Browsing PiE 2011 Volume 29 Issue 4 by Title
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Book review - Barbarism in higher education: once upon a time in a university
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Child participation in school governance: the case of prefects at a primary school in Lesotho
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)This paper draws on literature that has theorised child participation within the sociology of childhood framework to examine how children participate in governance within school spaces. Four children aged between 13 and ... -
Distributive leadership in public schools: experiences and perceptions of teachers in the Soweto region
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)In current times, the increasing demands of principalship and the complexities facing schools have led to the emergence of distributive forms of leadership in schools. The dissatisfaction with traditional models has resulted ... -
Enabling roles to reclaim teacher agency: insights from the Advanced Certificate in Teaching (Foundation Phase)
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)In developing the Advanced Certificate in Teaching (ACT) as a professional qualification for continuing teacher education for early schooling at the University of KwaZulu-Natal we asked the following: “What are the enabling ... -
The Game Object Model and expansive learning: creation, instantiation, expansion, and re-representation
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)In this paper, the collaborative development, instantiation, expansion and re-representation as research instrument of the Game Object Model (GOM) are explored from a Cultural Historical Activity Theory perspective. The ... -
Integrated environmental teaching in South Africa: an impossible dream?
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)To its credit, the new National Curriculum Statement (NCS) for GET (General Education and Training) recently revised into a new Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)1 in RSA has put a premium on the inclusion ... -
The odd couple: diverging paths in language policy and educational practices
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)This paper examines the divergences between what educational policy calls for in South African schools with regard to language and learning and what takes place in schools. It argues that South African constitutional and ... -
Parental partnerships in the governance of schools in the Black townships of Port Elizabeth
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)This article focuses on the functionality of school-governing bodies (SGBs) as the voice of parents in the governance of schools. After nearly sixteen years since the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (SASA) came into ... -
The professional lives of teacher victims of workplace bullying: a narrative analysis
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)In order to expand the body of knowledge on workplace bullying in South Africa the aim of this article is to report on findings from a narrative analysis. In this article the professional life stories of two teachers, who ... -
Put reading first: positive effects of direct instruction and scaffolding for ESL learners struggling with reading
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)The inability of many English second-language (ESL) learners to read at desirable levels is universal, but reasons for this and solutions have not yet been addressed. Within the South African teaching context especially ... -
Reflexive pedagogy for reading across the curriculum: the University of KwaZulu-Natal Faculty of Education experience
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)This article is a qualitative evaluation of the role of reflexive pedagogy; a pedagogic approach used in a first year, academic literacy compulsory module for all first year Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) students offered ...