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 Sout...

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.