• Educators’ perceptions about implementing a road safety education programme in the context of curriculum change 

  Combrinck, Martin; Govender, Jeannie (The IIE, 2017)

  This study’s aim was to explore the perceptions of the teachers to the implementation of the road safety education programme in five primary schools in the Pietermaritzburg Region, South Africa. The Department of Transport ...
• Good teacher education – an exploratory study 

  Venter, Elza (The IIE, 2017)

  Good or effective education of prospective teachers in traditional higher education settings seemingly differ from educating them in Open Distance Learning (ODL). The literature was reviewed with reference to ‘good teacher ...
• Student-centred problem-based learning as a transformative approach to legal education 

  Koraan, Rene Hilary Cheryl-Anne (The IIE, 2017)

  The quality of LLB graduates is causing an outcry among members of the legal profession. Concerns that law graduates are poorly prepared to meet the demands of practice and do not possess the legal skills expected of them ...
• Identity, ideology and discourse: Classroom spaces for deconstructions and reconstructions 

  Luck, Jacqueline; Rudman, Sharon (The IIE, 2017)

  South African student identity, constructions of the other and experiences in higher education have been the subject of many studies and examine how students are making sense of their past, present and future. Student-led ...
• Transforming primary school teachers’ perceptions of the ‘place’ of teaching reading: the role of Reading to Learn methodology 

  Mgqwashu, Emmanuel Mfanafuthi; Makhathini, Bheka (The IIE, 2017)

  This paper reports on the interventionist study on the role that Rose’s (2005) Reading to Learn methodology plays in transforming primary school teachers’ perceptions of the role of explicit teaching of reading for educational ...
• The classrooms as learning communities 

  Maphalala, Mnecidisi Christian (The IIE, 2017)

  Classrooms are sites in which learning takes place through interactions with others and learners are given opportunities to construct knowledge, and to acquire skills, values and attitudes. Classrooms in which learners and ...
• The assessment of environmental education concepts and skills in Grade 10 Geography 

  Ferreira, Johanna, G; Molala, Khosi.N.I (The IIE, 2017)

  Sustainable development and environmental crises have been recognised globally as relevant to education and teaching. This research explores opportunities and challenges to assess environmental education content, skills ...
• The interplay between theory and practice: Mathematics pre-service teachers’ learning experiences at a teaching school 

  Spangenberg, Erica (The IIE, 2017)

  South Africa has insufficient pedagogies in teacher education that integrate pre-service teachers’ experiences of theory at universities with their practical experiences in teaching schools (TSs). This paper examines ...
• A tale of two faculties: Exploring student experiences of e-portfolio implementation as a vehicle of reflective learning at Stellenbosch University 

  Strydom, Sonja; Barnard, Magda (2017)

  This paper explores two cases within the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University with the aim of highlighting the opportunities and challenges associated with e-portfolio ...
• An evaluative study on the effect of entrepreneurial education curriculum on students at the University of Venda, South Africa 

  Musetsho, Takalani Radson; Lethoko, Mankolo Xaverine (The IIE, 2017)

  This study was conducted amid wider recognition and adoption of the idea of entrepreneurship education within the broader school curriculum. Policymakers, economists and academics’ agendas across the globe emphasise ...
• Project Based Learning for professional identity: A case study of collaborative industry projects in Marketing 

  Vande Wiele, Philippe; Morris, Darren; Ermine, Jean-Louis (The IIE, 2017)

  Assuming that higher educational institutions give credence to the goal of employability of its graduates, the adoption of effective Teaching & Learning methodologies towards such an objective is vital to its purposefulness. ...
• Selected factors that influence successful strategic planning in South African higher education 

  Bosire, Samuel, M (2017)

  The objective of this investigation is to examine selected factors that contribute to successful strategic planning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South Africa. Organisations, including HEIs, that wish to achieve ...
• Graduate employability skills within the public service: A South African case 

  Jonck, Petronella (The IIE, 2017)

  The article reports on an evaluation of graduate employability skills as determined by public service officials within the Free State Province of South Africa. The sample included human resource management officers, directors ...
• Are teachers facilitators or are they mediators? Piaget, Vygotsky and the wisdom of the teacher 

  Selepe, Cecilia (The IIE, 2016)

  There is an ongoing debate about whether teaching is better understood as ‘facilitation’ or ‘mediation’. The debate can be framed in relation to three different theoretical accounts of these concepts: (i) teaching as ...
• Using the capabilities approach for strengthening the sense of professionalism of teachers deeming themselves surveilled through a Panopticon 

  Potgieter, F.J.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Wolhuter, C.C. (The IIE, 2016)

  According to some teachers practising their profession in some of the most advanced and privileged schools in widely different parts of South Africa, they are not allowed by their superiors to work (optimally) as professionals. ...
• Challenges of academic literacy for in-service teachers 

  Roy, Irene, J.; Van Wyk, Jaqueline, M. (The IIE, 2016)

  The teaching and facilitation of academic literacy skills in English second language for in-service teachers presents a challenge in the light of the increased enrolment of un- and under-qualified teachers on the National ...
• An analysis of secondary school heads’ perception of their supervisory role in Nyanga District: Zimbabwe 

  Chigudu, Daniel (The IIE, 2016)

  The main focus of this paper is an analysis of heads’ perception of their supervisory roles in the context of rural day secondary schools. A survey research design was used to describe the variables. Heads are seen as head ...
• Lessons learnt in applying automated code plagiarism detection in an introductory programming module 

  Haskins, Bertram; Pieterse, Vreda (The IIE, 2016)

  This paper investigates automated code plagiarism detection in the context of an introductory programming module. Three methods for detecting plagiarism are compared to determine whether these systems yield differing ...
• The preparation for principalship in the Mpumalanga Province (South Africa) 

  De Wet, Corene (The IIE, 2016)

  This paper reports on findings from a qualitative implementation evaluation study on the Advanced Certificate in Education: School Management and Leadership (ACE:SML) 2013-2014 programme presented by the School of Open ...
• Changing mental models and developing global mind-sets of business students through international study modules 

  Human, Cailin; Ungerer, Marius (The IIE, 2016)

  The fast-changing interdependent global context and the accompanying need to teach capabilities required in the global marketplace led to the implementation of international global modules for business management students. ...

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