Educational change in south africa : : reflections on local realities, practices and reforms / / Everard Weber.

• VerfasserIn: Weber, Everard,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The literature on Educational Change has been dominated by research published in the established, liberal democracies. This volume examines Educational Change in South Africa, a country undergoing rapid social and political change, and situated geographically, historically and culturally in the South. What are the meanings and processes of change? How do we explain the contours and contexts of change? What has changed? What has remained the same?

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Everard Weber -- The Scholarship of Educational Change: / Everard Weber -- Why do teachers do what they do? / Newton Stoffels -- Assessing curriculum change in underdeveloped contexts: / Annemarie Hattingh -- Between stagnation and unrealistic innovation in the science education curriculum: / John Rogan -- Fundamental change in mathematics education: / Hayley Barnes -- Personal growth and professional development of student teachers through teacher education programmes / Thea De Kock and Johannes Slabbert -- Changing student-teachers’ beliefs and attitudes towards difference in South African classrooms / Saloshna Vandeyar -- Improving teacher education: / Carol van der Westhuizen -- Diversity and School Reform: / Patti Silbert -- Seeking security: / Chaya Herman -- Changing Teachers’ Work at Tshwane High School: / Everard Weber -- Community engagement at higher education institutions in South Africa: / Gerda Bender -- From antiquity to infancy: / Venitha Pillay -- In search of discursive spaces in higher education / Cecelia Jacobs -- Organisational change: / Jan Nieuwenhuis -- Democratic intent and democratic practice: / Veerle Dieltiens -- The impact of finance equity reforms in post-apartheid schooling / Shireen Motala -- Educational Change and the Quality Challenge in South African Schooling / Crain Soudien and Dave Gilmour -- Index / Everard Weber.