starts with an analysis of a perceived distance between university education and professional practice in the strict framework of translators training and education, and then investigates the role that current approaches to translation technology play in that scenario. Therefore, as a theoretical and methodological basis, this work uses postulates from Translation Studies on the object of their descriptive and applied branches, and from the translation pedagogy studies on translational competences, to propose a mode of inserting technology in the translator education process. Then, the translation technologies are included in the modern context of Science and Technology Studies in their descriptive aspects - notably the Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies, and the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) approach - in order to check expectations on translation processes and results associated with the intensive presence of translation technologies. Finally, based on the interrelations found during investigations, this study suggests an approach to translation technology at the university that would contribute to distinguish the university, reduce the distance perceived between university education and translation practice, and highlight the academic translation research as protagonist within the Digital Humanities studies.

Skolverket konstruerar och ger ut nationella prov för elever som studerar svenska som andraspråk på grundläggande nivå i grundskolan. Däremot finns inga nationella prov för vuxna elever på vuxenutbildningen. Elevernas provresultat kan ge en uppfattning om den tillägnade språkkunskapen i svenska är tillräcklig för att gå vidare till svenska som andraspråk på gymnasienivå. Denna mindre studie behandlar hur några lärare på vuxenutbildningen motiverar huruvida avslutande kursprov behövs eller inte. Hur detta formuleras i läroplanen för vuxenutbildningen och kursplanen för svenska som andraspråk undersöks också. Några språkforskares syn på kunskap, lärande och bedömning utgör den teoretiska utgångspunkten. De resultat studien visar, pekar på att avslutande kursprov efterfrågas av lärarna. Lärarna uppfattar att även elever efterfrågar dessa prov. Detta jämförs med de centrala dokumenten, som stödjer att avslutande prov ska ge lärare stöd i sin bedömning. Några teoretikers syn på kunskap, lärande, prov och bedömning behandlas också för att tydliggöra en motivering av avslutande kursprov. / Skolverket constructs and distributes final examination in Swedish as a second language. These tests are only given to younger students at compulsory level, not to adult students. The students' test results can give an idea of whether the language proficiency in Swedish is sufficient to move to Swedish as a secondary language at upper secondary level. This smaller study treats how teachers in adult education perceive whether or not the final exam test is necessary. How this is formulated in the curriculum for adult education and the syllabus for Swedish as a second language is also examined. Some language researchers' views on knowledge, learning and assessment constitute the theoretical point of origin. The results of the study indicate that the final exam tests are demanded by the teachers. Teachers perceive that even students request these tests. This is compared with the central documents supporting the final exam to provide teachers with support in their assessment. Some theorists' views on knowledge, learning, testing and assessment are also discussed to clarify a motivation for the final exam.

The aim of this study is to investigate how teachers interpret the reading strategies in the revised English as aSecond Language (ESL) syllabus from 2021, and what advantages and disadvantages they see with the syllabuswhen they teach reading strategies. Previous studies suggest that it is beneficial to teach reading strategies in school.The revised ESL syllabus for upper secondary in Sweden mentions reading strategies but gives no definition orinstruction, making it the teachers’ responsibility to choose an interpretation. However, there is not much researchon the interpretation of reading strategies in ESL in a Swedish context nor in upper secondary school.The study was made through interviews, which where analysed thematically, and a survey, where univariate analysiswas used. The results showed that most teachers were confident using and explaining the strategies, but ofteninterpreted them in different ways. The results also showed that while most teachers think the phrasing in thesyllabus is clear, there are some ambiguities. Most teachers also said they had the resources they needed, but somedidactic resources were mentioned as lacking by some.Conclusions from these results are: that the revised ESL syllabus provides room for interpretation and gives teachersautonomy which they see as positive; that the differences in strategy interpretation can affect the students’ right toequal education; that there are strategies of which teachers are unsure; and that the lack of some resources is anobstacle in the implementation of the syllabus and the teaching of reading strategies. Implications of this thesis arethat policy makers can use it in their development of future educational policy documents, and that teachers can useit to educate themselves on their role in interpreting the syllabus in their work.

I dagens värld har samhället blivit beroende av teknik och de flesta yrken använder teknik iolika konstellationer. Med alltmer teknisk utveckling har kompetenskraven och arbetsmetoderna förändrats. Det som tidigare upplevdes som ett ingenjörsmässigt sätt att arbeta har nu blivit ett allmänt sätt att arbeta. Det vill säga - att arbeta i grupper och projekt är sättet att arbeta för de flesta yrken. I en teambaserad miljö behövs förutom utvecklad teknisk kompetens även icke-tekniska (mjuka) färdigheter, såsom interaktion och samarbete med andra människor. Teknik 1, som är en introduktionskurs till teknik i gymnasiet, kan ses som det allra första steget mot en ingenjörsutbildning som är organiserad enligt CDIO (Conceive, Design,Implement, Operate). CDIO är en modell som används i stor utsträckning inom ingenjörsutbildningen för att förbättra sättet att undervisa i teknik och för att förbättra de blivande ingenjörernas kunskaper. Ur detta perspektiv är det intressant att se om teknikundervisningsmetoderna på gymnasienivån - särskilt arbetet i grupper och projekt -utvecklar vissa förmågor och färdigheter som är gemensamma med de som beskrivs i CDIO-modellen. Denna studie kommer att hjälpa oss att bättre förstå om Skolverkets val att basera teknikundervisning med inspiration från CDIO introducerar eleverna till ett ingenjörsmässigt sätt att arbeta och de färdigheter som behövs inom ingenjörsutbildning, som bygger på CDIO-modellen. I denna studie intervjuades tre tekniklärare och sex elever på olika gymnasieskolor i Sverige för att ta reda på deras perspektiv på förmågor och färdigheter enligt ämnets syfte och examensmål som de uppfattar att de uppnår / utvecklar genom grupp- och projektarbete. Vidare studerades om det finns enighet mellan elevernas och lärarnas svar och de lärandemål som anges i CDIO-kursplanen. Resultaten av denna studie visar att det finns många likheter mellan lärandemål skrivna i CDIO-kursplanen i förhållande till de förmågor som lärare och elever nämnde att de utvecklade genom att arbeta i projekt- och grupparbete. Mestadels utvecklades färdigheter relaterade till individuell och yrkesmässig utveckling, såsom ansvarstagande, kreativ problemlösning och analytiska färdigheter, men även kommunikation, systemtänkande och samarbete, samt arbete i grupper av olika konstellationer. / In today's world, society has become dependent on technology and most professions use technology in various constellations. With increasing technical development, the competence requirements and working methods have changed. What was previously perceived as an engineer’s way of working has now become a general way of working. That is - working in groups and projects is the way to work in most professions. In a team-based environment, in addition to developed technical competence, a range of non-technical (soft) skills - such as interaction and collaboration with other people, are also required. Technology 1, which is an introductory course to technology in upper secondary schools in Sweden, can be seen as the very first step towards engineering studies - which are at the university level organized and driven according to the CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement,Operate). CDIO is a model that is widely used in engineering education to improve the way technology is taught and to improve the quality of the workforce. From this perspective, it is interesting to see if the teaching methods of technology 1 at the upper secondary schools - especially group and project work - develop certain abilities and skills that are common to those described in the CDIO-Syllabus. This study will help us better understand whether the National Agency for Education's choice to base technology education with the inspiration from CDIO, introduces students to an engineering way of working and the skills needed for engineering studies that is based on the CDIO-concept. In this study, three technology teachers and six Technology 1 students from different upper secondary schools in Sweden were interviewed, in order to find out their perspectives on abilities and skills - according to the subject's purpose and degree goals - that they perceive that they achieve / develop through group and project work. Furthermore, it was studied whether there is agreement between the students' and the teachers' answers and the learning objectives stated in the CDIO-syllabus. The results of this study show that there are many similarities between learning objectives written in the CDIO-syllabus in relation to the abilities that teachers and students mentioned that they developed by working in project and group work. Mostly, skills related to individual and professional development were developed that include taking responsibility, creative problem solving and analytical skills, communication, systems thinking and collaboration and work in groups of different constellations are a few of them.

The purpose of this study was to discover which southern universities have graduate preparatory programs in community college leadership and how, if at all, ethics is addressed in their curricula and in instruction. Surveys were mailed to 38 southern universities located in the Southern Regional Education Board member states. Of the 21 responses received, there were 16 usable responses from universities in these states. Through an examination of databases of Council for the Study of Community Colleges Graduate Studies and the American Association of Community Colleges Leadership Programs for Community College Professionals databases, 38 senior universities were found to have community college leadership programs. State programs were further confirmed through the survey to personnel listed on program websites for the universities. 15 of 16 southern universities responding to the survey item were found to have community college leadership preparatory programs that provide ethics instruction. Although the results of this survey indicate that the majority of the respondents include ethics in their curricula and in instruction, the manner in which they integrate it is varied and shows a lack of consensus among southern universities. Of the institutions that responded, the majority of respondents indicated that ethics instruction is integrated into specific discipline- or department-based courses. Offering ethics in an elective or general core course requirement was noted as a less common approach, but a viable alternative to the specific discipline- or department-based course method. Additionally, several respondents revealed that ethics instruction is institution-wide. This finding, in particular, is hopeful because it suggests that colleges are going beyond the confines of courses and degree programs and making ethics instruction a university priority. A review of the graduate preparatory programs in community college leadership courses, syllabi, and course descriptions revealed that a number of universities often incorporated instruction in ethics-based courses such as Ethical Decision Making or Ethics in the Workplace and Education. Conversely, the majority of the universities in this study addressed ethics through community college leadership core courses to include, but not limited to, The Community College, The History and Philosophy of the Community College, and Legal Aspects of Higher Education.

Este trabajo indaga en los antecedentes,orígen y evolución de la enseñanza del Dibujo desde que aparece como disciplina escolar a partir del modelo educativo liberal en 1836 hasta 1936. La primera parte de este estudio, que abarca cien años, analiza el proceso de evolución y consolidación de esta materia como disciplina escolar y cómo adquiere un caracter propio y alcanza la consideración necesaria para formar parte del curriculo de forma permanente. En este proceso de configuración intervienen de forma directa las orientaciones ideológicas de los diferentes gobiernos, el pensamiento pedagógico ilustrado, el desarrollo industrial y la I.L.E. En esta parte se investigan, asímismo, los manuales escolares ya que intervienen de forma directa en la definición del carácter, el objeto y los fines de la enseñanza del Dibujo, así como su actualización científica.La segunda parte de este trabajo se ocupa de los catedráticos de Dibujo de Segunda Enseñanza, pues también ellos intervienen de forma directa en la configuración de la asignatura, al ser ellos quienes escribían los libros de texto, redactaban los temarios y formaban los tribunales de oposición. Indagando, también, en su formación, en las pruebas selectivas que debían superar, en el desarrollo de las mismas y en los programas y memorias que aportaban. Ocupándonos, por último, de la relación de estos profesionales con la sociedad de su época y su intervención en numerosas actividades culturales y artísticas. / This essay deals with the background, origins and evolution of the teaching of Drawing since it appeared as a school subject within the liberal educational model in 1836 until 1936. The first part of this essay, which embraces one hundred years, analyses the process of development and consolidation of this discipline as a school subject, and how it gains independence and acquires the necessary consideration to form part of the curriculum in a permanent way. In this process of configuration, there is a direct influence from the ideological orientations of the different governments, from the enlightened pedagogical thinking, from the industrial development and the I.L.E.( Liberal Teaching Institution). Schools materials (books, resources.) are also analysed in this part, because they have a direct influence on the definition of the character, the object and the aims of the teaching of Drawing, as well as on its scientific update. The second part of this essay deals with the grammar-school teachers("catedráticos") of Drawing in Secondary Education ("Bachillerato"), since they also have a direct influence on the configuration of the subject, because they are the ones who wrote the textbooks, designed the curricula and formed the board of examiners for public competitions. Here we also analyse their training, the selection tests that they had to pass as well as the way they were developed, the programming and the reports they provided. Finally, we have also studied the relationship between these professionals and the society of their time, as well as their influence on so many cultural and artistic activities.