Poverty, inequality and mathematics performance: The case of South Africa's post-apartheid context

MH Graven - Zdm, 2014 - Springer
South Africa's recent history of apartheid, its resultant high levels of poverty and extreme
social and economic distance between rich and poor continue to play-out in education in …

The role of reflexivity in the emergence and expression of teachers' identities in teaching primary school mathematics

L Westaway - ZDM, 2019 - Springer
The advent of a democratically-elected government in South Africa in 1994 disrupted the
erstwhile synchrony between the schooling system, teacher education system, curriculum …

Changing educational traditions with the change laboratory

LR Botha - Education as change, 2017 - scielo.org.za
This paper outlines the use of a form of research intervention known as the Change
laboratory to illustrate how the processes of organisational change initiated at a secondary …

Decolonizing democratic aims of education in Botswana: Kagisano and outcome-based education

T Major, S Fraser-Burgess - Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Botswana's history is one of an unwavering exercise of self-determination and quest for self-
rule. Post-independence, self-government prioritized an overarching philosophy of …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring the limitations and possibilities of researching mathematical dispositions of learners with low literacy levels

M Graven, E Heyd-Metzuyanim - Scientia in educatione, 2014 - researchgate.net
In this paper we share the challenges we encountered while gathering data on young
learner mathematical dispositions in the form of written responses to orally administered …

The role of supervisors in the implementation of the Integrated Quality Management System in schools

MM Mamabolo, KS Malatji, LK Mphahlele - South African Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
The aim of the study reported on here was to evaluate the roles of supervisors in the
implementation of the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) in South African …

Unravelling continuous assessment practice: Policy implications for teachers' work and professional learning

J De Lisle - Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2016 - Elsevier
Assessment policy in some countries continues to promote the use of continuous
assessment (CA) within classrooms. Several policy claims have been made about the …

[PDF][PDF] THE EMERGENCE AND EXPRESSION OF TEACHERS'IDENTITIES IN TEACHING FOUNDATION PHASE MATHEMATICS

L Westaway - 2016 - core.ac.uk
The assertion that learner performance in South African schools is in crisis may be cliched
but it is certainly true. The majority of learners in the schooling system are not achieving the …

Understanding language in education and grade 4 reading performance using a 'natural experiment'of Botswana and South Africa

DL Shepherd - Assessment of Reading in International Studies, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The regional and cultural closeness of Botswana and South Africa, as well as differences in
their political histories and language policy stances, offers a unique opportunity to evaluate …

[PDF][PDF] Culturally responsive teaching: A bridge over the diversity divide in historically white multicultural schools of South Africa

A Mpisi, G Alexander - Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2022 - researchgate.net
The purpose of this paper is to report on white teacher perceptions of the characteristics
associated with multicultural education and the related classroom practices in promoting …