scholarly journals Contextual challenges in early literacy teaching and learning in Grade R rural schools in South Africa

Per Linguam ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kesh Mohangi ◽  
Soezin Krog ◽  
Oluyemi Stephens ◽  
Norma Nel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Teaching

scholarly journals An overview of Grade R literacy teaching and learning in inclusive classrooms in South Africa

Per Linguam ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma Nel ◽  
Kesh Mohangi ◽  
Soezin Krog ◽  
Oluyemi Stephens
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Inclusive Classrooms ◽  
Literacy Teaching

Information and communications technologies in library facilities in disadvantaged rural schools in South Africa: Lessons from Limpopo province

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Samuel Maredi Mojapelo ◽  
Oluwole O. Durodolu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Teacher Librarians

Universally, information and communications technologies (ICTs) have revolutionised multiple ways of executing tasks in many sectors. In the education sector, ICTs provide a scaffold to enhance technology-driven teaching and learning information needs of the teachers and learners in a school environment. The aim of the study was to investigate the availability and use of ICTs in library facilities in primary schools in disadvantaged rural communities in Limpopo province, South Africa. The study targeted all 18 primary schools in Lebopo Circuit of Mankweng Cluster. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from teacher-librarians who attended a school library workshop at a local high school. Purposive sampling was employed in the selection of the teacher-librarians and all 18 schools were represented by one teacher-librarian. The findings indicate that there are few ICTs used by the teachers to enhance teaching and learning in different library facilities in disadvantaged rural schools. The study recommends that additional ICTs should be procured by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for distribution to all schools to mitigate technology-driven information needs of teachers and learners. Furthermore, as vandalism was cited as a challenge in all schools, security needs upgrading to protect the few available ICTs.

scholarly journals Bricolising Retired Teachers in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bekithemba Dube
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Retired Teachers ◽  
Available Resources

ABSTRACT This paper interrogates the challenges and opportunities related to re-engaging retired teachers in mainstream curriculum practice in South Africa. Some rural schools report poor performance, whereas retired teachers in their locality could help to mitigate this challenge. The paper used bricolage as a theoretical lens, because of its emphasis on using available resources to address ambivalence. The qualitative paper responds to two questions: What are the challenges facing integration of retired teachers? and How could retired teachers assist to mitigate poor performance? The paper found that many retired teachers are still active and can assist with mentoring and teaching and learning; however, there is no policy framework to guide their re-engagement. The paper argues that South Africa should tap into best practices of retired teachers through formulation of a policy framework that ensures the knowledge of retired teachers is not wasted, but harvested to address various trajectories, including poor performance.

Challenges Posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for South African Higher Education Institutions

10.28945/2679 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Herselman ◽  
HR Hay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the major driving forces of globalised and knowledge-based societies of a new world era. They will have a profound impact on teaching and learning for two decades to come. The revolutionary change which is taking place in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), has dramatic effects on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research, particularly on the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge. These developments pose unprecedented challenges to higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries particular in South Africa as South Africa is viewed as the leading country on the continent.

Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Jared McDonald
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
The South ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
The University

Dr Jared McDonald, of the Department of History at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa, reviews As by fire: the end of the South African university, written by former UFS vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen.    How to cite this book review: MCDONALD, Jared. Book review: Jansen, J. 2017. As by Fire: The End of the South African University. Cape Town: Tafelberg.. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 117-119, Sep. 2017. Available at: <http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18>. Date accessed: 12 Sep. 2017.   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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