Developing a vision and mission statement in view of the 9 areas of basic functionality
Vision and Mission Statement
primary school education
How to Identify and Support your Child’s Reading Difficulties
Author: Lara Ragpot Learning how to read and being able to read well is a skill that we use through-out our lives. As a parent or educator it is important to identify if the child has a reading difficulty and get help as soon as possible. Here are two common reading problems children experience when …
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Structural and social constraints in the teaching of Life Skills for HIV/AIDS prevention in Malawi primary schools
Authors: Grames Chirwa and Devika Naidoo Malawi is a country plagued by social and health problems, such as drug and substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancies and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. These social and health challenges demand that young people be empowered with appropriate information and skills to enable them to effectively deal with these situations. …
Learning support pedagogy for children who struggle to develop the concepts underlying the operations of addition and subtraction of numbers: the ‘Calculia’ programme
Authors: Annemarie Fritz-Stratmann, Antje Ehlert and Gabriele Klüsener The authors of this article argue that it is important for pre-service teachers to know about the psychology of learning mathematics (i.e. how children develop concepts) in order for them to be able to help children who encounter problems. Therefore, this article explores how a remedial programme, …