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Jennings, Marianne Angelique. "Integration of life skills and HIV/AIDS into the South African schools' life orientation curriculum creating a model for NGO's /." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2685.

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Thesis (MPhil (Industrial Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>This research was conducted with a group of 24 Health Care workers/trainers working for an NGO, teaching Life Skills and HIV/AIDS in 24 different township schools. These trainers have been trained in an Aligned programme including SAQA Unit Standards on facilitating learning, Life Skills issues as well as HIV/AIDS. The training was based on the fact that they facilitate learning during the Life Orientation lessons, hence the integration of Life Skills and HIV/AIDS into the Life Orientation Curriculum. This programme

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Jenkins, Msawenkosi Wiseman. "Curriculum recontextualising using gardens for the health promotion in the life orientation learning area of the senior phase." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003368.

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With a view to understanding how curriculum is interpreted at classroom practice level, the study examined three stories of how the environmental discourse of the National Curriculum Statements (R-9) was recontextualised using school gardens in the Life Orientation Learning Area for the Senior Phase. To understand how the curriculum is recontextualised, I used Bernstein's theory of recontexutalisation where he explained how official pedagogic discourse (OPD) (in this case the environmental discourse is first delocated once it is transferred from the field of production (FOP) and relocated in t

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Adewumi, Toyin Mary. "An investigation into the implementation of the life orientation curriculum in selected Fort Beaufort district high schools." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/541.

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The challenges of implementing the curriculum for the Life Orientation learning areas in the National Curriculum Statement have been a matter of concern for South African schools. This study sheds light on the implementation of the LO curriculum in selected high schools in the Fort Beaufort District, in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative approach and used face-to-face interviews, focus group interviews, classroom observation and document analysis to collect the data. The purpose of the study was to investigate the implementation of the Life Orientation c

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Wentzel, Andrew. "The status and value of physical education at primary schools in the Kuils River area with specific reference to curriculum 2005." University of Western Cape, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8493.

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Magister Educationis - MEd<br>The purpose of this project was to determine the status and value of physical education at primary schools as well as the extent to which it is offered. It is also hoped that this study will be useful in putting forward an argument for the inclusion or re-inclusion of physical education as a compulsory subject in the curriculum of schools. There appears to be a decline in the teaching of the subject at primary schools. Time tables afford little or no time to the teaching of physical education. This has implications for the holistic development of pupils and

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Matshikiza, Spokazi. "An investigation on the opinions of teachers on the policy implementation of life orientation curriculum: a case study of five schools in Cofimvaba Education District." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/679.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the opinions of teachers on the implementation of Life Orientation curriculum in five schools of the Cofimvaba Education District. In 1994, there were so many changes in South Africa which brought educational transformation at the fore front and centre of all discussions about the changes in general. The curriculum was reviewed and perceived as a guide meant to reflect the values and principles for envisaged learner such as human rights, social and environmental justice with a high level of skills, values and knowledge. Life Orientation as a compuls

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Oyewale, Bimpe Aderinre. "Factors affecting the implementation of the Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education curriculum in Junior Secondary Schools in Abuja, Nigeria." University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5379.

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Master of Public Health - MPH<br>The Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education (FLHE) curriculum was introduced into Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in Nigeria to provide young people with life skills and knowledge essential for protecting themselves from HIV/AIDS. However, coverage of schools with the FLHE curriculum implementation is low. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that affect the implementation of the FLHE curriculum in JSS in Abuja, Nigeria. This study was a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey. The study populations were teachers from public JSS implementing

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Joseph, Cecilia Namuhuya. "Investigating the inclusion of environmental learning in the Life Science Grade 10 curriculum : a case study of three Namibian schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017344.

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This study was carried out to investigate how Grade 10 Life Science teachers in three schools in the Omusati region of Namibia are including Environmental Learning (EL) in terms of the curriculum policy. A qualitative approach was used to generate data through document analysis, interviews and classroom observations to investigate the application of the policy of including environmental learning in classroom curriculum practice. The research was primarily directed towards examining constraints and enabling factors in the context of the three schools that participated in the study. The study re

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Christiaans, Daleen Joan. "Empowering teachers to implement the life orientation learning area in the senior phase of the General Education and Training Band." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2979.

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Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>When CURRICULUM 2005, hereafter C2005 (Department of Education [DoE], 1997b), was implemented in Grade 7 in 2000 none of the in-service teachers were sufficiently trained to teach Life Orientation. Higher Education Institutions had only then started to adapt teacher-training programmes to meet the needs of an outcomesbased curriculum for all aspiring teachers. Some in-service teachers had been trained as subject specialists in some of the focus areas contained within Life Orientation, like Physical Education, Guidance and Religious Educa

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Gala, Celiwe Anathi. "The extent of knowledge about the hospitality industry among life orientation teachers and learners in previously disadvantaged black schools in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2429.

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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.<br>The hospitality industry is one of the most popular industries in Cape Town, where it plays a major role in the economy and offers many employment opportunities. Because of this, one might have thought that learners would be encouraged to pursue a career in the industry. But learners and Life Orientation teachers in black township schools do not know about the hospitality industry: Hospitality Studies is not offered as a subject and learners receive no career guidance about this industry. Thi

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Opio-Ikuya, Nancy Emelang. "The effectiveness of life skills in addressing the needs and challenges of the youth : the case of life orientation in Hewu cluster secondary schools in Queenstown district of the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79982.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Purpose of the study The purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of Life Orientation (LO) as a life skills programme in the school curriculum in meeting the needs and challenges of the youth. Learners from the ages of 16 to 24 in the Further Education Training (FET) sector that is, from grade 10 to 12 in the Hewu area Secondary School in Queenstown District were used as a case study. Research design A descriptive research design using a quantitative approach was used in the study. Data collection Data was c

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Muir, Hollie. "Why is religious education so difficult to teach? : A textual study of the researchers and the Swedish schools inspectorates’ perspectives on religious education in Sweden." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-47782.

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The purpose of the essay is to examine and discuss the attitudes presented from different players involved in the development of religious education (RE) for upper secondary school in Sweden, and see if and what solutions are presented for solving these problems. A qualitative content analysis was used in order to investigate the different players, the Swedish schools inspectorate and the different researchers involved in the development of RE,attitudes and criticism towards religious education in Sweden.This study has shown that there are many fundamental issues with religious education in Sw

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Mosia, Dina Emely. "How secondary school teachers understand, respond to and implement life orientation." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28484.

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Life Orientation is a new learning area in the National Curriculum Statement. The Learning area promises to improve the quality of education for all the South Africans. This study was founded upon the Structural Curriculum Theory to investigate how secondary school teachers understand, response to and implement Life Orientation. Life Orientation is a core subject area according to the Department of Education. A total number of thirty six Life Orientation teachers form five secondary schools in different circuits in Gert Sibande Region in Mpumalamga Province participated in the study. Data was

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Mulaudzi, Shumani Precious. "Strategies to facilitate the implementation of existing life orientation curriculum in secondary schools of Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1617.

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PhDPH<br>Department of Public Health<br>There is a growing concern over the rising cases of adolescent pregnancy, drug and substance abuse, poor academic performance, violence, high school dropout rate and HIV/AIDS prevalence among secondary school students. The grounds of these problems are considered to be related to inadequate Life Orientation Education which should equip the learners with psychosocial competencies, but the ability to make informed decision, solve problems, think creatively and critically, communicate effectively, build healthy interpersonal relationships is lacking among t

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Seherrie, Aloysius Claudian. "Group investigation : a teaching approach for Life Orientation in selected Northern Cape secondary schools." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27125.

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Abstract in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa<br>The main aim of this study was to explore the extent to which teachers use group investigation as a teaching approach for Life Orientation in selected secondary schools in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa. Group investigation (GI) as a cooperative learning teaching approach is based on the philosophical principles of John Dewey who believed that schools had the responsibility of capturing learners’ interests, to expand and develop their horizons and to assist them in responding appropriately to new ideas and influences. Group investigation,

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Oosthuizen, Willem Cronje. "Managing the teaching of life orientation by principals at selected former model C secondary schools in the Nelson Mandela Metropole." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13864.

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Life Orientation, a core subject of the South African secondary school curriculum since 1996, is still not taught successfully in the majority of secondary schools. This study was conducted in former Model C secondary schools in the Nelson Mandela Metropole in order to identify challenges and problems with regard to the management of the teaching of the subject. If the subject were managed properly by principals the Departmental outcomes would have been achieved and problems would not have existed. In this study the managerial challenges of the teaching of Life Orientation have been identifie

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MacDonald, Kevin. "Les relations entre les caractéristiques socioprofessionnelles, les connaissances, les représentations et les contenus d’enseignement traités en classe par les enseignants responsables d’éducation relative au VIH/SIDA en Afrique du Sud." Thèse, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/12437.

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Il est généralement admis que l’éducation constitue une des stratégies les plus efficaces pour lutter contre le VIH/SIDA et diminuer sa transmission (Gallant et Matika-Tyndale, 2004). À cet effet, plusieurs pays d’Afrique subsaharienne ont inclus des programmes d’éducation au VIH/SIDA dans leur curriculum scolaire afin de contrer l’épidémie (ADEA, 2007). Cependant, l’efficacité de ces programmes éducatifs demeure incertaine. Par exemple, les objectifs des programmes éducatifs, tels que la transmission de connaissances relatives au VIH/SIDA, ou la diminution des comportements sexuels risq

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Vethe, Calson Bhekithemba. "The role of life orientation in addressing HIV/AIDS in Kwa-zulu Natal secondary schools." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4432.

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The Department of Education is promoting HIV/AIDS education programmes in the public schools of South Africa, particularly through the subject Life Orientation. Therefore, this study investigates the role of Life Orientation in addressing HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal secondary schools. Different role-players were evaluated to ascertain their attitudes and beliefs about Life Orientation and HIV/AIDS. The examination of different role-players was undertaken to establish the significance of their attitudes and beliefs on the success or failure of the Life Orientation based sex and HIV education pro

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Tshuma, Tholani. "Curriculum support materials as a potential influence on misconceptions about evolution." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21723.

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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. Johannesburg, 10 October 2016.<br>This research explores the potential influence of Life Sciences teacher curriculum support materials on unscientific ideas about evolution by natural selection. The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement document, seven learner Life Sciences textbooks and their seven teacher guides were investigated by content analysis to find out firstly, the nature and extent of misconceptions about evolution; secondly, t

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Skosana, Petrus Sizani. "Evaluating the impact of the principles of the National curriculum statement on grade 10 Life Orientation." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4902.

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Effective implementation of the principles of the National curriculum Statement (NCS) for Life Orientation has various requirements. Thus, with a specific focus on Life Orientation in grade 10, the study aimed at investigating various issues around the implementation of these principles. To this end, a mixed-methods approach was used. In the quantitative phase, questionnaires were used. In the qualitative phase, focus groups and interviews were used to collect data. Similar questions were asked in both phases. The sample was a group of 48 Life Orientation teachers from 48 secondary schools in

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Huysamer, Carolyn Ann. "Hazing of grade 8 boys as part of orientation programmes in South African monastic secondary schools." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9466.

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Hazing is a universal practice. The process is multi-dimensional and includes both positive and negative aspects. Hazing broadly refers to the negative aspects of what newcomers experience as they integrate into a group. This study focuses on hazing during orientation programmes for Grade 8 boys in monastic secondary schools in South Africa. The problem was investigated by a literature study and a survey using a self-designed questionnaire. It was completed by a non-probability sample of 296 Grade 12 boys from three selected schools in Gauteng Province. Data measured the biographical attribute

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Van, der Merwe Petro. "An exploratory study on new technology and associated psychosocial risks in adolescents : can digital media literacy programmes make a difference." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13150.

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This study centres on the psychological effects new digital media, like the internet and cellphones, have on adolescents. Although the internet has enormous benefits, it also poses a host of risks that can make adolescents vulnerable to victimisation and/or developing associated psychosocial problems. Characterisations of adolescents’ social relationships in the internet medium, as well as the investigation of the continuity between digital media literacy and online social behaviours, carry high relevance for developmental psychology. It is during the adolescent period that peer interactions a

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Gelderbloem, Garth Preston. "The role of the Life Orientation curriculum in the development of social and emotional skills in learners to curb violence in schools." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18485.

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Violence is common-place in South African schools and managing learner aggression is central to learners’ academic performance and holistic development. There is empirical evidence that suggests that the school curriculum is an essential vehicle for driving the process of creating social and emotional competent individuals, capable of social cohesion and tolerance. This evaluation research aims to evaluate whether the CAPS Life Orientation curriculum is adequately addressing social and emotional competence in learners in order to reduce violence in schools. A comprehensive literature review w

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Mabatha, Thabitha. "Challenges experienced by life orientation teachers with regard to grade nine learner-on-learner bullying in Gauteng West district (D2)." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8530.

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M. Ed. (Educational Psychology)<br>The study explored the challenges experienced by Life Orientation teachers with regard to the reality of dealing with school bullying. The participants in this study were Life Orientation teachers from public schools in Gauteng West District. The aim was to explore challenges experienced by Grade Nine Life Orientation teachers with regard to learner-on-learner bullying in Gauteng West District. Using Bronfenbrenner’s (2008) bio-ecological systems theory I sought to understand the complexity of the influences, interactions and interrelationships between indivi

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Molala, Khosi Nompumelelo Innocentia. "The integration of environmental education in the assessment practice of life sciences and geography for grade 10 of selected secondary schools." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14110.

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Gama, Revival Bongekile. "An exploration of Life orientation educators’ knowledge and the teaching of study skills in further education and training phase high schools in Ekudibeng Cluster, Gauteng East." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20192.

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This study aimed at exploring the Life Orientation (LO) teachers’ knowledge and teaching of study skills in high schools, Ekudibeng cluster, Gauteng East. The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) is the most recent curriculum policy (Department of Basic Education [DBE], 2012) and serves as an action plan to 2030 for the South African education system in order to address some of the origins of underperformance in South African schools (Nicolson, 2013). Life Orientation (LO) can be described as a learning area within the educational context that promotes the holistic development of

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Huysamer, Carolyn Ann. "A grounded theory of hazing in Gauteng secondary schools." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26538.

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Hazing is an ancient, universal practice. In past and modern societies, the need to join a group is an aspect of our humanity. The process of joining a group frequently includes the need to be hazed in order to legitimate full membership. This study uses the theoretical frameworks of Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu’s perspectives of social order, Henri Tajfel and John Turner’s theory of social identity, and Albert Bandura’s theory of moral disengagement to look at individuals joining groups. In particular, the study has sought to ascertain why those who haze are motivated to act. A grou

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Chamane, Thabile Carol. "'Framing and classifying' the implementation of the grade 10 curriculum and assessment policy statement : a case study of selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19583.

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The South African education system has been evolving since the country became democratic in 1994 and a number of curriculum reforms have been introduced within a short space of time. These reforms revolve around power and control and therefore, Bernstein’s concepts of classification and framing form the conceptual framework for this study. This study attempts to give a picture of what is currently happening in schools pertaining to the implementation of the grade 10 Life Sciences (LS), Business Studies (BS), and Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD) Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement

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