Thobeka Ncanywa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3559741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thobeka Ncanywa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thobeka |
| FAMILY NAME | Ncanywa |
| SIGNATURE | NCANYWA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Walter Sisulu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9656-8538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Integrating TPACK in online pedagogies
The digital transformation of higher education has redefined pedagogical paradigms, particularly in postgraduate science programs, where disciplinary content demands adaptive, technology-enriched instructional frameworks. Grounded in the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, this study examines the impact of integrated online pedagogies on the development of competence in science postgraduate students. Using a thematic qu…
Women’s empowerment as a driver to household food security in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Livelihood resilience and food security remain central in achieving sustainable development. The study investigated the structural relationships between women's empowerment, access to resources, agricultural participation and food security in urban and rural households in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The study employed the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to analyze data from 19,017 participants utilizing the 2023 and 2024 South Af…
Entrepreneurial engagement and technical grants funding
Entrepreneurial activity promotes economic growth and social development, particularly in emerging economies such as South Africa. This study investigates the influence of structural-behavioural determinants and economic factors on entrepreneurial engagement, focusing on the role of technical grants using Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares and Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares for long-run analysis, variance decomposition from the Vector Error Co…
Digital literacy and chemistry proficiency among first-year university students in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Introduction The low proficiency in chemistry by first-year students in South Africa impairs their capacity to grasp and apply crucial concepts, leading to high failure and dropout rates. This study investigates the effects of digital literacy on first-year entering students chemistry content proficiency in one South African university in the Eastern Cape. Method The study employed an interpretivist paradigm and a qualitative methodology in the f…
Determinants of entrepreneurial intentions among postgraduate students
Introduction Entrepreneurship plays an important role in driving innovation, job creation, and economic sustainability, particularly in an under-resourced environment such as South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Methods This study investigates the factors influencing the development of entrepreneurial mindset, identity, and self-efficacy among postgraduate students, drawing on the integrated theoretical perspectives of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB…
Do Educators’ Demographic Characteristics Drive Learner Academic Performance? Examining the Role of Gender, Qualifications, and Experience
The influence of educators’ demographic characteristics on learner academic performance has garnered attention, particularly in developing countries. However, gaps remain in understanding the relationship between demographic factors, professional qualifications, and student academic performance, especially in under-resourced educational environments; this study examines the impact of educator demographics and qualifications on learner performance…
Human Capital Development and Public Health Expenditure
This study investigates the role of public health expenditure on human capital development in South Africa to promote economic development. Despite extensive public health investments and economic reforms, persistent socioeconomic challenges such as poverty, unemployment, and inequality impede sustainable economic growth. This study uses an autoregressive distributed lag model, a vector error correction model (VECM), quantile regression, and Gran…
Employment, human capital, and economic complexity as drivers of sustainable growth
Achieving sustainable economic growth remains a key priority for developing economies aiming to overcome structural inequalities. While prior research has examined employment, human capital, and economic complexity as determinants of economic performance, limited attention has been given to their effects on sustainable growth through a gender perspective. This study fills this gap by analysing how the labour market, skills formation, and economic…
Reflections on Principals’ Leadership Practices in Deprived Schools
This study aimed to provide reflections on the leadership experiences of school principals on leading and managing in the deprived context of the Amathole East Education District. The study thus employed a qualitative research approach coupled with an in-depth exploratory examination of the reflections of five principals in their leadership roles. The findings indicated that school principals encountered a lack of support from the government, a l…
Entrepreneurship Education as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions
Entrepreneurship education has emerged as a powerful driver of sustainable development, especially in regions grappling with socio-economic challenges like South Africa. This paper draws on a qualitative research method, utilizing secondary data sources from various authors. The data was gathered from published and peer-reviewed publications, internet sources, and textbooks relevant to the issue at hand. Several authors highlighted the crucial ro…
The impact of technological innovations on economic complexity in South Africa
Technological innovation allows nations to produce sophisticated products more efficiently and at higher quality to increase exports. Countries that aim to produce and export sophisticated products can improve their economic complexity and lead to the country’s economic development. Hence, the study investigates the impact of technological innovation on economic complexity in South Africa. Technological innovation, exports, and manufactured produ…
The Role of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education Institutions
Entrepreneurship education affords people with skills that display the characteristics of risk-taking, being involved in making informed decisions, creativity and innovation. Entrepreneurship education can provide teaching approaches to changing problems into business opportunities to assist the university community in addressing graduate employability. In addition, it can provide post-COVID-19 pandemic solutions to their start-ups or existing bu…
Perspectives in Adopting a Practical and Technology-Integrated Approach in the Teaching and Learning of Commercial Courses in the Post-Covid- 19 era in Higher Education
South African higher education institutions (HEIs) are engaged in the transformation process and one area of interest is curriculum transformation. Some of the focus areas in the transformation process are developing effective curriculum teaching methods and illustrating how technology is infused into the curriculum. This theoretical paper observes that teaching commercial subjects currently has significant challenges. The negative effects of COV…
Which among twin deficits hypothesis, twin divergence, and Ricardian's equivalence hold in a developing country
South Africa witnesses the perpetual increase in budget deficit that hampers its ability for inclusive economic growth while on the other hand facing trade balance instability. To realise stability in the economy and sustainable yet inclusive economic growth, the two deficits, namely, budget and trade deficits, should be closely monitored. The study examined the empirical relationship between budget deficit and trade deficit in South Africa in th…
Which among twin deficits hypothesis, twin divergence, and Ricardian's equivalence hold in a developing country
South Africa witnesses the perpetual increase in budget deficit that hampers its ability for inclusive economic growth while on the other hand facing trade balance instability. To realise stability in the economy and sustainable yet inclusive economic growth, the two deficits, namely, budget and trade deficits, should be closely monitored. The study examined the empirical relationship between budget deficit and trade deficit in South Africa in th…
Which among twin deficits hypothesis, twin divergence, and Ricardian's equivalence hold in a developing country
South Africa witnesses the perpetual increase in budget deficit that hampers its ability for inclusive economic growth while on the other hand facing trade balance instability. To realise stability in the economy and sustainable yet inclusive economic growth, the two deficits, namely, budget and trade deficits, should be closely monitored. The study examined the empirical relationship between budget deficit and trade deficit in South Africa in th…
The Role of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education Institutions
Entrepreneurship education affords people with skills that display the characteristics of risk-taking, being involved in making informed decisions, creativity and innovation. Entrepreneurship education can provide teaching approaches to changing problems into business opportunities to assist the university community in addressing graduate employability. In addition, it can provide post-COVID-19 pandemic solutions to their start-ups or existing bu…
Perspectives in Adopting a Practical and Technology-Integrated Approach in the Teaching and Learning of Commercial Courses in the Post-Covid- 19 era in Higher Education
South African higher education institutions (HEIs) are engaged in the transformation process and one area of interest is curriculum transformation. Some of the focus areas in the transformation process are developing effective curriculum teaching methods and illustrating how technology is infused into the curriculum. This theoretical paper observes that teaching commercial subjects currently has significant challenges. The negative effects of COV…
Reflections on Principals’ Leadership Practices in Deprived Schools
This study aimed to provide reflections on the leadership experiences of school principals on leading and managing in the deprived context of the Amathole East Education District. The study thus employed a qualitative research approach coupled with an in-depth exploratory examination of the reflections of five principals in their leadership roles. The findings indicated that school principals encountered a lack of support from the government, a l…
Entrepreneurship Education as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions
Entrepreneurship education has emerged as a powerful driver of sustainable development, especially in regions grappling with socio-economic challenges like South Africa. This paper draws on a qualitative research method, utilizing secondary data sources from various authors. The data was gathered from published and peer-reviewed publications, internet sources, and textbooks relevant to the issue at hand. Several authors highlighted the crucial ro…
The impact of technological innovations on economic complexity in South Africa
Technological innovation allows nations to produce sophisticated products more efficiently and at higher quality to increase exports. Countries that aim to produce and export sophisticated products can improve their economic complexity and lead to the country’s economic development. Hence, the study investigates the impact of technological innovation on economic complexity in South Africa. Technological innovation, exports, and manufactured produ…
Entrepreneurial engagement and technical grants funding
Entrepreneurial activity promotes economic growth and social development, particularly in emerging economies such as South Africa. This study investigates the influence of structural-behavioural determinants and economic factors on entrepreneurial engagement, focusing on the role of technical grants using Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares and Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares for long-run analysis, variance decomposition from the Vector Error Co…
Digital literacy and chemistry proficiency among first-year university students in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Introduction The low proficiency in chemistry by first-year students in South Africa impairs their capacity to grasp and apply crucial concepts, leading to high failure and dropout rates. This study investigates the effects of digital literacy on first-year entering students chemistry content proficiency in one South African university in the Eastern Cape. Method The study employed an interpretivist paradigm and a qualitative methodology in the f…
Determinants of entrepreneurial intentions among postgraduate students
Introduction Entrepreneurship plays an important role in driving innovation, job creation, and economic sustainability, particularly in an under-resourced environment such as South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Methods This study investigates the factors influencing the development of entrepreneurial mindset, identity, and self-efficacy among postgraduate students, drawing on the integrated theoretical perspectives of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB…
Do Educators’ Demographic Characteristics Drive Learner Academic Performance? Examining the Role of Gender, Qualifications, and Experience
The influence of educators’ demographic characteristics on learner academic performance has garnered attention, particularly in developing countries. However, gaps remain in understanding the relationship between demographic factors, professional qualifications, and student academic performance, especially in under-resourced educational environments; this study examines the impact of educator demographics and qualifications on learner performance…
Human Capital Development and Public Health Expenditure
This study investigates the role of public health expenditure on human capital development in South Africa to promote economic development. Despite extensive public health investments and economic reforms, persistent socioeconomic challenges such as poverty, unemployment, and inequality impede sustainable economic growth. This study uses an autoregressive distributed lag model, a vector error correction model (VECM), quantile regression, and Gran…
Employment, human capital, and economic complexity as drivers of sustainable growth
Achieving sustainable economic growth remains a key priority for developing economies aiming to overcome structural inequalities. While prior research has examined employment, human capital, and economic complexity as determinants of economic performance, limited attention has been given to their effects on sustainable growth through a gender perspective. This study fills this gap by analysing how the labour market, skills formation, and economic…
Integrating TPACK in online pedagogies
The digital transformation of higher education has redefined pedagogical paradigms, particularly in postgraduate science programs, where disciplinary content demands adaptive, technology-enriched instructional frameworks. Grounded in the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, this study examines the impact of integrated online pedagogies on the development of competence in science postgraduate students. Using a thematic qu…
Women’s empowerment as a driver to household food security in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Livelihood resilience and food security remain central in achieving sustainable development. The study investigated the structural relationships between women's empowerment, access to resources, agricultural participation and food security in urban and rural households in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The study employed the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to analyze data from 19,017 participants utilizing the 2023 and 2024 South Af…
Economics (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Entrepreneurship (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Human capital (3 works)