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Does it matter if some learners read slowly? Exploring relationships between reading comprehension and oral reading fluency
Background: Although Zimbabwe has performed quite well on Grade 6 SACMEQ literacy assessments compared to other African countries, reading levels …
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Motor milestones and physical activity: A scoping review of ECD practitioners’ contributions
Background: Early childhood development (ECD) practitioners are crucial to young children’s motor milestone achievement, motor development and physical activity (PA) …
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Turning the spotlight on the politics, power and problems in primary education
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A review of trauma-informed neuroscientific theory to unpack the early childhood education teacher’s pastoral role in South Africa
Background: This review explores the pastoral role of early childhood development (ECD) teachers through a trauma-informed lens, grounded in neuroscience. …
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10-year-olds reading for meaning? A study of Sesotho Grade 4 learners’ foundational reading skills
Background: South Africa’s PIRLS 2021 outcomes revealed that learners struggle with comprehension. The reasons for poor reading need to be …
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Orthographic knowledge as a predictor of reading and spelling in isiXhosa third graders
Background: Research acknowledges the importance of phonological processing and orthographic processing for reading and spelling in both consistently and inconsistently …
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Mental mathematics knowledge for teaching of ‘high gain’ pre-service teachers
Background: Initial teacher education (ITE) research in South Africa shows gaps in pre-service teachers’ (PSTs) primary mathematics knowledge. Aim: We …
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Preferred problem-solving methods employed by Grade 4 learners for measurement word problems
Background: Problem-solving as a vehicle to develop independent thinking skills is mostly underestimated and is often either overlooked or not …
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Assessing student teachers’ knowledge of English to inform curriculum design in initial teacher education
Background: In Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, there are concerns about student teachers’ English language proficiency. Aim: To discuss the …
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The development of pre-service teachers’ competence to teach mental calculation strategies
Background: There is a concern in South Africa that pre-service teachers do not have the required knowledge to teach mathematics …
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Authentic caring in online professional development for early childhood teachers in South Africa
Background: The professional development (PD) of early childhood teachers is of strategic importance in higher education and the profession given …
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Support services for learners with learning disabilities in mainstream classrooms using capability theory
Background: South African schools accommodate a wide range of learners with various learning abilities in accordance with the policy of …
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Efficacy of indigenous games on literacy and numeracy development in pre-schoolers in Zambia
Background: The most effective indigenous games well known to pre-schoolers must be used in schools, given the significance of literacy …
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Leadership discourses in early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa and Finland
Background: This study explores the experiences of early childhood education (ECE) leaders during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, drawing …
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Interrogating the epistemic dimension for new beginnings in early childhood care and education
Background: Currently, the globe is at the crossroads of a polycrisis where multiple shocks and interdependencies play out in an …
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Pre-service teachers’ use of the jump strategy on the empty number line for mental computation
Background: South African teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching and number sense are markedly low, evidenced in national and international research. …
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New home for early childhood development in the DBE: implications for ECD practitioners?
Background: Early childhood development (ECD) is pivotal in addressing educational inequality and reducing income disparities in South Africa. Government initiatives …
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Research-informed translation of mental strategy teaching materials into isiXhosa
Background: This article critically examines the nature of isiXhosa translations in mathematics learning materials, specifically focusing on the doubling and …
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Translanguaging as a strategy for navigating multilingualism in peri-urban preschool classrooms
Background: Language discussions have historically focused on the power dynamics between dominant and indigenous languages. This has generated discontent and …