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Deep Learning Opportunities in the Geography Classroom
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Naidoo, Devika – South African Journal of Education, 2021
From a cognitivist theory stance, domain-specific subject knowledge is necessary for deep learning and cognitive advance. What opportunities for deep learning and cognitive advance are provided in geography classrooms? This analysis of teaching in geography classrooms is framed by the concepts of deep learning, pedagogic discourse, and a…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication
The Effect of Inquiry-Based Learning on the Achievement Goal-Orientation of Grade 10 Physical Sciences Learners at Township Schools in South Africa
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Mupira, Pio; Ramnarain, Umesh – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Due to apartheid policies, Black African learners in South Africa have been severely disadvantaged in school science. Despite policy changes to redress these historical imbalances, Black African learners continue to underperform in science. Previous research has identified motivation as a key factor that impacts performance. Achievement goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Disadvantaged Schools, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Science Textbooks in the Context of Political Reform in South Africa: Implications for Access to Science
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Green, Whitfield; Naidoo, Devika – Science Education International, 2008
The post-apartheid National Physical Science Curriculum was implemented for the first time in South Africa in grade 10 during 2006. A variety of new textbooks for grade 10 have been published. This study was a comparative analysis of three popular textbooks, one prepared to support the previous curriculum, and two prepared for the new curriculum.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Racial Segregation, Physical Sciences, Foreign Countries
Winds of Change in Teachers' Classroom Assessment Practice: A Self-Critical Reflection on the Teaching and Learning of Visual Literacy in a Rural Eastern Cape High School
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Mbelani, Madeyandile – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2008
The year 2006 saw the implementation of a new curriculum for teaching English First Additional Language (FAL) in grades 10-12 in South African high schools. The curriculum includes the teaching and assessment of visual literacy--a challenge for teachers whose apartheid-era teacher education did not address visual literacy at all. The article is a…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Foreign Countries, Visual Literacy, Grade 10
"Cry, the Beloved Country." Bill of Rights/Human Rights Project. Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar Abroad 1996 (South Africa).
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Mura, Katherine; Finch, John – 1996
This unit is based upon study of Alan Paton's novel, "Cry, the Beloved Country," and includes a writing component in which students create an original Bill of Rights for the new Republic of South Africa. To create the new Bill of Rights, students study three basic human rights documents and work in groups to write the finished product.…
Descriptors: African Studies, Apartheid, Black Studies, Foreign Countries
AREA STUDIES IN THE NON-WESTERN WORLD. STUDENT READINGS AND TEACHER'S MANUAL.
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Carnegie Inst. of Tech., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1965
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED FOR A ONE-SEMESTER GRADE 10 COURSE IN NONWESTERN SOCIAL STUDIES. THE READING MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER'S MANUAL WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED AND SEQUENTIAL 4-YEAR CURRICULUM FOR ABLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND WERE FIELD TESTED TWICE AND COMPLETLY REWRITTEN BEFORE BEING PUBLISHED. THE…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Area Studies, Communism, Curriculum Development