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Johnston, Michael Antony. "Die Afname van Leerdergetalle by ʼn Hoërskool in ʼn Sub-ekonomiese Woonbuurt van Kaapstad". Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2366.

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Magister Educationis - MEd<br>This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration.<br>South Africa

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Begbie, Ceclin Kirsty. "Educational Decision making among Grade 9 learners in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29162.

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The need for higher skill levels in South Africa’s labour market warranted an investigation into why some learners from poor communities make the decision to leave high school at the end of Grade 9, whilst other learners continue to Grade 12 or tertiary education. This exploratory, longitudinal study investigated the Educational Decision Making (EDM) of 16 Grade 9, Coloured, male learners from poor neighbourhoods in Cape Town. This study identified the socio-economic factors that influenced participants’ EDM to consider leaving the school system at the end of Grade 9, or continue their e

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Vergnani, Tania. "Factors affecting condom usage among Cape Town high school students." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12514.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa is characterised mainly by heterosexual transmission and an extremely rapid spread among adolescents and young adults in their early twenties, indicating the need for an increased focus on preventive efforts aimed at this age group. Apart from the development of a cure or vaccine to prevent HIV transmission, preventive programmes clearly offer the best chance of halting the spread of HIV, and these need to be based on behavioural change to modify or prevent risk behaviours. The challenge is to develop suitable theory

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Du, Toit Sedik. "Parental Choice in South African High Schools: An urban Cape Town Case Study." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9351_1258028191.

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<p>This study examines how families judge and choose high schools. The review of literature relating to school choice provides a theoretical framework for the study. The review includes an international perspective including both developed countries such as United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, England and Wales, the Netherlands, Scotland and Sweden, and developing countries including India, Chile, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa. The context within which school choice occurs in South Africa is examined. This context includes conti

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Benkenstein, Alex. "An evaluation of an after-school programme for high school learners in Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25209.

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Poor academic achievement in relation to developing country peers, together with a range of other issues such as violence in schools, high drop-out rates and high teenage pregnancy rates, contribute to the perception of a crisis in South African education. In this context, after-school programmes have been developed in order to supplement the education and support learners receive during school. There is a large and growing body of literature which supports the view that after-school programmes can deliver positive outcomes, particularly for low-income students. Such positive outcomes, however

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Smith, Elizabeth Marrie. "An investigation into the social experiences of dropouts following their reenrollment in secondary schools in Stutterheim district: implications for school leadership." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/222.

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Many secondary schools in the Eastern Cape and else where in South African are facing a drop out crisis but a proportion of these dropouts return to school to complete their education. The kind of social experiences that dropouts have as they reenrol and reintegrate in school remains an under-research aspect in the discourse on education access. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that prompted dropouts to reenrol in school and the social life experiences of these learners in school. It was also to explore school leaders‟ reactions towards these experiences, and the implic

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Dekeza-Tsomo, Ntombikazi Gloria. "Factors contributing to the dropout rate of learners at selected high schools in Kings William's Town." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1593.

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Once learners reach high school, they seem to lose focus and become less interested in fulfilling their educational goals. This leads to learner dropout in schools. Yet, the government expects all children to attend school daily and receive the best education so that they can have a bright future. Education prepares the child for life, if the child drops out, he or she will struggle to succeed in life. There are real social reasons that make it difficult for some learners to succeed and lead to them dropping out of school. For example, many learners in South Africa are extremely poor and they

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Wegner, Lisa. "The relationship between leisure boredom and substance use amongst high school students in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26579.

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The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between leisure boredom and substance use in adolescents attending high school in Cape Town. The degree of leisure boredom experienced by adolescents was investigated, as well as the extent to which boredom is associated with alcohol use, cigarette smoking and cannabis use, gender, grade and race. A stratified sample of 39 high schools in and around Cape Town was selected, using the postal distribution areas as stratification criteria. Students were then randomly selected from two Grade 8 and two Grade 11 classes at these schools, prod

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Nonkonana, Thulisa Gloria. "Strategies used by the School Management Team in managing learners’ late coming in a Cape Town high school." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3039.

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Thesis (MEd (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020<br>This study explored the strategies used by the School Management Team (SMT) in managing the late coming of learners in a Cape Town school in relation to the Department of Education policy on late coming of learners. The need for this study has its origin in the current difficulties the school is experiencing in managing late coming of learners despite the existence of the Department of Education’s policy on late coming. The data was collected from 7 members of the School Management Team, 3 parents and 3 learners from t

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Fatoba, Abiodun Folakemi. "Evaluation of the impact of HIV/AIDS Life Orientation Prevention Programme in a Cape Town High School." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4572.

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Magister Educationis - MEd<br>The rate at which the spread of human immunodeficiency virus/auto immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is increasing in the world has brought with it the realization that the disease is more complex and extensive than imagined. The alarming increase in the rate of infection combined with the fact that researchers have not found a cure has considerable socioeconomic implications. The peculiarity of HIV/AIDS, has caused almost all countries of the world to introduce different types of intervention programmes for the youth in order to reduce or eradicate the disease.

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Mukoma, Wanjiru. "Process and outcome evaluation of a school-based HIV/AIDS prevention intervention in Cape Town high schools." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12796.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-315)<br>This thesis presents an evaluation of a theory-based HIV prevention intervention designed for grade 8 high school students. The intervention was delivered by teachers over a 6-month period. The objectives of the research were (i) to conduct a systematic review of evaluation studies of international and South African school-based interventions aimed at postponing sexual intercourse and increasing condom use; (ii) to conduct a process evaluation documenting implementation of the intervention; and (iii) to conduct an evaluation to assess the int

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Dyer, Dorothy. "Why won't they learn? : a contrastive study of literature teaching in two Cape Town high school classrooms." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7463.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-75).<br>Literature is included as part of most English curricula around the world. South Africa is no exception, and students are expected to study novels, poetry and plays as part of their school language curriculum. There are many debates about the best way to teach these texts in the classroom. However what is often overlooked is that reading literature, like reading anything, is primarily a social activity, and as such has been 'learned'. The way we respond to literature depends on the social activities, attitudes and behaviours -what can be c

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Neer, Sylvia. "The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15994.

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Bibliography: pages 80-84.<br>In this investigation an ex-post facto research method was used to gather the curiosity scores and academic science achievement results of approximately 200 pupils in one black and two predominantly white schools in Cape Town suburbs. Curiosity scores were also obtained for 150 pupils from five other high schools who submitted projects for the annual Young Scientists Exhibition (EXPO) in June 1988. The data was collected by means of two instruments devised and validated by Maw & Maw (1964) and by author-designed tests of curiosity, after refinement using a pilot s

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Jaars, Cleopatra. "HIV knowledge and sexual risk behaviour of grade 12 learners in the Cape Metropole, Cape Town." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85690.

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Thesis (MCurr)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The HIV pandemic threatens the social, emotional, and physical development of all persons, especially the youth. Adolescents are more at risk of contracting HIV as their lifestyle often involves sexual exploration and experimentation. Effective educational interventions are central to HIV prevention in South Africa. Being a clinical nurse practitioner in a primary health care (PHC) facility, the principal investigator observed that school learners failed to practice safe sex and demonstrated little knowledge about HIV/AIDS pre

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Cain, Rashida. "A case study of the high student failure and dropout rates at FET college." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020998.

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The aim of this case study was to investigate the key factors contributing to the high failure and high dropout rates at a FET College. The FET College selected for the purpose of this study is situated in a city in the Eastern Cape. The Minister of Labour declared in 2006 that FET Colleges in South Africa have a central role to play in assisting youth in gaining skills, in order to realise the South African Government’s goal of halving poverty and unemployment by 2014. The South African Government spent R1.9 million on the recapitalisation of colleges in 2005 to improve the FET Sector. Accord

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Inglis, Diana. "Exploring the dropout phenomenon in a secondary school situated in a high-risk community." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3013.

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Thesis (MEdPsych (Educational Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to gain a contextual understanding of the dropout phenomenon in a specific school in a high-risk community. An applied, interpretive, qualitative research design was used. This involved an investigation of the subjective experiences of learners at risk of dropping out of school during the post-compulsory phase of their education at a specific school. Informants were purposively selected according to specific criteria. Data were collected through eight semi-structured

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Sassman, Nathan Edwin. "The experiences, support for, and coping strategies of beginner principals in secondary schools in the Cape Town Metropolitan area." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17503.

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Bibliography: pages 87-99.<br>The aim of this study is to describe and critically analyse the experiences and challenges facing first-year principals in secondary schools in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area. The study focuses on the impact of change and reform on beginner principals, the problems that arise as a result; coping strategies of beginner principals and the support available to them. While the emphasis is on analysing the issues and drawing out implications, the study begins to identify those solutions and training needs which beginner principals see as useful. Many of these principa

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Tyler, Robyn Lucy. "Semiotic repertoires in bilingual Science learning: a study of learners - meaning-making practices in two sites in a Cape Town high school." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30139.

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Bilingual minoritised youth face challenging conditions for learning Science in South African schools. Among these are restrictive school-level language policies; entrenched monoglossic language ideologies within the education system which play out in classroom practice; and a lack of learning and teaching materials in African languages. Despite these challenges, learners work daily to make meaning in specific Science topics. It is this meaning-making process which is the focus of this case study. The study proceeds from the view of language as one of multiple semiotic resources comprising an

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Bonney, Emmanuel. "Movement programmes to enhance motor competence and physical fitness among high school girls in a low-income community of Cape Town, South Africa." Doctoral thesis, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30438.

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Although motor skills, physical fitness and self-efficacy are considered important agents in promoting health and well-being, there is limited research on how exercise can be used to enhance these factors in children within the South African context, particularly among those living in low socio-economic environments. Accumulating evidence worldwide and in South Africa has shown decreased levels of physical activity (PA) among the youth. It is now known that the greatest decline in PA occurs in adolescent girls as compared to boys. Given that insufficient PA and the lack of opportunities to eng

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Frans, Ruby. "The perceptions of learners and educators at Malibu High School on the provision of condoms to schools." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79926.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the light of the roll-out of the national combined school-health program which will include the availability of condoms to learners, this study was undertaken to determine what the perceptions of learners and educators are regarding the provision of condoms to learners at Malibu High School in Eerste River, Cape Town as a prevention strategy. The learners’ knowledge levels on HIV and AIDS were also tested. Questionnaires were handed out to learners as well as Life Orientation educators. The findings of the study revealed t

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Sandler, Penelope. "Identification of the needs of grade 10 learners for input for a life skills programme : a study conducted at a Cape Town high school." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3812.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The aim of this study is to try and find out what the need of Grade 10 girls are at a high school in the suburbs of Cape Town and how the school can assist them in meeting these needs. The rationale for doing this research arose as a result of the need to draw up a life skills programme based on research, which would include the participatory input of the grade 10 leamers. Like most high schools, the one the researcher approached, has experienced their share of normal to serious behaviour problems and the counselling department wanted to address these in

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Kagan, Jeffrey. "An investigation into the sources of sexual information amongst the pupils in standards 9 and 10 in a co-educational high school in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21874.

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Bibliography: pages 104-113.<br>An investigation into the actual and preferred sources of sexual information among male and female adolescents in standards 9 and 10 at a private school was undertaken. A review and theoretical consideration of the sources of sexual information among pre-adolescents, adolescents and tertiary students in the Western world during the past seven decades is provided. The sample of 260 pupils completed a four-part questionnaire, which is based on questionnaires used by Davis and Harris (1982), Gebhard (1977), Kallen, Stephenson and Doughty (1983), Spanier (1977) and

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Sibanda, Bonani. "The perception of educators and subject advisors on the bearing that the South African mathematics curriculum design has on underachievement in schools in the King Williams Town education district of the Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1013106.

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The present study investigates the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) Mathematics curriculum Design issues which have a bearing on underachievement at Grade 12 in selected schools in the King Williamstown Education District. It stems from the premise that curriculum design is plausible explanation for Mathematics achievement. In pursuit of this line of thought, the study looked at curriculum design types such as linear, sequential, and spiral arrangement of contents, as well as curriculum design aspects such as sequencing, progression, integration, pacing and organisation of contents. The stu

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Ntete, Susan. "Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6208_1263938377.

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<p>This is a study of the discourses of empowerment and disempowerment that emerge from the critical discourse analysis (CDA) of life-histories written by two classes of Grade 11 high school learners in a township school in Cape Town, South Africa. The line of argument presented by this thesis is that there are political, socio-economic, familial and institutional factors and the discourses that construct them which affect learners&rsquo<br>resilience.</p>

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Disler, Sally Ann. "Health related lifestyles of adolescents : a study of smoking, alcohol and habit-forming drug use, and sexual activity, in a group of high-school students in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26570.

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The AIM of the study from which the empirical data were obtained for this thesis, was the collection of basic demographic information and selected health related data from a group of adolescents at high-school in Cape Town. 1.2 The OBJECTIVES were Description of the demographic features of the pupils in Standards 8, 9 and 10 at a specific co-educational high school in Cape Town; Determination of the prevalence of smoking, and the attitudes to, and knowledge of the health risks of smoking; Determination of the prevalence of alcohol use, and the attitudes to, and knowledge of the health risks of

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Bonani, Khwezi. "An investigation into pre-university factors that could inhibit access to higher education for learners from low socio-economic backgrounds: the case of high school x in Khayelitsha, Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4229.

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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)<br>This study investigated the factors inhibiting learners from low socio- economic backgrounds from accessing higher education. The intention to investigate and identify these inhibiting factors was motivated by the growing body of evidence that suggests that there is a correlation between poverty and lack of education. The aim of the study was to investigate which pre-university factors have the most inhibiting impact on learners from low socio-economic backgrounds. The objective was to identify these factors in order to find ways in which they

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Howard, Kepe Mzukisi. "Perceptions of learners and teachers on the alternatives to the alternatives to corporal punishment: a case study of two high schools in King William’s Town Education District in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1019741.

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The purpose of the study was to examine the perceptions of learners and teachers on the alternatives to ‘Alternatives to Corporal Punishment’ (ATPC) in particular and discipline generally in the King William’s Town Education District in two high schools. The study ascended as a result of the decline of learner’s discipline in high schools. This study is located in the interpretive paradigm and adopted a qualitative research approach using questionnaires, interviews focus groups and field notes in the collection of data. The Data revealed that schools were using different strategies to maintain

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Govender, Manisha. "A language in decline ? :a constrastive study of the use of, and motivation and de-motivation for, learning Afrikaans among two groups of learners at an English medium high school in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6406_1299147541.

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<p>Afrikaans in practice replaced Dutch and became one of South Africa's official languages (along with English) from 1925. It reached the apex of its development and influence during the years of Nationalist party rule and the apartheid regime as a language of officialdom, of the judiciary and education. However, in 1994 nine African languages were afforded official status along with English and Afrikaans in South Africa. Presently, Afrikaans is still taught in the majority of schools in the Western Cape as either a first or second language. This thesis compares and contrasts the language att

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Johnston, Michael Antony. "Die afname van leerdergetalle by 'n hoÃ«rskool in 'n sub-ekonomiese woonbuurt van Kaapstad." 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7597_1210746952.

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<p>This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration.</p>

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Oyewo, Saheed Adekunle. "The challenges of teaching at-risk learners at a secondary school in Cape Town." Diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27149.

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The study focused on the challenges of teaching at-risk learners at secondary schools. A qualitative investigation based on interviewing and observation was conducted with sixteen teachers teaching at-risk learners. Findings revealed that pre-service teacher training does not prepare teachers adequately to teach learners at risk constructively. Findings also revealed that at-risk learners have no control over themselves due to lack of parental support as parents show no commitment and support for their children’s education. Interventions to counter challenges with teaching at-risk learners rel

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Miller, Pamela Ann. "The integration of computers at Pinelands High School a case study /." 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08062003-202836/.

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Goldstone, Cyril Gary. "Managing the behavioural rights of teachers and learners : a case study in the north metropolitan district of Cape Town." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24231.

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Around the world, managing the behavioural rights of teachers and learners in schools remains a complex problem for all involved in the teaching and learning situation. From a legal standpoint, the crux of this study relates to why school managers and teachers feel disempowered by learners’ rights. Over and above the duty of all citizens not to infringe on other peoples’ human rights (e.g. the horizontal application of the Bill of Rights contained in Section 2 of the Constitution, SA, 1996), teachers also have a legal obligation to promote and protect learners’ rights (e.g. a vertical applicat

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Van, Aswegen Mariaan. "The knowledge, attitudes and use of performance enhancing substances and supplements among male high school first- and second team athletes in the central metropolitan area of Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15239.

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Title: The knowledge, attitudes and use of performance enhancing substances and supplements among male High-school first and second team athletes in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, South Africa. Objective: Pressure to perform and to achieve success is to many high school athletes the overbearing goal and reality. Many are willing to use substances to achieve their goals even at the expense of their health and wellbeing. Four objectives emanated from this research: To determine the most frequently used sport performance enhancing substances and supplements (PESS) by male high school athlet

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