This chapter provides a critical look at what COVID-19 meant for the education sector in
South Africa. It documents the path of the pandemic in the education space to understand its …

We live in unprecedented times and are bombarded with various changes to normality and
everyday usual business. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of …

As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political
landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and …

Educational quality has been improving in South Africa, off a low base, according to
international testing programmes. Yet this trajectory was fragile already before the COVID …

Background Studies in biology have shown that students perceive variation and evolution to
be difficult areas to learn. This has sparked rote learning of variation and evolution concepts …

This study describes multilingual students' authentic use of their multiple languages in a
science classroom in Viljoensdrift, South Africa. There has been a broad scope of research …

This article explores the power of language to either include or exclude certain groups of
students from genuine opportunities for mathematical sense-making. The substantial …

The question," how does the UTAUT variables (Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy,
Social Influence and Facilitating Conditions) influence mathematics teachers' acceptance of …

This mixed method study investigated changes in 3rd year Bachelor of Education students'
attitudes towards chemistry after learning interventions with virtual chemistry simulations …

An important component of an individual's scientific literacy is a positive attitude towards
science. However, emphasis is too often placed on achievement scores rather than attitude …