Improving Learning in South African Schools

2005
Improving Learning in South African Schools

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  • Author: Cas H. Prinsloo
  • Publisher: HSRC Press
  • ISBN: 0796921458
  • Category : Activity programs in education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 56

The QLP has been a multi-level, multi-site educational intervention that aimed to improve learner performance in 524 South African high schools. The QLP has been underpinned by the principle that mathematics and language are the foundations for all further learning. Therefore educators at all grades in all learning areas also have to foster the development of better reading and writing skills. This is why, at educator and classroom level, improvement of mathematics and reading and writing abilities have been the main foci of the QLP. In order to ensure that schools get effective support and monitoring from districts and that the good practices gained from the project are institutionalised, and therefore sustained, the programme has also focused on the development of district systems and officials.

Schools Effectiveness and Schools Improvement in South Africa

2023-08-04
Schools Effectiveness and Schools Improvement in South Africa

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  • Author: Tsediso Michael Makoelle
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1527525198
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 445

This book provides a comprehensive account how school leaders conceptualize the notion of school improvement and school effectiveness in a South African school context. The various authors have critically examined crucial themes, accentuating school improvement and school effectiveness and encapsulating the pertinent perspectives of curriculum leadership, resource management, professional development, school administration, school development planning, inclusion and equity, student management and the role of school management teams. This book is targeted at aspiring and practicing school leaders, school administrators, policy-makers and scholars of school leadership and management across different levels who intend positively changing the education landscape of not only South Africa, but also other developing and underdeveloped countries.

Improving Learning in South African Schools

2005
Improving Learning in South African Schools

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  • Author: Cas H. Prinsloo
  • Publisher:
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  • Category : Activity programs in education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

The QLP has been a multi-level, multi-site educational intervention that aimed to improve learner performance in 524 South African high schools. The QLP has been underpinned by the principle that mathematics and language are the foundations for all further learning. Therefore educators at all grades in all learning areas also have to foster the development of better reading and writing skills. This is why, at educator and classroom level, improvement of mathematics and reading and writing abilities have been the main foci of the QLP. In order to ensure that schools get effective support and monitoring from districts and that the good practices gained from the project are institutionalised, and therefore sustained, the programme has also focused on the development of district systems and officials.

School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa

2021-07-29
School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa

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  • Author: Tsediso Michael Makoelle
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000413896
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 269

School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa explores the democratization and modernization of education in South Africa, analyzing the state of school leadership in South African schools from the time of the new democratic education dispensation in 1994 to the present day. The book maps out what the future of education in South Africa could look like and explores the most conducive educational environments for change in South African schools. It adopts a critical approach to analyzing leadership and management in the context of school governance, school effectiveness, teacher development, multiculturalism and equity in education. Contributions explore the democratization and modernization of education in South Africa through examining different perspectives, achievements and challenges, and also consider issues around access to technology, language policy and the curriculum along with new literature on selected aspects of leadership. This book will be of great interest for researchers, scholars, and students in the fields of educational leadership, sociology of education, and teacher education.

Factors Affecting Teaching and Learning in South African Public Schools

2005
Factors Affecting Teaching and Learning in South African Public Schools

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  • Author: Makola Collin Phurutse
  • Publisher: HSRC Press
  • ISBN: 9780796921116
  • Category : AIDS (Disease)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 30

This study examines material issues affecting the quality of teaching and learning in South African public schools, both within and external to the classroom environment. The findings reveal significant disparities in conditions, both within and between provinces. Compounded by the effects of ill-health related to HIV/AIDS, these disparities are likely to hamper any efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning in South African public schools.

Managing to Learn

2009
Managing to Learn

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  • Author: Ursula Hoadley
  • Publisher: HSRC Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780796922410
  • Category : Curriculum planning
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Internationally and locally, there is growing emphasis on the importance of effective school management and leadership in contributing to good student achievement outcomes. 'Instructional leadership' has become a key concept in the research literature, reflecting an attempt to better understand the relationship between school leadership, curriculum and instructional matters, and student achievement. Managing to Learn is the first study of its kind in South Africa, considering these issues in a sample of 200 schools in two provinces. The research reported in this monograph provides an extensive review of the literature around the management of curriculum and instruction, a framework and methodology for the research, and the empirical findings from the study. Through a series of regression analyses, the study presents those management factors identified across a wide range of schools as most crucial to improved performance of students. It brings greater clarity to the somewhat undifferentiated view of school management currently, and a sharper focus on its importance in relation to how students learn.

Inclusive Teaching in South Africa

2016-08-31
Inclusive Teaching in South Africa

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  • Author: Tsediso M. Makoelle
  • Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
  • ISBN: 192835503X
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 222

Inclusive education presupposes an all-inclusive approach where all learners are taught in regular classrooms, regardless of background, disability or social context. While there has been much debate, indications are that inclusive education has been gaining momentum. The book is divided into six coherent sections that address the how of inclusive education both inside and outside of the classroom.

Struggling to Make the Grade: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System

2019-03-01
Struggling to Make the Grade: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System

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  • Author: Mr.Montfort Mlachila
  • Publisher: International Monetary Fund
  • ISBN: 1498301851
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 61

While South Africa has made significant improvements in basic and tertiary education enrollment, the country still suffers from significant challenges in the quality of educational achievement by almost any international metric. The paper finds that money is clearly not the main issue since the South Africa’s education budget is comparable to OECD countries as a percent of GDP and exceeds that of most peer sub-Saharan African countries in per capita terms. The main explanatory factors are complex and multifaceted, and are associated with insufficient subject knowledge of some teachers, history, race, language, geographic location, and socio-economic status. Low educational achievement contributes to low productivity growth, and high levels of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. Drawing on the literature, the paper sketches some policy considerations to guide the debate on what works and what does not.

Managing the Curriculum in South African Schools

2003
Managing the Curriculum in South African Schools

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  • Author: Marianne Coleman
  • Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • ISBN: 9780850927276
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

The introduction of Curriculum 2005 and Outcomes Based Education mark both a sea change in the way in which education is offered in schools, and a challenge to all involved. This book considers the main issues in curriculum management as education switches to a more devolved framework.

Leadership and Strategic Management in South African Schools

2003
Leadership and Strategic Management in South African Schools

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  • Author: Marianne Coleman
  • Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • ISBN: 9780850927269
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 264

Focusing on leadership and strategic management, this volume offers insights into effective strategic management as a contribution towards educational transformation in South Africa, and guidelines on important aspects of good school management.