Systemic School Improvement Interventions in South Africa

Description

Looking at two smaller-scale systemic school improvement projects implemented in selected district circuits in the North West and Eastern Cape by partnerships between government, JET Education Services, and private sector organisations, this book captures and reflects on the experiences of the practitioners involved. The Systemic School Improvement Model developed by JET to address an identified range of interconnected challenges at district, school, classroom and household level, is made up of seven components. In reflecting on what worked and what did not in the implementation of these different components, the different chapters set out some of the practical lessons learnt, which could be used to improve the design and implementation of similar education improvement projects. Many of the lessons in this field that remain under-recorded to date relate to the step-by-step processes followed, the relationship dynamics encountered at different levels of the education system, and the local realities confronting schools and districts in South Africa�s rural areas. Drawing on field data that is often not available to researchers, the book endeavours to address this gap and record these lessons. It is not intended to provide an academic review of the systemic school improvement projects. It is presented rather to offer other development practitioners working to improve the quality of education in South African schools, an understanding of some of the real practical and logistical challenges that arise and how these may be resolved to take further school improvement projects forward at a wider district, provincial and national scale.

Sujets

• Éducation
• Education

Informations

• Publié par: African Minds
• Date de parution: 08 mai 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920677466
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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SYSTEMIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA SOME PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS

Edited byGodwin Khosa

SYSTEMIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA:

SOME PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS

Edited byGodwin Khosa

Published in 2013 by African Minds for JET Education Services, th 5 Floor Forum 1, Braampark, 33 Hoofd Street, Braamfontein, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa www.jet.org.za

African Minds 4 Eccleston Place, Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa www.africanminds.org.za

ISBN 9781920677374 Ebook ISBN 9781920677466

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionShareAlike 4.0 International License JET Education Services 2013

Copy editor Leigh Darroll Coordinator Maureen Mosselson Photographs Hannelie Coetzee

CONTENTS

Foreword SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: The Systemic School Improvement Model Godwin Khosa

SECTION 2: LESSONS LEARNT IN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 2:JET’s Approach to Teacher Development Chimwemwe Kamanga

Chapter 3:Teacher Development Interventions in the GET Band Chimwemwe Kamanga

Chapter 4:Standardised Teacher Testing in GET Roelien Herholdt

Chapter 5:Teacher Development Interventions in the FET Band Patience Voller

SECTION 3: FURTHER LESSONS

Chapter 6:Cost (Benefit) Analysis of FET Teacher Development DoubleHugh Marera

Chapter 7:Parental Involvement in Improving Schooling Kedibone Boka

Chapter 8:Lessons on Districtlevel Support and Integration Godwin Khosa, with Dina Mashamaite and Koleka Ntantiso

Chapter 9:Stakeholder Involvement in the BSSIP and COEP Muavia Gallie and Aneesha Mayet

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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA (1918 TO 2013), A GREAT TEACHER:

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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