[Reading time: 5 minutes] ‘Resilience’ is a word that has become a popular part of the discourse surrounding South Africans, with particular reference to our country’s community of educators. This has been particularly prevalent since 2020, with the onset of the pandemic; which uprooted and challenged the way that South African teachers approached education. In […]
Reading time: 4 minutes In March 2020, within the matter of a day, the South African school calendar was disrupted. What was first believed to be a short-lived, temporary shift became a lengthy process of transition that lasted into 2021. As it stands, South African educators are being called upon to adapt to various levels […]
Professional development programs for educators are not unique to South Africa. In certain states in America, for example, educators require a licence to teach. This licence needs to be renewed periodically, and renewal depends on a teacher’s professional development credits. In South Africa, the professional development system for teachers is facilitated by the South African […]
Prior to lockdown – which seems like another lifetime for all of us – most SA citizens chose to roam the grocery stores in lieu of stock-piling on toilet paper and their choice of poison to keep them sane (which now can be easily located on the black market) for what feels like eleventy thousand […]
By: Inge Elliott As a fellow teacher, I know that many of us harbour negative perceptions regarding the concept of professional development. There is already a myriad of pressing administrative duties demanding our attention without the additional strain of developmental requirements, which are often too far removed from the realities of day-to-day teaching to elicit […]
By: Inge Elliott Fast Food Model Ken Robinson, the ‘Ted Talk’ guru on all things education, once equated the modern-day schooling system to that of the fast food industry. The production process is a highly regulated series of procedures that ensures the uniformity and linearity of the final product. Schools are a ‘singular conception of […]
The Lost Art of Play […]
“One child excluded is one child too many” were the words of Basic Education minister, Angie Motshekga on the inadequacies around special needs education in South Africa. The facts speak for themselves. In South Africa, up to 70% of children of school-going age with disabilities are out of school. A journal article entitled, The Challenges […]
