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What mathematics education may prepare students for the society of the future?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
This paper attempts to engage the field in a discussion about what mathematics
is needed for students to engage in society, especially with an increase in
technology and digitalization. In this respect, mathematics holds ...
Factors influencing the in-service programmes: Case study of teachers with learner-centred strategies in Blue Waters setting
(Education Association of South Africa, 2018)
Key policies on teacher development emphasise the necessity of a teaching force that is competent to apply learner-centred practices. Barriers to learning, like poverty, present huge classroom challenges and have implications ...
Brexit: some implications for African higher Education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
This article considers how the decisions of the UK government, following the Brexit referendum, may impact on higher education in Africa. Ghana and South Africa are the two countries chosen to exemplify the claim that ...
The tale of academic practice in a rising knowledge society: focus on a university in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)
This paper is based on a study conducted to establish if academic practice in a university designated as Azania is aligning or diverting from the expectations of the rising knowledge society in South Africa. The paper is ...
The body as blind spot: Towards lived experience and a body-specific philosophy in education
(UNISA Press, 2018)
What do the philosophies of phenomenological scholars such as Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty tell us about education in South Africa? How can we use the philosophies of these scholars to develop the minds of our ...
A curriculum of inclusivity: Towards a “lived-body” and “lived-experience” curriculum in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
Drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s “lived body” theory, we argue for a shift towards a lived-experience
and body-specific curriculum in South Africa. Such a curriculum would view learning as a lived,
embodied, social and culturally ...
Unmasking the state of basic education in South Africa
(José Frantz, 2021)
The Covid-19 lockdown period laid bare the fibre of South African
society: poverty, homelessness, welfare dependence, domestic violence,
police and military brutality, healthcare and hunger are all suddenly
under national ...
Activity theory as a lens to examine pre-service teachers' perceptions of learning and teaching of mathematics within an intervention programme
(Routledge, 2012)
This study was prompted by concerns around mathematics teaching and learning in the South
African education system. Contributory factors to this situation are the lack of competent
mathematics teachers in the classroom ...
“Walking the talk”: The influence of an introduction to cognitive education on school leaders
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The current emphasis on curriculum leadership implies the need to update school leaders’ pedagogical knowledge. This paper will interest local and international readers because it highlights both essential content and the ...
Creating ‘safe-ish’ learning spaces—attempts to practice an ethics of care
(South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)
One way to approach the project of decolonising the university is to employ decolonising pedagogies, which allow the whole of people’s lived experience into teaching and learning spaces, affirm this experience as worthy ...