Search Results - University of the Free State

Principals play an integral role in enhancing the skills and professional development of their teaching staff when they provide constructive feedback to enhance the reflexive capabilities of teachers as determined by teacher education policy (MRTEQ, 2015) and can be the driving force behind their p...

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This conceptual study addresses the pressing character education crisis in Indonesia, characterized by increasing violence, bullying, and antisocial behavior in schools, and rapid technological advancements that have reduced children's physical activity and social interactions, contributing to...

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Adopting the document study methodology and using Bernstein’s theory of pedagogy as an analytical framework, the study investigated policy responses to education provision in displacement contexts, the pedagogic models generated from such policies, and the implications for promoting learning. The f...

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The pervasive influence of science and technology globally necessitates thoroughly examining its impact on education systems as policymakers face the daunting task of recalibrating educational frameworks for contemporary professional requirements. These changes affect learning, teaching and institu...

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This paper critically examines the role of transcendental capabilities in the decoloniality of educational policy and planning, to ascertain how trans-coloniality can enable the African political economy to reposition itself through higher education knowledge management best practices. In this pape...

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On 20 March 1994, Gretha Heymans became the first female minister ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Bloemfontein, following the 1990 Synod decision to allow women as elders and ministers. This article explores whether the DRC’s experience of ordaining women can help the ecumenical chur...

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Using technology in education is important because it allows teachers to include digital play in their lessons. This study used the technological pedagogical content knowledge model as a theoretical framework to explore teachers’ experiences using digital play for teaching and learning in the found...

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The book "New frontiers in contemporary missiology: Southern African perspectives" by Mbaya, H. (Ed.), (UJ Press, 2024), pp. 128, ISBN 978-1-7764896-3-3 is reviewed. 

This article explores the relationship between mission healthcare and poverty reduction, by investigating the role that Ghana’s neo-Pentecostal mission healthcare plays in the latter. Currently, in Ghana, the role of missions in health and well-being has become more diverse and impactful. Through a...

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Teh book "The spiritual practices of South African clergy: State of the clergy" by Joynt, S. (Ed.), (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2024), pp. 193, ISBN 9781666922387, is reviewed.

This article seeks to address the following question: To what extent can we draw a parallel between the methodology of African women’s theology and that of African indigenous research? It sets out on the premise that indigenous methodologies strive towards research authenticity, from an insider per...

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The book "Apologetics in Africa: An introduction" by Ndereba, K.M. (ed.), (Bukuru: ACT and Langham Publishing, 2024), pp. 382, ISBN 9781839736629, is reviewed.

The congruency of professed Christian faith with its corresponding conscience is critical for the church to embody the servanthood of Christ that would rid Africans of poverty and hegemonic vices (Verster 2022:59). However, according to Boesak (2005:39), Africa has enfeebled public conscience. Mean...

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The book "The Christian God: Collected Essays" by Shutte, A. (Ed. Patrick Giddy), (Johannesburg: UJ University Press, 2024), ISBN 1923206370 is reviewed.

This study explored strategies to rebuild and strengthen Zimbabwe’s early childhood development (ECD) programmes in the post-COVID-19 era, focusing on inclusive, resilient, and communitydriven approaches that address systemic inequities. While prior disparities increased the effect of the crisis, t...

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IsiNdebele, as a language of science, remains underdeveloped. The lack of scientific terms hinders the teaching of natural sciences to isiNdebele speakers. The aim of this qualitative interpretative case study, using interviews and a diary, is to explore the process of developing a scientific regis...

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The article discusses managerial challenge in Ghana’s electricity sector. The analysis relies on field interviews and general observation, supplemented by extensive reviews of related literature, including annual reports by sector managers and energy access data available on the web. The article fi...

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The scholarship on teacher leadership has witnessed significant growth over the past two decades, yielding a plethora of research highlighting this phenomenon’s complexities. However, a notable gap persists in the extant literature, namely, the nexus between teacher identity, the multifaceted selve...

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Climate change and its associated risks continue to dominate global discourse, considering the negative effect on human existence. Despite a plethora of scientific publications on climate change with its associated risks globally and locally, there is limited empirical evidence from the Ghanaian Ch...

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