Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-104).
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
School of Education
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867614491092451328 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Xhalisa, Thabisa Patricia |
| author2 | Prinsloo, Mastin |
| author_browse | Prinsloo, Mastin Xhalisa, Thabisa Patricia |
| author_facet | Prinsloo, Mastin Xhalisa, Thabisa Patricia |
| author_sort | Xhalisa, Thabisa Patricia |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-104). |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11496 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:52:53.103Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publishDateRange | 2015 |
| publishDateSort | 2015 |
| publisher | School of Education |
| publisherStr | School of Education |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11496 Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school Xhalisa, Thabisa Patricia Prinsloo, Mastin Education Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-104). This thesis examines the teaching practices and ideas about language and teaching that Foundation Phase educators hold as regard literacy and language issues, and the effect of these ideas and practices on children’s learning. An ethnographic-style case study approach was used to examine classroom-based literacy and language practices. Qualitative classroom-based data indicated a disjuncture between educators' conceptualisations about early learning and their literacy teaching practices and that the teaching practices that were evident did not facilitate successful learning on the part of the learners despite the availability and use of isiXhosa as a medium of instruction. Instead, classroom literacy lessons were limited to rote learning and memorisation, which resulted in learners being passive recipients of literacy knowledge. The study concludes that home language instruction does not of itself guarantee academic success, as learners struggle to learn when are not given the freedom to participate in classroom activities and to become active learners, despite being taught in their home language. 2015-01-05T18:55:03Z 2015-01-05T18:55:03Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters M Phil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11496 eng application/pdf School of Education Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Education Xhalisa, Thabisa Patricia Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school |
| title_full | Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school |
| title_fullStr | Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school |
| title_short | Educators' perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a Cape Town township primary school |
| title_sort | educators perceptions and practices regarding early literacy instruction and language issues in a cape town township primary school |
| topic | Education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11496 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT xhalisathabisapatricia educatorsperceptionsandpracticesregardingearlyliteracyinstructionandlanguageissuesinacapetowntownshipprimaryschool |