Integrated schooling, life course outcomes, and social cohesion in multiethnic democratic societies

RA Mickelson, M Nkomo - Review of Research in Education, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The concept of democracy is, arguably, the most complex and contested. The political
theorist CB Macpherson (1966) observes that there are at least two ways to think of …

The teacher as an agent of meaningful educational change

S Vandeyar - 2017 - repository.up.ac.za
This paper peers through the window to look at how a teacher brings about meaningful
educational change in a diverse classroom. Utilizing three sets of arguments from the field of …

Education quality in post‐apartheid South African policy: Balancing equity, diversity, rights and participation

Y Sayed, R Ahmed - Comparative Education, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In spite of numerous definitions of quality, consensus on what constitutes quality is less clear
and contested. Using South Africa as a case study, this paper explores the current …

Teaching Strategies Adopted by Teachers in Multicultural Classrooms in Ex-Model C Secondary Schools in South Africa.

L Athiemoolam, A Vermaak - Multicultural Education, 2021 - ERIC
South Africa recently celebrated 24 years of desegregated schooling, with the majority of
former White schools in the country now representative of the demographics of the country …

Opening up a'third space'to innovate curricula

H Jacobs, C Brandt - Journal of Social Sciences, 2012 - research.monash.edu
Problem statement: Against the background of innovating learner experiences in South
African schools and higher learning institutions in the 21st century, it is crucial to determine …

Trends in the desegregation of former Whites-only state schools in Pretoria (South Africa): a time-space investigation

A Horn - South African Geographical Journal= Suid-Afrikaanse …, 2024 - journals.co.za
The school is a confined interpersonal contact space for students and lends itself to the
social integration of mixed-race populations. However, the success of an integration process …

Diversity, unity and national development: Findings from desegregated Gauteng schools

E Weber, M Nkomo, C Amsterdam - Perspectives in Education, 2009 - journals.co.za
This is a qualitative study that analyses the views and experiences of teachers and students
at selected, desegregated schools in Gauteng, South Africa. It focuses on diversity with …

School as a “stage of life”: approaches to diversity among teachers in racially-integrated schools

C Slabbert, L Naudé - Educational Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored approaches to diversity among teachers in racially-integrated school
environments in the unique South African climate of transformation. Twelve teachers from …

Post-apartheid education and building 'unity in diversity': Voices of South African youth

T Fleetwood - 2012 - etheses.dur.ac.uk
The challenges facing nation-building and overcoming the legacy of apartheid in South
Africa are immense. This thesis examines the crucial role of education in this effort. Drawing …

Is education making a difference in the creation of equitable societies?

M Nkomo, E Weber, C Amsterdam - Perspectives in Education, 2009 - journals.co.za
This introductory editorial article is premised on the fundamental notion that education is
about personal and social change. But such a view, as in Dickens's" A Tale of Two Cities", is …