(Re)connect social and environmental responsibility to learners’ living environments: curriculum challenges and possible solutions for teaching-learning in Life Orientation

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dc.contributor.authorSwarts, P.
dc.contributor.authorRens, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorDe Sousa, L. O.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-18T07:01:00Z
dc.date.available2018-10-18T07:01:00Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAn 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 meaningful for the learner. It is therefore an appropriate time to ask the key question: Do Life Orientation teachers (re)connect their teaching-learning on social and environmental responsibility with learners’ living environments to adhere to curriculum requirements of relevance and meaningfulness? The qualitative data obtained from 13 structured classroom observations, with specific reference to the topic social and environmental responsibility, revealed that Life Orientation teachers experienced challenges. Based on these qualitative findings the researchers propose place-based education as an appropriate teaching-learning strategy to (re)connect social and environmental responsibility with the learner’s living environment.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationSwarts, P., Rens, J.A., & De Sousa, L.O. (2018). (Re)connect social and environmental responsibility to learners’ living environments: curriculum challenges and possible solutions for teaching-learning in Life Orientation. Perspectives in Education, 36(1), 63-79.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2519-593X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-2236 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v36i1.5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/9386
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectLife orientationen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial and environmental responsibilityen_ZA
dc.subjectPlace-based educationen_ZA
dc.title(Re)connect social and environmental responsibility to learners’ living environments: curriculum challenges and possible solutions for teaching-learning in Life Orientationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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