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Knowledge of child development in the interface of theory and practice in foundation phase teacher education
How the child develops and learns should be an integral part of pre-service teacher education programmes. This article argues that …
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The cognitive processing potential of infants: Exploring the impact of an early childhood development programme
Background: Many South African learners seem unprepared for formal education, and a need for intervention during early childhood has been …
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Grade R educators voluntarily share their mathematics practices: Authentic realities in South Africa showcased
In South Africa’s reception classes (Grade R), the harsh reality is that the sector is beset by serious challenges. As …
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Learning affordances and participation enablers within a primary mathematics in-service community of practice
This article investigates the participation enablers and learning affordances identified by teachers through participation within an in-service community of practice …
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The use of isiXhosa children’s poetry as a tool to integrate literacy, mathematics and life skills in Foundation Phase: Grade R-3
Literature helps us understand and make sense of the world around us. It is a part of education, which broadens …
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Motivation to become a Foundation Phase teacher in South Africa
Motivation to enter initial teacher education is a key concern in research globally and in South Africa specifically. Supply of …
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Teaching schools as teacher education laboratories
This study emanated from the Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa. This Framework proposes …
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Parents’ and teachers’ perspectives on changes in childcare quality in the United States, Russia and Finland
This article reports on the findings of a follow-up study, which examined parents’ and teachers’ perspectives regarding the quality of …
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Augmented feedback in autistic disorder
Children with autistic disorder (AD) display atypical eye contact and struggle with the social imitation of eye contact. Impaired social …
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Through the eyes of children: Exploring Grade 7 career aspirations
Background: The shift in recent years towards the lifespan concept of career development, which views career behaviour as occurring in …
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Initiating a different story about immigrant Somali parents’ support of their primary school children’s education
The ability of parents to nurture and support their children during their primary school years is considered to be fundamental …
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Teachers’ perceptions on the design and use of an outdoor learning environment for sensory and motor stimulation
This qualitative study makes recommendations to help teachers understand how an outdoor learning environment could be designed and used to …
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The patterns and prevalence of monosyllabic three-letter-word spelling errors made by South African English First Additional Language learners
There is growing evidence of systematic underachievement of South African primary school learners in reading in English as the first …
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Writing and mathematical problem solving in Grade 3
This article looks at writing tasks as a methodology to support learners’ mathematical problemsolving strategies in the South African Foundation …
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Foundation phase teachers’ interpretation of the life skills programme with regard to the teaching of natural science
Scientific literacy should be promoted through the teaching of science from Grade R and for this to happen, teachers need …
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Teacher education students’ struggles with group work in service learning
This article reports on students’ experiences of learning to work together in a childhood teacher education programme at a university …
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Children as stakeholders in education: Does their voice matter?
Children’s right to freely express their opinion in education is very rare, and it is critical for schools to realise …
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The influence of executive function challenges on the behavioural adaptation of one learner with autism spectrum disorder
In South Africa, many learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) attend mainstream and private schools. This study explores the influence …
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The difficulty level of a national assessment of Grade 9 mathematics: The case of five schools
The introduction of the Annual National Assessment (ANA) programme by the South African education department was met with much resistance …
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Work-integrated learning within the reading literacy component of foundation phase teacher preparation programmes
Research confirms that the quality of instruction learners experience day-to-day matters for learner achievement more than any other school-based factor. …