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School leadership practices for science and mathematics in high-stakes testing environments: An integrated school leadership approach
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-11-27)High school science and mathematics achievements in high-stakes testing environments are often characterised by poor performance and reduced participation by learners. The poor performance and reduced participation by ... -
A comparative analysis of virtual and traditional laboratory chemistry learning
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-11-27)Laboratory experimentation in the context of school science is a widely advocated teaching strategy for the simplification of several abstract scientific concepts. Laboratory-based learning activities have proven to enhance ... -
The affordances of project-based learning and classroom action research in the teaching and learning of Natural Sciences
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-11-27)In this paper I reflect on the experiences of Life- and Natural Sciences teachers in the Northern Cape who engaged in classroom action research (CAR). The context was a short-learning programme (SLP) facilitated by the ... -
Qué es evaluar, cómo se evalúa y que se evalúa en educación física. Procesos de evaluación educativa y su aplicación en la educación física
(Universidad de Santo Tomas, 2016)Para hablar de los procesos de evaluación en la práctica formativa en la Educación Física, es necesario empezar por delimitar en qué consiste la evaluación y cómo se clasifica. Para lograr esto, se identificará que es la ... -
Tutors' views on the integrated tutor model in open distance learning
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-11-27)The facilitation of learning by tutors is a worldwide phenomenon that is supported by most open and distance learning (ODL) institutions. It is a strategy employed to achieve academic success. This qualitative intrinsic ... -
Reading skills can predict the programming performance of novices: an eye-tracking study
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-11-27)Due to the character of programming languages, reading ability may have more impact on learning to program than on learning in other subjects. This paper describes an exploratory study of the relationship between reading ... -
Engineering students' actions in a mathematical modelling task: Mediating mathematical understanding in a computer algebra system
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-11-27)Many engineering subjects rely on the interpretation of symbolic, numeric and graphic representations. Engineering students have challenges pertaining to their mathematical understanding of their actions with a computer ... -
Doctorates by thesis and publication in clinical medicine: an analysis of examiners' reports
(Perspectives in Education, 2020-03-03)National and institutional policies to escalate the production of doctorates have raised concerns about the quality of PhDs in South Africa. This study evaluates examiner reports of doctorates by thesis and publication in ... -
Tipología de la docencia en una universidad pública del noroeste de México
(Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2016-06-16)Se presentan los resultados de la aplicación del método de clúster para dar soporte a la construcción de una tipología de la práctica docente en una universidad pública. Se describen las similitudes y diferencias que se ... -
Critical attributes of effective classrooms: insights from classroom engagement
(Perspectives in Education, 2020-03-03)Student success is an international priority and various initiatives have been implemented in higher education to improve success rates, especially in the first year of study. However, few of these initiatives have focused ... -
La evaluación educativa como ámbito de especialización profesional
(2018)En este artículo se presenta una revisión acerca de la Medición y Evaluación Educativas como ámbitos de profesionalización. La evaluación ha ido instaurándose en nuestra sociedad, en especial respecto a la Educación. Hay ... -
Understanding the nature of learning and opportunities to learn created by work-integrated learning: a perspective in vocational education
(Perspectives in Education, 2020-03-03)The Constitution for the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) embraces language as a basic human right and multilingualism as a national resource. One latest foreign language to be given recognition by the Department ... -
Teaching policy literacy: a case study from the field of disability and rehabilitation studies
(Perspectives in Education, 2020-03-03)Policies guide how we practice as professionals and service providers. A critical engagement with policy analysis is needed and the field of disability and rehabilitation is no exception. This is because the discourse of ... -
A child inmate’s stories of schooling and the possibilities for self-change and self-care
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-04-16)Going beyond the static, dangerous version of a single story about who an African child inmate is, is an ethical responsibility – especially when we consider the structural and material forces that are tangled in this evil ... -
Agency, resilience and innovation in overcoming educational failure
(Perspectives in Education, 2019-04-16)This study seeks to understand how a group of boys in a Durban township achieved exceptional educational results despite the severe financial, social and educational constraints they faced. Their high school typified the ... -
Analysing historical enquiry in school history textbooks
(Perspectives in Education, 2018-10-16)According to the South African curriculum, two of the aims of learning history are to learn the process of historical enquiry and to understand historical concepts such as the use of historical sources and examining evidence. ... -
Implicaciones del paradigma de conflicto en la evaluación educativa
(Universidad Iberoamericana, 2016)Se delimitan las diferencias entre los estudios de evaluación educativa realizados desde la perspectiva ideológica del equilibrio y los conducidos bajo la del conflicto, señalando que el rol de los primeros es el de preservar ... -
Addressing the factors responsible for the misunderstanding of Technology Education with other subject fields
(Perspectives in Education, 2018-10-16)Technology Education was introduced and rolled out in South African schools in 1998. It has been twenty years since its implementation, yet it is being confused with other traditional subjects. Therefore, even though it ... -
Inter-rater agreement in assigning cognitive demand to Life Sciences examination questions
(Perspectives in Education, 2018-10-16)Taxonomies of cognitive demand are frequently used to ensure that assessment tasks include questions ranging from low to high cognitive demand. This paper investigates inter-rater agreement among four evaluators on the ... -
La evaluación educativa como una estrategia de aprendizaje: Estudio realizado en Escuela Normal José Martí-Matagalpa, 2016
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Managua, 2017)El presente artículo resume los resultados del estudio realizado acerca de la evaluación educativa como estrategia de aprendizaje, con estudiantes de segundo año del curso regular de la carrera de Formación Inicial Docente ...