Safe And Sound? Violence And South African Education
Published in: 2016
Authors: Tia Linda Zuze / Vijay Reddy / Andrea Juan / Sylvia Hannan / Mariette Visser / Lolita Winnaar
Keywords: School safety / School type / South African school system
Have we reached gender equity in mathematics education?
Evidence from TIMSS South Africa 2011
Published in: 2016
Authors: Tia Linda Zuze / Vijay Reddy / Andrea Juan / Mariette Visser / Lolita Winnaar / Sylvia Hannan
Keywords: Gender equality / Gender equity / Mathematics Education
Does it matter if students enjoy learning science?
Exploring student attitudes towards science in South Africa
Published in: 2016
Keywords: Attitudes to science / Enjoy science / School science
Improving learner achievement in South Africa: A policy proposition for a growth mindset approach to enhance learner support at basic education level
The motivational model and the growth mindset
This motivational model is not a panacea for addressing the complexities of the challenges facing the South African education landscape. Aspirations, expectations and motivation will have to go hand in hand with tangible factors, such as teacher quality, to make any concrete difference. However, the recorded strength of these factors, as well as th ...
Published in: 2015
Keywords: Education in South Africa / Grade 5 and Grade 9 learners / Learner achievement
Improving teaching and learning through the South African Annual National Assessment: Challenges, possibilities and solutions
This policy brief has provided a vision of how a large-scale assessment such as ANA can support and improve teaching and learning. The challenges inherent in using the analyses from ANA data in informing school improvement policies and strategies are acknowledged. Through this policy brief, it is argued that large-scale assessment, when directly li ...
Published in: 2013
Keywords: Learning environment / Learning Programmes in South Africa / Successful teaching tool
Educator leave in the South African public schooling system
All employees are entitled to take leave. The general leave measures are set out in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act(No. 75 of 1997) and the Labour Relations Act (No. 66 of 1995). For institution-based educators, these measures appear in the Personnel Administrative Measures (PAM) (Government Gazette Vol. 404 No. 19767). The leave measures
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Published in: 2012
Authors: Cas Prinsloo / Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Education in South Africa / Educators / Primary School Teachers / Teacher classroom practices