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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: TEACHERS
2009 District professional development models as a way to introduce primary-school teachers to natural science curriculum reforms in one district in South Africa
This paper reports on a study that investigated whether district continued professional development (CPD) sufficiently prepared teachers for...
2009 Recognising phronesis, or practical wisdom, in the recognition of prior learning
This chapter considers accounts of the life experiences, personal qualities and knowledge of selected teachers in the light of various defin...
2009 Should we pay for teachers' performance?
recent article in The Times of London (8 September 2009) reports on an experiment in a New York school to investigate the correlation betwe...
2009 An overview of research, policy and practice in teacher supply and demand 1994-2008
In 2008, South Africa had 400 953 educators, which included school teachers and principals. Were they adequate in number and quality for the...