Browsing Research Articles (Education) by Author "Kerfoot, Caroline"
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Kerfoot, Caroline; Geidt, Jonathan; Alexander, Lucy; Dayile, Nomvuyo; Groener, Zelda; Hendriks, Natheem; Walters, Shirley (Centre for Continuing and Adult Education (CACE), University of the Western Cape, 2001)[more][less]
Abstract: This study presents the results of an investigation into the impact of CACE courses for adult educators, trainers and development practitioners. The report describes how the courses affected the training practices and lives of past students. Case studies document and analyse the problems and successes of implementing capacity-building ABET training in the Northern Cape. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/216 Files in this item: 1
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Kerfoot, Caroline (Centre for Bilingual Research, Stockholm University, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social action and the realisation of citizenship rights. It traces developments in adult basic education in South Africa, and more specifically literacy and language learning, over the years 1981 to 2001, with reference to specific multilingual contexts in the Northern and Western Cape. The thesis is based on four individual studies, documenting an arc from grassroots work to national policy development and back. Study I, written in the early 1990s, critically examines approaches to teaching English to adults in South Africa at the time and proposes a participatory curriculum model for the additional language component of a future adult education policy. Study II is an account of attempts to implement this model and explores the implications of going to scale with such an approach. Studies III and IV draw on a qualitative study of an educator development programme after the transition to democracy. Study III uses Bourdieu's theory of practice and the concept of reflexivity to illuminate some of the connections between local discursive practices, self-formation, and broader relations of power. Study IV uses Iedema's (1999) concept of resemiotisation to trace the ways in which individuals re-shaped available representational resources to mobilise collective agency in community-based workshops. The summary provides a framework for these studies by locating and critiquing each within shifts in the political economy of South Africa. It reflects on a history of research and practice, raising questions to do with voice, justice, power, agency, and desire. Overall, this thesis argues for a reconceptualisation of ABET that is more strongly aligned with development goals and promotes engagement with new forms of state/society/economy relations. Description: Printed copies of this publication are available from the Centre for Research on Bilingualism, http://www.biling.su.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=13478&a=69198 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/215 Files in this item: 1
KerfootChangingConceptions2009.pdf (429.9Kb) -
Clifford, Marian; Kerfoot, Caroline (Oxford University Press, 1992)[more][less]
Abstract: In this chapter, the ESL approaches adopted by seven different literacy organisations in South Africa are described and analysed. The approaches are identified in relation to developments in the field of applied linguistics and language teaching. The methods include formalist, functional/communicative approach, competency-based approach, natural growth approach, task-based process approach, popular education and ESL approach. The chapter concludes with principles for adult, popular second language learning curriculum and training. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/217 Files in this item: 1
KerfootLanguageOfHope.pdf (1.060Mb) -
Kerfoot, Caroline (Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD), 1995)[more][less]
Abstract: In anticipation of the reconstruction and development of the education and training system, the CEPD established a number of curriculum task teams to develop subject-specific curriculum frameworks in line with the vision and principles as outlined in the draft discussion document released by the African National Congress in January 1994 - "A Policy Framework for Education and Training". This chapter presents the interim report of the Adult Basic Education and Training task team. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/218 Files in this item: 1
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Kerfoot, Caroline; Winberg, Chris (Juta & Company Ltd, 1997)[more][less]
Abstract: The book gives detailed and theoretically-grounded practical advice on how to proceed collaboratively through the various stages of the action research cycle, including building a repertoire of literacy practices and activities for teachers and learners to draw upon in the research process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/221 Files in this item: 1
KerfootActionResearch1997.pdf (3.278Mb)
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