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Figure 5 reveals that schooling and tertiary sectors are the most researched in the Gauteng region. When compared the 'national' data sets with the Gauteng regional sector trends, the region accounts for over 40% of each of the sectors researched 'nationally'.
Tertiary Schooling
Post Secondary Nil
Government Continuing ABET
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9 21 7 46 200 400 Number of theses Figure 5: Sector trends for theses over 10 year study period
DESCRIPTION OF THESES WITH A POST-SECONDARY FOCUS The first five years in the ten year study period revealed significant interest in the research conducted in the post-secondary sector than in the latter years. Thirteen out of sixteen (81%) theses focused on this sector was conducted in the first five years. The heightened interest in the post-secondary education immediately after democracy might have to do with restructuring higher education by the government during this period.
DESCRIPTION OF THESES WITH TERTIARY FOCUS
The analysis of Figure 6 shows a consistent interest in tertiary education over the ten year period with a peak in the second year of study (1996) and the last, but one year of study (2003). However, there was a drastic change of interest in postgraduate research within the tertiary sector in 2004. When comparing the 'national' and the Gauteng regional graphs on tertiary sector as a focus, they follow the same pattern.
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Yr 1995 Yr 1996 Yr 1997 Yr 1998 Figure 6: Theses pertaining to tertiary focus Contextual Dimension of Knowledge Generation in Educational Research: Case of South Africa Universities 88 Yr 1999 Yr 2000 Yr 2001 Yr 2002 Yr 2003 24 22 17 15 13 10 4 17 16 15 600 800 1000 153 20 797