Establishing teaching schools in South Africa- research report
Research report- establishing teaching schools
Bridging theory and practice in teacher education: teaching schools – a bridge too far?
Authors: Sarah Gravett and Sarita Ramsaroop The Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa of 2011 proposed the establishment of teaching schools to strengthen teacher education. These schools would be ‘teaching laboratories’ where students observe best practice and participate in teaching activities. They would also be centres for research into …
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Issues in communicating mathematically in rural classrooms in South Africa
Author: Kakoma Luneta How effective is rural school teachers’ communication of mathematics? There is great concern about their strategies and teaching skills and how they communicate these skills mathematically in the classroom. This study of 240 rural schools developed an instrument for evaluating how teachers communicated concepts and evaluated learning. A set of words and …
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Approaches to teaching primary level mathematics
Authors: Caroline Long and Tim Dunne This research explores approaches to the mathematics curriculum in the primary school in South Africa in order to understand why the mathematics standard is dropping; why learners are not grasping mathematical concepts easily; and where the ‘disconnect’ is between policy makers, educators and learners. There are three approaches involved …
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The reawakening of teaching through aesthetics in education: students’ perspectives
Authors: Jugathambal Ramdhani and S Ramsaroop Stimulating passion and creativity in pre-service teachers is sometimes a difficult task. Many of these students may not have internalised positive teaching experiences which they can model. However, it is clear that aesthetically enjoyable teaching strategies that involve students creatively have a very positive effect on their understanding of …
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Disentangling the language effect in South African schools: Measuring the impact of ‘language of assessment’ in Grade 3 literacy and numeracy
Author: Nicholas Spaull A great majority of South African students are taught in a language that, for them, is a second or third language. Does this explain the high levels of underperformance in reading and mathematics? This study is based on two tests that were given to 3 402 Grade 3 students from all 11 …
A model for assessment: integrating external monitoring with classroom-based practice
Authors: Caroline Long, Tim Dunne & Gabriel Mokoena For some time, education departments have believed that the more we test, the more likely it will be that the education system will improve. However, there has been little substantial improvement in the areas of greatest need. Obviously socio-economic disadvantage needs to be factored in. Another possible …
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