These ideas have been submitted to the UCT Knowledge Co-op; they are available to students at UCT who may choose them for their research topics toward a degree. They have been categorise for convenience purposes. 

N.B. Projects often do fit in more than one category and so may be listed in more than one category.

The ones listed below related to Education.

NOTE: This table was updated in September 2016. 
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Category 1: Education
Project Name Project Description

# 213. Test for school readiness

Assess context of ECD project in Delft and develop school readiness testing programme

# 217. Training for prison officers

Assess training needs of prison officials to run correctional programmes.

# 228. Tracking ECD beneficiaries

Tracer study of ECD graduates: how do they cope in primary school (academic & social)?

# 252. Track Nal’ibali reading process

Track the Nal'ibali programme nationally to assess when, where, how and what reading happens? Theorise what is happening.

# 254. Study link between motivation & reading behaviour

Apply the literature on the cyclical link between motivation, reading behaviour and becoming a successful and habitual reader to the Nal'ibali context.

# 255. Study of social/cultural practice in reading groups

Anthropological study of social/cultural practice in reading groups, or in home settings.

# 256. Leading a Nal'ibali reading group

What is the impact of leading a reading club on adult reading over time? Does it impact on their own reading behaviour? How?

# 257. Educational impact of reading club

Follow a reading group from club to class to assess educational impact of the club on participants.

# 322. Parenting support for resilient families

Evaluate/study a programme that educates parents to be more involved in their children’s lives, ages 3 - 12.

# 334. Bilingual reading material

Study of language use with bilingual reading material, & attitudes towards reading/ writing /engaging in African languages.

# 349. Personal development tool

Assess the impact of a story-based personal development tool used with vulnerable children. Deals with fear, hope, gratitude. A workshop using the process will be conducted for observation.

# 335. Reading club snapshots

‘Multimodal’ case studies of practice in reading clubs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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