Literacy and Democracy in South African Primary Schools (eBook)

Getahun Yacob Abraham, Mary Alice Barksdale (Autoren)

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2017
198 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6146-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The book provides results from two extensive qualitative studies in South African primary school classrooms—the first on leadership qualities and voting, and the second from a project on writing to read. The work involves central themes of transformation in teaching practice with emphasis on the role of context.

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Literacy and Democracy in South African Primary Schools presents findings based on two research projects conducted in South African primary schools during the same time frame. Working from the South African Foundation Phase curriculum that was introduced in 2009, the first project focused on the introduction of leadership qualities and the election of classroom representatives in 3rd grade classes in four elementary schools. The other introduced process-based writing to teachers and researched the process and products of children's stories. The book describes research experiences from the field, provides a brief overview of the history of the South African education system, and looks ahead to the future transformation of global educational systems.

Autor

Getahun Yacob Abraham is senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at Karlstad University.Mary Alice Barksdale is associate professor and program area leader for the Master’s in Elementary Education at Virginia Tech.

Inhalt

ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 South Africa’s History and the School ContextChapter 3 The Research MethodologiesChapter 4 The Write to Read ProjectChapter 5 The Life Orientation Education StudyChapter 6 Lessons LearnedChapter 7 Concluding RemarksReferencesAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix EAppendix FAppendix GAppendix HAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 2 Black & White Illustrations; - 9 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Grundschule
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: Africana Studies • African literacy development • Classroom elections • Developing leadership qualities • Foundation phase curriculum • Foundation phase teaching • Life Orientation • Political Science • South African schooling • Teaching Democracy • Writing for reading
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6146-2 / 1498561462
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6146-4 / 9781498561464