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ISTE 2012<br />
Draft Conference programme: 2012‐10‐16<br />
21 October 2012 (Sunday)<br />
14h00‐18h00: Arrival and Registration (Reception & Foyer)<br />
18h00‐20h00: Welcome Dinner (Restaurant)<br />
22 October 2012 (Monday)<br />
07h00‐08h00: Breakfast (Restaurant) & Registration (Foyer)<br />
08h00‐8h30: Welcome<br />
Venue: Main Hall<br />
Introduction and overview of the conference: Prof Harrison Atagana, Head of ISTE and Conference Chair<br />
Venue: Main Hall<br />
Mathematics Education<br />
Chair: Mariette Hitge<br />
Secondary schools teacher’s ICT<br />
competencies in classroom practices:<br />
technological pedagogical content<br />
knowledge framework (tpack).<br />
Abueng Rachel Molotsi<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Teachers’ views on the use of<br />
context in transition to mathematics.<br />
Mr. MM Phoshoko<br />
08h30‐10h00: Plenary session Prof. Mogege D. Mosimege<br />
Title: Mathematical Connections and Contexts<br />
Venue: Main Hall � Chair: Prof David Mogari.<br />
10h00‐10h30: Tea (Foyer)<br />
Venue: Matomena 1<br />
ICT in Education<br />
Chair: Ronel Paulsen<br />
Using self‐directed learning and<br />
industry collaboration to foster<br />
life‐ long learning in information<br />
technology students.<br />
Roelien Goede & Estelle Taylor<br />
NWU, South Africa<br />
Computer Science students,<br />
Learning Styles and readiness for<br />
Self‐Directed Learning.<br />
Venue: Matomena 2<br />
Science Education<br />
Chair: Michele Stears<br />
Linking formal environmental<br />
knowledge and everyday<br />
practices: a case study of<br />
three Lesotho secondary<br />
schools<br />
Michele Stears & Edith Dempster<br />
University of KwaZulu‐Natal,<br />
South Africa<br />
Lira Molapo<br />
Lesotho National Department of<br />
Education, Lesotho<br />
Conceptions of scientific literacy:<br />
the NCS and pre‐service science<br />
teachers.<br />
Venue: Matomena 3<br />
Physics Education<br />
Chair: Jeanne Kriek<br />
Why do learners have<br />
misconceptions?<br />
Using the information processing<br />
model to explain misconceptions in<br />
physics.<br />
Miriam Lemmer<br />
North‐West University, South Africa<br />
How can misconceptions be<br />
handled?<br />
Using the conceptual refinement<br />
model to address misconceptions in
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University of South Africa<br />
Exploring the views of Mathematics<br />
teachers on content excluded in the<br />
national curriculum.<br />
Lovemore J Nyaumwe & Mapula G<br />
Ngoepe<br />
University of South Africa, South<br />
Africa<br />
Students as partners in mathematics<br />
course design: An ethnographic case<br />
study.<br />
F.K Duah & A. C. Croft<br />
Loughborough University,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
The role of a mathematics<br />
improvement course in bridging the<br />
gap between secondary and tertiary<br />
mathematics ‐ a progress report.<br />
Mariette Hitge & Elza Hattingh<br />
North‐West University<br />
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Estelle Taylor & Roelien Goede<br />
North‐West University, South<br />
Africa<br />
Usage of ICTs for instructional,<br />
managerial and personal<br />
purposes by science, technology<br />
and mathematics lecturers in the<br />
colleges of education in South‐<br />
Western Nigeria<br />
H. N. Odogwu , J. A. Jimoh, , S. O.<br />
Olabiyi, R. O. Yewande,<br />
University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos<br />
State, Nigeria<br />
Information and Communication<br />
Technology integration into the<br />
curriculum: Where is our starting<br />
point, Infrastructure or capacity?<br />
MZ Ramorola<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Collaborative development of a<br />
multimedia professional learning<br />
resource in sub‐<br />
Saharan Africa to support<br />
interactive teaching in science<br />
and mathematics using ICT.<br />
Bjoern Hassler & Sara Hennessy<br />
University of Cambridge, United<br />
Kingdom<br />
Ronel Paulsen & Mapula Ngoepe<br />
UNISA, South Africa<br />
Tony Mays<br />
SAIDE / OER Africa, South Africa<br />
13h00‐14h00: Lunch (Restaurant)<br />
Mary‐Anne Good<br />
UKZN, South Africa<br />
Barriers experienced by Natural<br />
Science teachers in doing<br />
practical work in primary schools<br />
in Gauteng.<br />
Prem Jotham Heeralal Heeralal<br />
University of South Africa, South<br />
Africa<br />
Evaluating problem solving<br />
strategies used by grade 11 &<br />
12 physical science learners in<br />
Gert Sibande district in solving<br />
stoichiometric questions.<br />
Tigere Edwin<br />
Harrison Atagana<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Educating through Movies: How<br />
Hollywood Fosters Reflection.<br />
Pablo G. Blasco, Mariluz Gonzalez<br />
Blasco , Marcelo R. Levites,<br />
Graziela Moreto & James W.<br />
Tysinger.<br />
Brazilian Society of Family<br />
Medicine.<br />
physics.<br />
Miriam Lemmer<br />
North‐West University, South Africa<br />
New curriculum Nature, Life and<br />
Technology (NLT): an advanced<br />
interdisciplinary course for science<br />
students in senior high school<br />
Harrie Ejkelhof<br />
Freudental Institute<br />
Netherland<br />
Knowledge and Attitudes of student<br />
teachers about radiation and<br />
radioactivity.<br />
Coréne Coetzee<br />
University of Pretoria, South Africa<br />
Jeanne Kriek & Ilsa Basson<br />
UNISA ,South Africa<br />
Pre‐service physics students’<br />
experiences of ICT simulations and<br />
traditional practicals in Light and<br />
the Photoelectric Effect.<br />
Nadaraj Govender<br />
University of KwaZulu‐Natal, South<br />
Africa
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16h00<br />
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16h30<br />
Venue: Main hall<br />
Mathematics education<br />
WORKSHOP<br />
WORKSHOP:GeoGebra<br />
Dr Gerrit Stols<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
WORKSHOP:GeoGebra<br />
Dr Gerrit Stols<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
WORKSHOP:GeoGebra<br />
Dr Gerrit Stols<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
WORKSHOP:GeoGebra<br />
Dr Gerrit Stols<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
WORKSHOP:GeoGebra<br />
Dr Gerrit Stols<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
Venue: Matomena 1<br />
Mathematics Education<br />
Chair: Mapula Ngoepe<br />
Designing instruction to promote mathematics<br />
problem solving skills of high school learners.<br />
Joseph J Dhlamini<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Preparing mathematics teachers for the future:<br />
are we there?<br />
Sonja van Putten, Gerrit Stols & Sarah Howie<br />
University of Pretoria, South Africa<br />
Some of the problems experienced in the<br />
teaching of data‐handling in grade11<br />
Eva G. Makwakwa 1 *and David Mogari 2<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
“I now have a deeper understanding”: Shaping<br />
students’ approach to learning through project<br />
work in Statistics.<br />
Thea Corbett 1 & David Mogari 2<br />
1<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
2<br />
University of South Africa,<br />
Investigating the impediments of Grade 11<br />
learners’ understanding of quadratic functions<br />
Emmanuel Ibeawuchi & Ngoepe Mapula G<br />
College of Education, University of South Africa<br />
18h00‐20h00 Dinner<br />
Venue: Matomena 23<br />
Chemistry Education<br />
Chair: CE Ochonogor<br />
The effect of practising thinking skills on<br />
Chemistry first year students.<br />
Marié Du Toit & Colin Read<br />
North‐West University, South Africa<br />
Effects of Computer Simulations on the teaching<br />
and learning of atomic combinations to grade 11<br />
physical science Learners<br />
Kotoka Love (Mrs.) & C.E. Ochonogor<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Grade 10 Physical Science Students` Reasoning<br />
about Basic Chemical Phenomena at Sub‐<br />
microscopic Level<br />
Gift M. Nyanhi and<br />
C.E. Ochonogor<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Exploring teachers’ problems in chemical<br />
equilibrium (a case study of Queenstown District)<br />
Turai Chinaka and C.E. Ochonogor<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Effect of cooperative learning style on students’<br />
achievements in organic chemistry<br />
Ayalew Temesgen and C.E. Ochonogor<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong>
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23 October 2012 (Tuesday)<br />
07h45‐08h30 Breakfast (Restaurant) & Registration (Foyer)<br />
08h30‐10h00: Prof Harrie Eijkelhof (Freudental Institute, Netherland)<br />
Comparative studies in science and mathematics education: recent developments, risks and benefits<br />
Venue: Main Hall � Chair: Prof Jeanne Kriek.<br />
10h00‐10h30: Tea<br />
Venue: Main hall<br />
Mathematics Education<br />
Chair: Sunday Iijeh<br />
Teaching ‘O’ level probability<br />
through activities and co‐operative<br />
group approaches<br />
Benard Chigonga<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Developing a Computer Aided<br />
Algebraic Problem Solving<br />
Assessment tool (CAAPSA)<br />
N. Lupahla & D. Mogari<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Using pedagogical content<br />
knowledge (pck) by competent<br />
mathematics teachers to deal with<br />
learners’ conceptions in statistics<br />
Venue: Matomena 1<br />
ICT in Maths Education<br />
Chair: Alfred Mutanga<br />
ICT tools and Mathematics<br />
pedagogy: Troubling the<br />
possibilities.<br />
Alfred Mutanga<br />
University of South Africa, South<br />
Africa<br />
I‐phone application on Historic<br />
Mathematicians and virtual<br />
manipulatives.<br />
Mienie de Kock<br />
Texas A&M University<br />
USA<br />
The use of technology in securing<br />
mathematical efficiency with<br />
understanding in ordinary<br />
differential equations.<br />
Venue: Matomena 2<br />
Science education<br />
Chair: Abraham Motlhabane<br />
Exploring environmental pollution<br />
awareness among high school<br />
students from a coal mining town<br />
Olufemi C. Adejoke; Andile Mji<br />
Murembiwa S. Mukhola<br />
Tshwane University of<br />
Technology<br />
A comparative study of South<br />
African and Zimbabwean Science<br />
teacher education programmes:<br />
Some theoretical reflections<br />
Nicholas Zezekwa<br />
Bindura Univeristy of Science<br />
Education, Zimbabwe<br />
Awelani Mudau, Nkopodi Nkopodi<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong>, South Africa<br />
The outcomes of practical work:<br />
The teachers’ perspectives<br />
MM Dichaba<br />
Venue Matomena 3<br />
Physics Education<br />
Chair: Max Braun<br />
The use of Educational<br />
Reconstruction model in<br />
designing the teaching and<br />
learning sequences for teaching<br />
DC circuits.<br />
Mphiriseni Khwanda<br />
University of<br />
Johannesburg,South Africa<br />
Jeanne Kriek & Ilsa Basson<br />
UNISA, South Africa<br />
Miriam Lemmer<br />
North West University<br />
Doppler Effect: The effect of<br />
educational design research<br />
activities on problem solving in<br />
the Vhembe District.<br />
Sure Mupezeni<br />
Jeanne Kriek<br />
University of South Africa, South<br />
Africa<br />
Experiences with an interactive<br />
teaching approach in fist year<br />
university physics course in<br />
Ghana
12h00‐<br />
12h30<br />
12h30‐<br />
13h00<br />
teaching.<br />
Sunday Bomboi Iijeh<br />
University of South Africa, South<br />
Africa<br />
Gilbert O.M. Onwu<br />
University of Pretoria, South Africa<br />
Addressing Mathematical deficits –<br />
the role of mathematics learning<br />
Centres<br />
Clinton Hayes & Nadine Adams<br />
CQ University, Australia<br />
Independent learning and<br />
effectiveness of support material at<br />
the Mathematics Learning Centre at<br />
CQ university<br />
Clinton Hayes & Nadine Adams<br />
CQUniversity, Australia<br />
Jan Gertenbach<br />
North‐West University,South Africa<br />
Mathematical modelling abilities<br />
among undergraduate learners:<br />
Some challenges of assessment<br />
through ODL.<br />
Luckson Muganyizi Kaino<br />
University of South Africa<br />
School‐Based Assessment Scores in<br />
Mathematics as Predictors of<br />
Students’ Final Grade in<br />
Mathematics at the JSCE level in<br />
Delta State, Nigeria.<br />
Margaret E. N. Orubu<br />
Delta State University Abraka<br />
Nigeria, Nigeria<br />
Presenter: Dr Ochonogor<br />
13h00‐14h00: Lunch (Restaurant)<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Secondary school teachers’<br />
perceptions of practical work in<br />
Biology in the Oshana Educational<br />
region.<br />
Leena L.T Nghipandulwa &<br />
Shiwana Teeleleni<br />
University of Namibia<br />
Science teachers’ construction of<br />
concept maps: A case study.<br />
Abraham Motlhabane<br />
UNISA, South Africa<br />
Time off for self game‐drive in the Kruger National Park<br />
16h00‐18h00<br />
18h30‐20h30 Gala dinner + cultural interlude (Restaurant/Boma)<br />
V. Antwi, E. R. Savelsbergh & H.<br />
M. C. Eiijelhof<br />
Freudental Institute<br />
Netherlands<br />
An adapted Soft Systems<br />
Methodology for evaluation of<br />
in‐service teacher development<br />
projects as applied to a<br />
Mathematics and Science project<br />
Max WH Braun and Dhruwa<br />
Pandey<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
Multiple Representations in the<br />
Teaching and Learning of Basic<br />
Astronomy in Pre‐Vocational<br />
Schools in Mauritius<br />
Mr Mohun Cyparsade 1 and Ms<br />
Vimala Adiapen 2<br />
Mauritius Institute of Education,<br />
Mauritius
10h30‐<br />
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12h00<br />
Venue: Main hall<br />
Mathematics Education<br />
Chair: Evelyn Njura<br />
The Matrix: Mathematic Modeling<br />
for the Liberal Arts<br />
Dian Calkins<br />
Dominican University of California<br />
USA<br />
Supportive frameworks that increase<br />
mathematical knowledge and<br />
confidence in students enrolled in<br />
bridging mathematics courses.<br />
Nadine Adams, Antony Dekkers &<br />
Sherie Elliott<br />
CQUniversity, Australia<br />
Teachers responding to learner<br />
errors in their classes – process and<br />
lessons from the Data‐Informed<br />
Practice Improvement Project<br />
(Phases 1 and 2).<br />
Yael Shalem & Ingrid Sapire<br />
University of the Witwatersrand,<br />
South Africa<br />
24 October 2012 (Wednesday)<br />
07h45‐08h30 Breakfast (Restaurant) & Registration (Foyer)<br />
08h30‐10h00: Plenary Session 3: Prof. Peter Akinsola Okebukola<br />
Title: Breaking Barriers to Meaningful Learning of Science<br />
Venue: Main Hall � Chair: Prof HI Atagana.<br />
10h00‐10h30 Tea (dining hall)<br />
Venue: Matomena 1<br />
Science education<br />
Chair: Gherda Ferreira<br />
Spatial orientation and cognitive<br />
load as factors influencing<br />
learning among blind and<br />
visually impaired Life Sciences<br />
learners<br />
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe,<br />
Msongelwa John Gumede, William<br />
John Fraser* and Henoch Schoeman<br />
* University of Pretoria<br />
How Life Sciences teachers<br />
understand research as praxis<br />
William Fraser *, Annemarie<br />
Hattingh, Erna Du Toit, Pieter du<br />
Toit, Mia Abrie, Johannes Slabbert,<br />
Jan Nieuwenhuis, Lindelani<br />
Mnguni, Estelle Gaigher, Elize<br />
Randall, Mbulaheni Obert<br />
Maguvhe, Msongelwa John<br />
Gumede<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
Life sciences teacher training in and<br />
ODL environment: Is it viable?<br />
Johanna G Ferreira<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Venue: Matomena 2<br />
WORKSHOP<br />
WORKSHOP: Quantitative research<br />
methods<br />
Prof David Mogari<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
WORKSHOP: Quantitative research<br />
methods<br />
Prof David Mogari<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
WORKSHOP: Quantitative research<br />
methods<br />
Prof David Mogari<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Venue: Matomena 3<br />
Science Education<br />
Chair: MZ Ramorola<br />
Professional development for<br />
distance education tutors: A<br />
video conferencing teaching and<br />
learning model<br />
MZ Ramorola<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Agricultural context in science<br />
curriculum in Australia<br />
Dianne Fullelove<br />
Dianne Fullelove & Associates,<br />
Australia<br />
Teaching Empathy through<br />
Movies: Reaching Learners’<br />
Affective Domain in Medical<br />
Education<br />
Pablo Gonzalez Blasco &<br />
Graziela Moreto<br />
Brazilian Society of Family
12h00‐<br />
12h30<br />
14h00‐<br />
14h30<br />
14h30‐<br />
15h00<br />
Ronel Paulsen<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong> South Africa<br />
Multiple language use during<br />
engagement with mathematics:<br />
implications for learning and<br />
teaching<br />
Evelyn Njurai<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Venue: Main Hall<br />
Mathematics Education<br />
Chair: Mapula Ngoepe<br />
Challenges Phased by Senior Phase<br />
Mathematics teachers in<br />
implementing Mathematics Learning<br />
Outcomes.<br />
Ntebaleng Mamabolo<br />
Gauteng Department of Education,<br />
South Africa<br />
Mapula G Ngoepe<br />
University of South Africa, South<br />
Africa<br />
Knowledge Management in an ICT<br />
classroom: An Agile Group Dynamics<br />
for innovative teaching and learning.<br />
Maria Jakovljevic<br />
University of Zadar, Croatia<br />
I felt as a stranger’: primary school<br />
student teachers’ experiences of<br />
science.<br />
Barbara Thorne<br />
University of the Witwatersrand<br />
13h00‐14h00: Lunch (Restaurant)<br />
Venue: Matomena 1<br />
Science Education<br />
Chair: Pieter du Toit<br />
The attitudes of Food Microbiology<br />
students towards transformation of<br />
lectures from a traditional ‘lecture<br />
tell’ to an active cooperative<br />
learning environment.<br />
Mapitsi Thantsha & Pieter du Toit<br />
University of Pretoria, South Africa<br />
The complexities of change: A black<br />
teachers struggle to implement a<br />
new curriculum in Physical Science<br />
in South Africa<br />
Oscar Koopman<br />
Cape Peninsula University<br />
WORKSHOP: Quantitative research<br />
methods<br />
Prof David Mogari<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Venue: Matomena 2<br />
Science Education<br />
Chair: K Darko<br />
Differences among female<br />
students in science and<br />
technology‐based university<br />
programmes in their constraints<br />
in pursuing science in Ghana<br />
Amponsah, Kwaku Darko<br />
OLA College of Education,Ghana<br />
; A study into the performance of<br />
female students in science in<br />
some selected colleges of<br />
education in the volta‐eastern<br />
region of Ghana: motivation.<br />
Ametefe J. Amponsah, K. D.<br />
Mensah, F.<br />
Jasikan College of Education, OLA<br />
College of Education & University<br />
of Cape Coast, Ghana<br />
Medicine<br />
New Scientists<br />
Steven S. Sexton<br />
College of Education, The<br />
University of Otago<br />
Venue: Matomena 3<br />
Science Education<br />
Chair: K Darko<br />
Elective science students’<br />
perceptions of their chemistry<br />
classroom learning<br />
environment and their attitude<br />
towards chemistry in Ghana<br />
Amponsah, K., D. 1 ; Mensah, A 2 .<br />
Hlahla, S. P. 3<br />
1, OLA College of Education,<br />
Cape Coast, Ghana;<br />
2 University of Cape Coast,<br />
Cape Coast, Ghana;<br />
3. Department of Education,<br />
South Africa<br />
A study into the performance of<br />
female students in science in<br />
some selected colleges of<br />
education in the Volta‐Eastern<br />
zone 1: motivation<br />
Ametefe, J.<br />
Jasikan College of Education,<br />
Jasikan, Ghana
15h00‐<br />
15h30<br />
15h30–<br />
16h00<br />
Culturally Based Activities in grade 9<br />
mathematics: tensions and<br />
possibilities from practice<br />
Sylvia Madusise & Willy<br />
Mwakapenda<br />
Tshwane University of Technology<br />
Enhancing the Mathematics<br />
Achievement of Low‐performing<br />
Grade Twelve Learners: A study of<br />
‘at risk learners’ at a selected<br />
secondary school in Pietersburg<br />
Circuit of Limpopo.<br />
Eric Machisi<br />
University of South Africa<br />
David Mogari<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong>i<br />
Focused Language Training as a<br />
Major Key for Bridging<br />
the Gap between Secondary and<br />
Tertiary Instruction<br />
Liliana Mammino<br />
University of Venda<br />
South Africa<br />
Teaching Grade 11, physical sciences<br />
using locally available materials<br />
(LAMs): A case of water recycling at<br />
household level.<br />
Robert Davison Makoni and HI<br />
Atagana<br />
Institute for Science and Technology<br />
Education, University of South<br />
Africa.<br />
18h00‐19:00 Dinner (Restaurant)<br />
19h00‐20h00 (Sunset Game Drive)<br />
Proof of the f + v= e + 2 formula<br />
using the heuristic method and<br />
the significance of the proof for<br />
“school” mathematics<br />
Chrysoula Hadjichristou<br />
University of South Africa.<br />
Remediating Agricultural<br />
Science Students’<br />
Misconceptions in Chemical<br />
Equilibrium Using Analogy<br />
Alfred Mensah &Kwaku Darko<br />
Amponsah<br />
University of Cape Coast & OLA<br />
College of Education, Cape<br />
Coast<br />
Undergraduate chemistry<br />
students conceptions of<br />
chemical thermodynamics<br />
Melaku Masresha<br />
Woldeamanuel<br />
Harrison Atagana<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong>
10h30‐<br />
11h00<br />
11h00‐<br />
11h30<br />
11h30‐<br />
12h00<br />
Venue: Main Hall<br />
Mathematics Education<br />
Chair: Dr Craig<br />
How science as Inquiry could inform Teaching and<br />
Teacher Education.<br />
International study Association on Teachers and<br />
Teaching symposium.<br />
Presenters:<br />
Dr Pauline C. Meijer<br />
Utrecht University , Netherlands<br />
Dr Cheryl J Craig<br />
University of Houston, USA<br />
Dr Jan Broeckmans<br />
Hasselt University, Belgium<br />
How science as Inquiry could inform Teaching and<br />
Teacher Education.<br />
International study Association on Teachers and<br />
Teaching symposium.<br />
Presenters:<br />
Dr Pauline C. Meijer<br />
Utrecht University , Netherlands<br />
Dr Cheryl J Craig<br />
University of Houston, USA<br />
Dr Jan Broeckmans<br />
Hasselt University, Belgium<br />
Technology as Teaching and Research tool.<br />
International study Association on teachers and<br />
Teaching symposium.<br />
25 October 2012 (Thursday)<br />
07h45‐08h30 Breakfast & registration (Restaurant)<br />
08h30‐10h00: Plenary Session 3: Dr. Temechegn Engida (Ethiopia)<br />
ICT‐enhanced Development of Chemistry Teachers<br />
Venue: Main Hall – Chair: Dr Ochonogor<br />
10h00‐10h30 Tea (dining hall)<br />
Venue: Matomena 2<br />
Technology Education<br />
Chair: Dr Jimoh<br />
Investigating the value of technology as a<br />
catalyst in developing foundation Phase<br />
learner’s creative thinking skills.<br />
Colleen Thatcher<br />
Embury Institute for Teacher Education,<br />
South Africa<br />
Comparative effects of two and three<br />
dimensional methods of graphics in autocad<br />
on spatial ability of national diploma<br />
students in engineering graphics<br />
J. A. Jimoh<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Exploring the challenges of senior phase<br />
Technology teachers in Limpopo<br />
Province: A reconnaissance study<br />
Venue: Matomena 3<br />
Life Science Education<br />
Chair: Prof HI Atagana<br />
THE implementation of action research for the<br />
improvement of the teaching of genetics in<br />
South African high schools<br />
Oluwadare Samuel<br />
HI Atagana<br />
<strong>Unisa</strong><br />
Attracting young minority women to science<br />
Engineering & Technology in the Ethiopia<br />
Woldeamanuel Melaku Masresha<br />
Harrison Atagana<br />
University of south Africa<br />
Temchegn Engida<br />
Etiopia<br />
Ethiopian University Science & Technology<br />
Instructors’ Attitudes toward Active Learning<br />
Woldeamanuel Melaku Masresha
12h00‐<br />
12h30<br />
Presenters:<br />
Dr Pauline C. Meijer<br />
Utrecht University , Netherlands<br />
Dr Cheryl J Craig<br />
University of Houston, USA<br />
Dr Samuel Ouma Oyoo<br />
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.<br />
Technology as Teaching and Research tool.<br />
International study Association on teachers and<br />
Teaching symposium.<br />
Dr Pauline C. Meijer<br />
Utrecht University , Netherlands<br />
Dr Cheryl J Craig<br />
University of Houston, USA<br />
Dr Samuel Ouma Oyoo<br />
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.<br />
Wants to move it ealier to 2 nd day after their<br />
presentations<br />
¹Tomé Awshar, Mapotse; ²Mishack Thiza,<br />
Gumbo<br />
University of South Africa<br />
Effect of collaborative learning and framing<br />
on the achievement and interest of<br />
automechanics students in the technical<br />
colleges in Lagos State, Nigeria<br />
Owoso Joseph Oluropo<br />
Adeniran Ogunsanyan College of Education<br />
Nigeria<br />
13h00‐14h00: Lunch<br />
Time off for self game‐drive in the Kruger National Park<br />
16h00‐18h00<br />
18h00‐20h00 Dinner<br />
26 October 2012 (Friday)<br />
08h00‐11h00 Departure.<br />
Harrison Atagana<br />
University of south Africa<br />
Temchegn Engida<br />
Etiopia
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