PiE 2010 Volume 28 Issue 4
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“We cross night”: some reflections on the role of the ESKOM Expo for Young Scientists as a means of accommodating disadvantaged learners into the field of Science and Technology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article critiques the role of the ESKOM Expo for Young Scientists as a particularly salient node in the constitution of young learners’ identity as prospective participants in the field of science and technology. The ... -
Learning about the effectiveness of teacher education: a Chilean study
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)The article reviews some of the problems faced by teacher education in general and in Chile specifically, and on this basis, presents the results of a study focused on the effects of six teacher education programmes on ... -
Markets, equality and democratic education: confronting the neoliberal and libertarian reconceptualisations of education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)The global emergence of market liberalism marks an effort to decouple the link between citizenship and the welfare state and to rearticulate people’s identity as homo economicus, as independent citizens having the right ... -
Design refinement tools for a teacher education curriculum: the example of a service learning course
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article addresses the issue of the theory-practice divide in pre-service teacher education from the viewpoint of design-based research (DBR). Using the example of a course in service learning (SL), the authors discuss ... -
The phenomenon of xenophobia as experienced by immigrant learners in Johannesburg inner city schools
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article aims to describe how xenophobia is experienced by a small selection of immigrant participants in five inner city schools in Johannesburg. The May 2008 xenophobic violence prompted the investigation. Theoretically, ... -
Dominant discourses of teachers in early childhood education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This article examines the dominant discourses teachers in early childhood education (ECE) used to produce understandings of children and educational practice for them. Seven teachers from two early childhood centres in ... -
Using participatory video to explore teachers’ lived experiences
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)Teachers who work in economically and socially disadvantaged environments have first-hand knowledge of the challenges that can impede teaching and learning, yet their voices are often ignored when researchers and ... -
What teacher educators consider as best practices in preparing pre-service teachers for teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This paper reports on an investigation into what teacher educators consider to be best practices in how to prepare pre-service teachers to effectively deal with the challenges of teaching Mathematics in multilingual contexts, ... -
Making Euclidean geometry compulsory: are we prepared?
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)This study investigated the attitude towards, as well as the level of understanding of Euclidean geometry in pre-service mathematics education (PME) students. In order to do so, a case study was undertaken within which ...
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