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Pinkie Mabunda – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Worldwide, national educational authorities set curricular guidelines for schools to ensure implementation. Despite these measures, the translation of policies into school or classroom activities is rarely a smooth or complete process. South Africa has made significant and much-needed positive curriculum changes. However, effective curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Policy, Administrator Attitudes
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Shushu, Hamilton – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Given the importance of mathematics performance of learners and the challenges in South Africa, it is important that the expertise of all role-players, including the subject advisors who visit the teachers to guide and support them, is used to its full potential. While some studies have explored the experiences of teachers in this regard,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Expertise
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Marsay, Gloria – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Youth have difficulty making the transition from education to the workplace in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. High levels of youth unemployment prevail in South Africa, and it is necessary to find ways to assist youth to enter the workplace. The purpose of this grounded theory study is to explore how educators view the efficacy of social and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Social Emotional Learning, Relevance (Education), Foreign Countries
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Steyn, R. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
This article examines the role that the "element of surprise" plays in the implementation of the art curriculum at the Higher Education level. My critical analysis and evaluation of the subject matter are based on the outcomes of three case studies, organised and realised in the South African politico-economic and socio-cultural…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Implementation, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Venketsamy, Roy; Sibanda, Sophie – Perspectives in Education, 2021
Teachers play a significant role in literacy development. They are responsible for using different approaches to develop literacy skills among learners whose mother tongue is not the same as the language of learning and teaching in schools. This article aims to explore strategies teachers use to develop literacy skills among English First…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Janse van Vuuren, Corlia; Muller, Annari; Strydom, Francois – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, technology-enhanced learning and its relation to student engagement, and the necessity of good student-staff relationships for creating a successful education environment were evident. The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education to adapt to a challenging technology-led learning environment that demanded, inter alia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation, COVID-19
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Zulu, Free-Queen Bongiwe – Perspectives in Education, 2022
COVID-19 forced academics to transition from face-to-face to remote teaching using various online platforms. This article focuses on my experiences of teaching a research module during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The social, cognitive and teaching presences from the Community of Inquiry Framework for a successful higher education experience was…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Distance Education
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Samaneka, Furiwai; Singh-Pillay, Asheena – Perspectives in Education, 2020
With the introduction of the Life Sciences (LS) Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in 2012 in South African schools, a practical examination has become compulsory in grades 10 and 11. The LS CAPS policy stipulates the types of practical work that needs to be conducted to develop specific process skills in learners. This interpretive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Swarts, P.; Rens, J. A.; de Sousa, L. O. – Perspectives in Education, 2018
An analysis of the National Curriculum Statement indicates a strong focus on the promotion of knowledge in local context, whilst being sensitive to global imperatives. This implies that learning experiences must reflect local realities first; a call which compels teachers to adapt their teaching with the purpose to make learning relevant and…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Social Responsibility, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
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Motsoeneng, Thabiso Jonah; Nichols, Henry James; Makhasane, Sekitla Daniel – Perspectives in Education, 2021
The twenty-first century has witnessed a call for teachers to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) into teaching and learning. However, creating a classroom environment that engages in active learning has proved to be a hurdle to South African teachers, as more traditional teaching methods continue to be utilised in teaching.…
Descriptors: Barriers, Rural Schools, Accounting, Grade 10
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Chimbunde, P.; Kgari-Masondo, M. C. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
The new 2015-2022 Zimbabwean curriculum in which Social Studies is engrained was driven by the need among others to transform the Zimbabweans' demeanour and etiquette by employing "Ubuntu" as its philosophical base. Through the "Ubuntu" lens, this qualitative case study explores how "Ubuntu" values could be applied to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Barriers, African Culture, Educational Change
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Barnett, Rachel – Perspectives in Education, 2020
In "Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education," Hendrickson, Lane, Harris, and Dorman (2013) argue that institutional decisions, adaptations, and activities of successful academic leaders need to be mission and value-focused. Academic institutions value autonomy and expertise in decision-making, which necessitates that…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Equal Education, Inclusion, Social Justice
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Mendy, John; Madiope, Maria – Perspectives in Education, 2020
Despite the worldwide interest on transforming curricula, a case study examination of what really happens within an ODeL South African university context, has been much limited. By using psycho-social and social identity theory, we highlight the complexities involved in the process of transforming decades of teaching and learning practices. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, College Students
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Van Wyk, A. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
The purpose of this article is to report on research in schools to determine the views of teachers regarding points of which principals should take into consideration during periods of change in their schools. The research, based on a post-positivist worldview, was quantitative in nature, with one qualitative section. Eight hundred and eighty four…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Leadership Role, Leadership Styles
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Dinama, Baamphatlha – Perspectives in Education, 2010
I explore the ways in which RE teachers understand and implement a multi-faith Religious Education curriculum in Botswana junior secondary schools. The multi-faith RE curriculum came about as a result of an educational policy change in 1994. The study is based on case studies and draws its data from classroom observations, interviews and documents…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy