'Vuwani still not conducive for teaching & learning': The Limpopo Education Department says it's doing all it can to help pupils catch up with work missed. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News ANC warns those involved in Tshwane protests won’t be protected: 5 people were killed as the unrest spread last week in areas including Mabopane, Attridgeville & Mamelodi. … [Read more...] about ‘Vuwani still not conducive for teaching & learning’
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How mobile phones are disrupting teaching and learning in Africa | The Conversation
Mobile phones have many benefits. But they can also interrupt classes and distract pupils. KODAKovic/Shutterstock.comMobile phones have become ubiquitous in Africa. Among younger users, basic phones are most common. But more pupils are accessing smartphones that can connect to the internet – and taking them along to school. Phones are often used in school whether they’re … [Read more...] about How mobile phones are disrupting teaching and learning in Africa | The Conversation
Teaching in troubled times: South African academics try a new approach | The Conversation
Lecturing is an important, intimidating job and the academic's role is changing all the time. ShutterstockAcademics in South Africa have perhaps more responsibility than ever before. The country’s universities are in flux. Enrolment rates have more than doubled since formal apartheid ended in 1994. Institutions no longer cater for a narrow racial and economic demographic. … [Read more...] about Teaching in troubled times: South African academics try a new approach | The Conversation
Teaching students about Africa may be one way to stem xenophobia | The Conversation
Xenophobia is a huge problem in South Africa. Could better university teaching about Africa make a difference? Reuters It is no secret that South Africa views itself as somehow “outside” the African continent. The country’s National Development Plan, a roadmap for the next 15 years, concedes that even the country’s policy makers lack knowledge about the continent. They also, … [Read more...] about Teaching students about Africa may be one way to stem xenophobia | The Conversation
Teaching Mandarin in schools is another slap in the face for African languages | The Conversation
Gabriel Kenny, aged five, gets to grips with Mandarin characters as part of a US school program. Lucy Nicholson/ReutersIt’s said that behind every powerful language is an army and money. Consider the case of English. In South Africa, as in its other colonies, the British arrived with the Bible in one hand and the breech-loader in the other. Behind them was the English language, … [Read more...] about Teaching Mandarin in schools is another slap in the face for African languages | The Conversation
