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'n Modulêre ordening van leerinhoud in tegniese tekene deur afstandsonderrig

  • Authors: Du Toit, Gerhardus Stephanus
  • Date: 2014-04-16
  • Subjects: Mechanical drawing - Study and teaching (Secondary) - South Africa , Engineering drawings , Technical institutes - South Africa - Curricula , Distance education - South Africa
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:10755 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10263
  • Description: M.Ed. (Curriculum Studies) , The future economic development of South Africa largely depends on the training of a career-skilled corps of workers. The current conventional educational system cannot provide in the demand for a career-skilled corps of workers on a large scale. Distance education in its different variations is gaining ground in increasing measure and can be regarded as a possible solution for the educational problem. Because of the distance between the lecturer and the student intensive attention needs to be given to the study material - especially the arrangement of the learning content to make the learning experience more effective. The design of a modular training program is a possible method to ensure effective self-study material. Modular training is aimed at accompa- nying the student meaningfully through objective-directed learning content. The Technical College of South Africa (Technisa) is one of South.Africa's distance education institutions. Currently a movement is taking place in the direction of a type of modular training which is known as the Technisa Modular Training (TMT) programme. One of the career-orientated subjects offered is Technical Drawing. In order to offer the training of Technical Drawing more effectively the subject contents are ordered according to the Technisa Modular Training programme. In this study a literature study has been done to define the concept distance education; to list the advantages and disadvantages; to scrutinise the total modular system as teaching strategy; to determine the components of a subject curriculum and adjust it according to the Technisa Modular Training programme.
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A mathematics competency test for the placement of students at a technical college

Die onderrig van eksponentwette deur middel van die rekenaar

Identifisering van potensiele risikostudente in ingenieurstekene aan tegniese kolleges

  • Authors: Henning, Jan Albert
  • Date: 2012-08-15
  • Subjects: Engineering drawings , Technical institutes - South Africa - Curricula , Mechanical drawing - Study and teaching (Secondary) - South Africa , Students - Rating of , Prediction of scholastic success
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:9355 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5794
  • Description: D.Ed. , Currently, the passrate for Engineering Drawing presented at Technical Colleges is unacceptably low. This study is an extension of an earlier study done in the same studyfield, by the same writer. A need has thus arisen not only to investigate the problem areas responsible for the high drop-out rate in Engineering Drawing, but also to investigate the possibility of the early identification of the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. In an attempt to address this problein further, the aim of this study therefore is to develop an appropriate measuring instrument which may be used to identify the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. Five Technical Colleges on the Eastrand in the Gauteng Province - catering mainly for black students - were included in the investigation. For the research study the "Trade Aptitude Test Battery" (TRAT), compiled by the Human Sciences Research Counil, was used. The results of this study, clearly showed three-dimensional spatial perception (subtest 16 of the TRAT) as the only factor to be used when identifying the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. Subtest 16 of the TRAT could then be used as an "criterion" to identify the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. Lastly this study showed that to master Engineering Drawing requires a great deal of spatial ability. Lecturers presenting this subject will therefore have to take into account the recommendations of this study as set out in chapter 9 when enrolling students for Engineering Drawing. Subject specific remedial programmes should be utilized to improve the successrate in Engeneering Drawing of the identified potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing.
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Leerders se persepsies oor tegniese vakke : riglyne vir die toekoms

  • Authors: Van Niekerk, James
  • Date: 2012-08-22
  • Subjects: Technical education - South Africa , Technology - Study and teaching , Technical institutes - South Africa - Curricula , Students - Attitudes
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:2967 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6393
  • Description: M.Ed. , There is a great need for technical artisans in South Africa. Unfortunately the previous educational dispensation did not do much to remedy the situation, and now education, especially in the technological field, suffers a crisis as far as credibility, provision and relevance are concerned. Technology is changing every day, and to keep up to date, one must realise that learners do not choose technical subjects at school, or for that matter, do not pursue a career in technology. A qualitative approach was followed, interviews conducted at selected schools, and the result analysed to find out what the perceptions of learners are for not choosing technical subjects. The data yielded four categories, namely experience, ambition, status and technology. It seems that past experiences of parents cause learners not to go into technical careers for the perception exists that it entails is called "dirty work"; these jobs also have no status and learners would prefer to pursue university careers. Some recommendations are made, one being that the government of the day should take up the responsibility to get involved to make the technological field more attractive to prospective job seekers. Better salaries, especially for teachers, upgrading of schools and technical centres, better job opportunities and fighting perceptions of prejudice might solve this problem.
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Probleme in afstandsonderrig aan 'n tegniese kollege

  • Authors: Michau, Albert Lambertus
  • Date: 2014-03-10
  • Subjects: Technical institutes - South Africa - Curricula
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:4249 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9607
  • Description: M.Ed. , According to government reports in the White Paper education must be accessible to the total population of the Republic of South Africa. Statistics indicate that a vast number of citizens have no qualification at all and a major part of the remainder only have a basic qualification. It is therefore vital that education be available to all, and the most effective way of providing education is by means of istance education. In order to solve the education crisis by means of distance education, one has to address the variety of problems that will be encountered. This study was intended to clarify some specific educational and personal problems encountered in distance education. With four of the problems identified i~ mind, a relevant literature study was done. From the insight gained by means of the literature study a questionnaire was formulated and distributed to ascertain the views of 7000 students. The students were all students at Technisa, the only technical college in distance education in the Republic of South Africa. After the acquired information was analysed, an interpretation of the data was done. The findings produced the following important information:- Students require study material with adequate information to enable them to work at an individual pace. Examples in the study material should be market related, and very clear step-by-step procedures should be provided. Lecturers should bear in mind that the students study on a part time basis, being employed during the day. For this reason unneccesary information is superfluous. Students also need extended time to finish a course. The language should be comprehensible at the level the students have enrolled at, t .e. NI-level terms and concepts shou1d be used for an NI student .. Alecturer should be able to express himsel f on paper and should provi de all the wri tten support needed by the student. This support and motivation should be fed back in the shortest time possible so that the student will not be left in the dark with long time delays between submitting an assignment and receiving it back again. Students need seminars/workshops by Technisa to enable them to put quest ions and queri es to their 1ecturer and to make contact with their fellow students. Such contact will mot ivate the students and ensure that they do not feel alone or left in the dark by Technisa. The questionnaire also brought to light that the majority of students were first time correspondence/distance education students, and this proves that distance education should adapt to di fferent student I s needs to study and succeed through distance education.
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Rekenaarondersteuningsgroepe in die tegniese kollege

  • Authors: Hawthorn, Edwin
  • Date: 2015-03-02
  • Subjects: Technical institutes - South Africa - Curricula , Teachers - Training of - South Africa - Evaluation , Computer-assisted instruction - South Africa , Computer science - Study and teaching (Secondary) - South Africa - Evaluation
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:13374 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13386
  • Description: M.Ed. , Renewal represents an improvement in accepted existing practice. This implies that the old practice is just not good enough any longer. Similarly, the knowledge and training base of lecturers at technical colleges fell short with the introduction of the new National Intermediate Certificate, as well as the National Senior Certificate in 1992. The subject-related problems which emerged, could have been solved by various techniques. The quality circle, self-directed work team and support groups, are three group-related problem-solving techniques to be assessed in this study. The three techniques share group participation as a common characteristic. Each of these techniques still maintains a unique approach and method in solving a problem. One would have a remarkable problem-solving technique if one could capitalise on all the positive aspects of the various techniques. The introduction of the new National Intermediate Certificate and the National Senior Certificate, is a direct result of adherence to community needs. The new courses demanded implementation of computer training in various fields of study at technical colleges. A curriculum analysis focusing on Parktown College, led to the identification of three fields of study affected by the introduction of the computer. Lecturers responsible for computer training experienced and still experience various problems. These problems were identified by means of a focus group interview.
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