Being a Teacher: Reading 4. Teachers, Moral Agency, and the Reconstruction of Schooling in South Africa
This is the fourth reading for Saide's Education Studies module "Being a Teacher". Fataar and Patterson’s study looks at how teachers in such schools experience teaching, how they see themselves, and how this influences their practice. more
Being a Teacher: Reading 3. Teachers, Identities, and Space
This is the third reading for Saide's Education Studies module "Being a Teacher". The history of teaching in South Africa has been one in which the most significant single factor has been the enormous differences in the experiences of teachers – dependent primarily on whether they were identified as ‘black’, ‘coloured’, ‘Asiatic’, or ‘white’; male or female; rural-, township-, or suburban-... more
Being a Teacher: Reading 2. Future Trapped in the Past
This is the second recommended reading for Saide's Education Studies module "Being a Teacher" more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 6: Teachers talking about teaching
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning? Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 5: Teaching with learning in mind
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning?; Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 4: The importance of books, reading and language
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning? Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 3.2: What is the difference between everyday learning and school learning?
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning?; Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 3.1: What is the difference between everyday learning and school learning?
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning?; Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 2: How do we get learners to know?
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning?; Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more
Learners and Learning. Audio Part 1: Introduction; Socrates dialogue; What is learning?
The audiotape includes interviews and discussions that cover three key questions: What is learning?; Is there a difference between everyday learning and school learning? How do we teach to enable learning?. For the most part of the 84 minutes of recording we listen to the views of experts who provide interesting and valuable insights and debates. These require careful listening, though, and... more