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Lentz, Genevieve Suzann; Foncha, John Wankah – Journal of English as an International Language, 2021
The purpose of this study is to seek blended learning as an intervention programme in first year's students' English language academic writing. The 21st century's focus on technology presents an ideal opportunity to use the digital platform as a space for students to learn. This is believed to work well particularly with students who might be…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cappy, Christina Lane – Education as Change, 2016
South Africa has risen to the forefront of educational debates that claim schooling can promote social justice and social cohesion. By drawing on Freire's (1970) theory of critical pedagogy, this paper examines how South African teachers in rural and township schools encourage students to reflect critically upon their own lives and take action to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Change Agents, Social Change
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Golightly, Aubrey; Muniz, Osvaldo A. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
Problem-based learning (PBL) is one of the possible training strategies that could be more fully implemented in the South African formal education system. The intention to migrate from teacher-centred to learner-centred instructions in higher education institutions and schools makes PBL a plausible option. Geography education students might be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods
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Nompula, Yolisa – South African Journal of Education, 2012
This study investigated the integrating possibilities within each creative arts subject. The objective was to optimize the limited teaching time, generally allocated to each art subject in schools, by developing a pedagogical strategy for its successful implementation. While the study was limited to South African schools, the results have global…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Art Education, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Nkopodi, Nkopodi; Mosimege, Mogege – South African Journal of Education, 2009
For many years, education in South Africa has been based mainly on western values. This has contributed to the fact that many learners from disadvantaged backgrounds cannot see the connection between the education they receive at school and their everyday experiences. This may well have contributed to the high failure rate amongst mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Games, Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Influences
Rothenberg, Julia Johnson; McDermott, Peter M. – 2000
In this paper two educational consultants, one a researcher in South African issues and the other a researcher in Kazakstan issues, share their respective experiences of teaching in South Africa and Kazakstan and examine their assumptions and methods of consultation. The paper analyzes how the consultants' observations of education in these…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Educational Research