Blogs about: South African Education
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Fun History!
What a shock my kids had when I walked into the room like this! (Excuse the slightly blurred photo. My 10-year-old was giggling too much to focus the camera properly!) It was a great way to introduce… more →
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Individuals Behind the Numbers
wrote 4 weeks ago: It’s so easy to get caught up in our individual organisation or sector’s outputs that we … more →
What is Success?
wrote 2 months ago: In our recent large group meeting in Philippi we began developing another tool for working together … more →
100% Failure Achieved at seven Schools
wrote 2 months ago: Well here we have it. The day before yesterday, I had a little rant about the ludicrous philosophy h … more →
The link between language proficiency and maths performance
wrote 3 months ago: The link between language proficiency and maths performance This article I found – I googled it spec … more →
Matric and the "Retention Issue"
wrote 3 months ago: As matric results are announced and a new crop of learners has just entered the system, many importa … more →
Our Growing Map
wrote 5 months ago: It’s too easy to look at impoverished communities and see only the deficits and challenges. It’s als … more →
The Human Revolution: How My School Aims to Change the World
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wrote 5 months ago: The revolution is on. And it is spreading. As if by pre-arrangement, groups of people around the wor … more →
A Year With the Tribe: A Passionate Teacher Speaks About Teaching Boys
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wrote 6 months ago: The following interview details the experiences of a South African teacher involved in an experiment … more →
South Africa's Education: A downhill battle
wrote 6 months ago: South Africa’s Education: A downhill battle Featured article: SA teachers get an F It is true, … more →
Much to be done to close the gaps in South African education system
wrote 7 months ago: Differences in the quality of education received by the rich and the poor in South African education … more →
Mapping
wrote 8 months ago: Maps can tell you where something is for simple interest’s sake. They can tell you where you … more →
Ten Steps to Successfully Implementing any New Curriculum (And Doing Your Bit for the Education Revolution)
wrote 9 months ago: 1. Skip the cover page. 2. If relevant, bypass the politician’s introduction justifying the n … more →
50 Things I'm Tired of About South African Education
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wrote 11 months ago: Teacher (Photo credit: tim ellis) (After Gary Stager – http://stager.tv/blog/?p= … more →
Days of Small Things
wrote 11 months ago: “Do not despise the day of small things…” The Philippi collective is just beginnin … more →
Street Knowledge Two: How South African Learners See America
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wrote 11 months ago: Here, as a volunteer from California, I am shaped into numerous sets of contradictions on a daily ba … more →
Upington, South Africa: The Language Barrier
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wrote 12 months ago: Teaching children, I would think, is never an easy task. Teaching children who understand about one … more →
International Youth Foundation: Providing Skills to South African Youth?
wrote 1 year ago: A group involved in the International Youth Foundation. Photo Credit to OneVillageInitiative on Flic … more →
Homegrown Development For South Africa?
wrote 1 year ago: Alain Juppé and Maité Nkoana-Mashabane, Ministers of South Africa. Photo Credit Cyril Bailleul on Fl … more →
Free Higher Education Offered To Poor South Africans
wrote 1 year ago: University of Cape Town. Photo Credit to Ian Barbour on Flickr through Creative Commons. The South A … more →
