OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of South African Journal of Education is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Responding to school funding challenges in no-fee and fee-paying schools: Lessons from South African principals	14
GeoGebra for learning and teaching: A parallel investigation	12
The influence of project-based learning on student achievement in elementary mathematics education	10
Parents’ knowledge and skills about the risks of the digital world	9
Neoliberal stratification: The confounding effect of the school poverty quintile ranking system in South Africa	9
Learner discipline in the post-corporal punishment era: What an experience!	9
The effect of limited sign language as barrier to teaching and learning among Deaf learners in South Africa	9
Improving cognition in school children and adolescents through exergames. A systematic review and practical guide	7
An analysis of the learning performance gap between urban and rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa	7
Stressors and work-family conflict among female teachers in urban public schools in Kenya	7
Exploring the factors affecting pre-service science teachers’ actual use of technology during teaching practice	7
Boys and bullying in primary school: Young masculinities and the negotiation of power	6
Integration of MOODLE into the classroom for better conceptual understanding of functions in Mathematics	6
School counsellors’ perceptions of working with gifted students	6
A study to understand the inclusion of learners with and without visual impairment in a secondary school in Lesotho	6
The perspectives of beginner principals on their new roles in school leadership and management: A South African case study	6
Career counselling and sustainable decent work: Relationships and tensions	5
Prevalence of ADHD symptoms and their association with learning-related skills in Grade 1 children in South Africa	5
The relationship between school administrators’ leadership styles and organisational cynicism from teachers’ perspectives	5
Learners’ educational aspirations in South Africa: The role of the home and the school	5
Perceptions about the use of language in physical science classrooms: A discourse analysis	5
Factors enhancing mobile technology acceptance: A case study of 15 teachers in a Pretoria secondary school	5
Online discussion forum: A tool to support learning in business management education	5
Funding inclusive education for equity and social justice in South African schools	5
Examining science performance of South African Grade 9 learners in TIMSS 2015 through a gender lens	5

The leadership role of the principal in fostering sustainable maintenance of school facilities	5
Recruitment and retention of male educators in preschools: Implications for teacher education policy and practices	5
The effects of a peer-tutoring strategy on children’s e-book reading comprehension	4
Differentiation practices in a private and government high school classroom in Lesotho: Evaluating teacher responses	4
The role of strengthening leadership behaviour on the psychological contract in primary and secondary schools	4
Does a job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour relationship exist among teachers?	4
The influence of educational provision on teacher performance and learner outcomes among Limpopo primary schools	4
Implications of Covid-19 on the management of school financial resources in quintile 5 public schools	4
School dropout among female learners in rural Mpumalanga, South Africa	4
From traditional learning to modern education: Understanding the value of play in Africa’s childhood development	4
School governance and funding policy in South Africa: Towards social justice and equity in education policy	4
Experiences and attitudes of Setswana speaking teachers in using an indigenous African language on an online assessment platform	4
Oral Reading Skills and Comprehension Test-II (SOBAT®-II): Assessment of reading fluency and comprehension of Turkish students with specific learning disabilities	4
School financial management: Insights for decision making in public primary schools	4
Reducing school violence: A peace education project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	4
Exploring working conditions in selected rural schools: teachers’ experiences	4
School-based supervision enhances the professional development of teachers	4
Why do teachers code-switch when teaching English as a second language?	4
The development of a universal and cultural values scale for values education	4
The arts in science? Using poetry to teach Chemistry in Grade 9	4
Teachers’ perceptions on their awareness of social roles and efforts to perform these roles	4
Exploring the structure and content of discourse in remote, rural South African classrooms	4
Preparation of an observation card to measure the developmental learning difficulties among primary school students in Sana’a City, Yemen	3
Lessons for South Africa from Singapore’s gifted education – A comparative study	3
Qualitative exploration of workplace demands, resources and bullying among teachers in South African schools: Implications for individual and organisational well being	3
The implementation of the progression policy in secondary schools of the Limpopo province in South Africa	3
The resourcefulness of school governing bodies in fundraising: Implications for the provision of quality education	3
Cultural implications for learners’ effectiveness as governors of schools in rural South Africa	3
Connecting conscious knowledge with subconscious advice through career construction counselling to resolve career choice indecision	3
The influence of school principals as potential entrepreneurial leaders on the emergence of entrepreneurial activities for school funding	3
The predictive influence of gender, onset of deafness and academic self-efficacy on the attitudes of deaf learners towards Biology	3
Teaching thinking in South African schools: Selected school leaders’ perceptions	3
Gangster school: The role of the school environment in gang recruitment strategies in Port Elizabeth, South Africa	3
Voices of resilience: Female school principals, leadership skills, and decision-making techniques	3
Primary school pre-service teachers’ solutions to pattern problem-solving tasks based on three components of creativity	3
The effect of the successful intelligence interactive module on Universiti Utara Malaysia students’ analytical, creative and practical thinking skills	3
The challenges of implementing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement in accounting	3
Social and structural barriers related to menstruation across diverse schools in the Eastern Cape	3
Multiple intelligences: Educational and cognitive development with a guiding focus	3
Development of an instrument to assess early number concept development in four South African languages	3
Registered psychological counsellor training at a South African faculty of education: Are we impacting educational communities?	3
English language skills for disciplinary purposes: What practices are used to prepare student teachers?	3
Pre-service teachers’ pedagogical development through the peer observation professional development programme	3
Financing primary and secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of literature	3
Challenges of English as a first additional language: Fourth grade reading teachers’ perspectives	3
The effective and efficient management of school fees: Implications for the provision of quality education	3
Exploring how science process skills blend with the scientific process: Pre-service teachers’ views following fieldwork experience	3
Learners’ perspectives on school safety in Johannesburg	2
Irrational beliefs and stress levels: Evidence among orphaned students in Kenyan secondary schools	2
A professional development programme for implementing indigenous play-based pedagogy in kindergarten schools in Ghana	2

Investigating English First Additional Language educators’ reading comprehension practices in selected schools in Gauteng, South Africa	2
Interactive pedagogy elevating learners as producers of knowledge in the isiZulu classroom	2
Critical skills for deputy principals in South African secondary schools	2
Perceptions of isiZulu-speaking pre-service teachers’ classroom English proficiency	2
Promoting multilingualism: Foundation Phase teachers’ experiences in teaching isiXhosa to native speakers of Afrikaans	2
Factors influencing teachers’ level of digital citizenship in underdeveloped regions of China	2
Learner support for reading problems in Grade 3 in full-service schools in the Gauteng province	2
Case study of isiXhosa-speaking Foundation Phase learners who experience barriers to learning in an English-medium disadvantaged Western Cape school	2
Teachers’ views on the role of economic and management sciences in preparing learners for accounting in the Further Education and Training Phase	2
Exploring the pre-service teacher mentoring context: The construction of self-regulated professionalism short courses	2
Teaching and learning Physics using interactive simulation: A guided inquiry practice	2
“I’m not a teacher”: A case of (dys)functional parent-teacher partnerships in a South African township	2
The integration of semiotic resources and modalities in the teaching of geometry in a Grade 9 class in a South African high school: The four cases of congruency	2
Collaboration practices between the two tiers of school leadership in eradicating underperformance	2
Correlates of South African subject leaders’ perspectives and their perceived competence on instructional leadership	2
Life-design counselling for survivors of family violence in resource-constrained areas	2
Changing literacy outcomes in South Africa: Are home-school partnerships the missing link?	2
The ambivalence of comradeship in the appointment of principals: A threat to the provision of quality education	2
Association of teacher feedback with scholastic attainment at secondary level in Pakistan	2
The use of ICT resources to transform teaching at secondary schools in the Bojanala district, Northwest province	2
Who designs the classroom’s images? Study of visual culture diversity at three Valencian schools	2
The relationship between assessment and preparing BEd undergraduate students for the South African school context	2
The role of the school in inculcating citizenship values in South Africa: Theoretical and international comparative perspectives	2
A journey to adolescent flourishing: Exploring psychosocial outcomes of outdoor adventure education	2
The influence of local worldview presuppositions on learners’ conceptions of Selected Mechanics topics	2
The relationship between mobbing, alienation and burnout among teachers in Mersin, Turkey	2
Transition from special school to post-school life in youths with severe intellectual disability: Parents’ experiences	2
Foundation Phase teachers’ experiences of teaching the subject, coding, in selected Western Cape schools	2
Differentiating instruction for learners’ mathematics self-efficacy in inclusive classrooms: Can learners with dyscalculia also benefit?	2
PGCE students’ learning through reflective journaling during teaching practice: An exploratory study	2