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Obstacles to critical thinking: A qualitative study on secondary school learners in Masvingo, Zimbabwe 批判性思维的障碍：对津巴布韦马斯文戈中学学生的定性研究

IF 0.8 4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v44n1a2261

Prayers Wekwete, Leonie Higgs

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The effect of life-design-based counselling on high school learners from resource-constrained communities 基于人生设计的辅导对来自资源有限社区的高中生的影响

IF 0.8 4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v44n1a2405

Che Jude, J. Maree

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Setting up classroom libraries in rural areas: The case of Mogodumo circuit in Limpopo 在农村地区建立教室图书馆：林波波省莫戈杜莫巡回区的案例

IF 0.8 4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.15700/v44n1a2315

M. Motseke, MM Maja, S. Meeran

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Exploring teachers’ experiences in implementing the Screening, identification, assessment and support policy in South Africa 探讨南非教师实施筛选、鉴定、评估和支持政策的经验

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2228

Carien Maree, Janet Condy, Lawrence Meda

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Experiences of parental involvement in privileged and underprivileged schools 父母参与特权学校和非特权学校的经历

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2201

R Manilal, V Jairam

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Improving soya mince recipes in the National School Nutrition Programme in South Africa 改进南非国家学校营养计划中的豆瓣酱配方

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2210

Carmen Muller, Maricia Margrit van Deventer, Beulah Pretorius, Hettie Carina Schönfeldt

{"title":"Improving soya mince recipes in the National School Nutrition Programme in South Africa","authors":"Carmen Muller, Maricia Margrit van Deventer, Beulah Pretorius, Hettie Carina Schönfeldt","doi":"10.15700/saje.v43n3a2210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v43n3a2210","url":null,"abstract":"The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in South Africa provides thousands of needy children with school meals on school days. One, and in some cases 2, of these meals per week are soya based. A review of the NSNP revealed that many children do not eat on those days because they find the soya mince meal unappetising. As the meal served within the NSNP may be the only meal these learners receive during a day, it is essential to ensure learners’ willingness to consume the meal, and, therefore, that the meal is made appetising and nutritious. During visits to 3 schools in the Tshwane district, interviews were conducted with school meal handlers. Information gathered from these sessions was used to develop 4 new recipes that fall within the guidelines and budget of the NSNP. The final recipes were beef bolognaise soya mince, chicken curry soya mince, chilli con carne soya mince and one-pot soya mince biryani. To evaluate the acceptability of these newly developed recipes, a sensory panel of 100 university students that formed part of the NSNP during their schooling years was assembled. The sensory evaluation was done by comparing the existing soya mince meal with the 4 new soya mince recipes. One of the new soya mince meals was found to be the preferred dish and was rated significantly higher in acceptability than the original soya mince meal.","PeriodicalId":47261,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136036484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The moderating role of supervisor support in the effect of perceived overqualification on workplace loneliness 主管支持在资历过高感知对职场孤独感的调节作用

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2110

Ferda Üstün, Emre Üstün

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More than a principal: Ubuntu at the heart of successful school leadership in the Western Cape 不仅仅是校长:乌班图是西开普省成功学校领导的核心

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2168

Michael Kramer

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Promoting formative assessment practices in senior phase mathematics classrooms using meaning equivalence reusable learning objects 利用意义等价可重用学习对象促进高年级数学课堂形成性评价实践

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2245

Lydia Omowunmi Adesanya, Marien Alet Graham

{"title":"Promoting formative assessment practices in senior phase mathematics classrooms using meaning equivalence reusable learning objects","authors":"Lydia Omowunmi Adesanya, Marien Alet Graham","doi":"10.15700/saje.v43n3a2245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v43n3a2245","url":null,"abstract":"South African mathematics teachers in the Senior Phase (Grades 8 and 9) were introduced to the pedagogical tool, meaning equivalence reusable learning objects (MERLO), as a formative assessment (FA) strategy to promote and support teachers’ professional growth in using FA practices in the classroom. The cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) and meta-didactical transposition (MDT) were used to frame the evolution process of teachers’ praxeologies. In this study we used qualitative participatory action research that encompassed 3 phases: pre-MERLO phase, MERLO workshop and post-MERLO phase. The study was conducted in the northeast of Pretoria in the Tshwane district in the Gauteng province, South Africa. Twelve Senior Phase mathematics teachers were purposively sampled in 6 public schools before the workshop training. During the workshop training, only 5 teachers participated due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The data collection techniques included pre- and post-interviews, workshop training sessions, classroom observations, field notes, teachers’ reflective journals, teachers’ lesson plans, learners’ workbooks and learners’ worksheets, and data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings reveal that the teachers acquired adequate knowledge and skills to effectively structure and integrate the lesson plan of teachers’ didactical praxeologies as FA activities into their mathematics classrooms. The findings also reveal that the learners showed more interest and motivation, were actively involved, developed a deeper understanding of mathematics content, and showed increased autonomy in learning. Future research could involve implementing MERLO in all South African provinces and introducing MERLO to other emerging countries. However, the findings of this study are based on a limited sample of teachers and schools, and the recommendation is that, for future studies, more teachers should be involved in the MERLO professional development.","PeriodicalId":47261,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136036083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dispositional mindfulness associated with less academic burnout among Muslim students during the COVID-19 pandemic 在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，气质正念与穆斯林学生较少的学业倦怠有关

4区教育学

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.15700/saje.v43n3a2231

Aamer Aldbyani, Mohammed Alabyadh, Bingqing Ma, Yiqing Lv, Jie Leng, Qingke Guo

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