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In 1994, after the dismantling of Apartheid in South Africa, there were more than 85,000 teachers in the system who had no tertiary qualifications or were inadequately qualified. Most of these teachers lived in rural areas, and had no access to tertiary institutions. This situation required a unique approach to overcome the problems specific to the demographic and socio-economic circumstances of the country. The North-West University in South Africa took up the challenge and became...
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This article will, however, mainly focus on some of the projects done by Kenya's Community Health and Awareness Puppeteers (CHAPS) and arepp: Theatre for Life (sic) from South Africa in an attempt to analyse the role of the puppet's dual nature and sign systems in educational puppetry.
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South Africa has emerged from a long period of racial oppression and polarisation. The need for social transformation in areas such as HIV, poverty, oppression, economy, morality and gender poses serious challenges to Christian Education for the church in South Africa. The aim of this article is to propose the model of Transformation-centered Christian Education (TCE) in educating the church to make a contribution in responding to the challenges faced by the country. The paper has three...
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Our era, in contrast to the previous ones, has grown from a predominantly physical and agro-based society into a fully-fledged knowledge driven society. This has been coupled by technological advancement and changes in the global market where there is heightened corporate competition, sliding meanings of everything and hence a need to harness knowledge as an invaluable asset. Employees are now hired on the merit of their skill, experience and knowledge depth against the strictly...
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Suggestopedia (also sometimes referred to as Accelerated Learning) is a teaching methodology that claims to remove barriers to learning rather than teach students how to learn. Developed by Bulgarian psychotherapist and medical doctor Georgi Lozanov (1926), it utilizes a detailed, three-phase cycle of teaching in which about 75% of teaching time is devoted to Activations, games and activities in which students rehearse material previously presented in unique Concert Sessions (which make up...
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The pace of change brought about by new technologies has had a significant effect on the way people live, work, and play worldwide. New and emerging technologies challenge the traditional process of teaching and learning, and the way education is managed. Information Technology (IT), while an important area of study in its own right, is having a major impact across all curriculum areas. Easy worldwide communication provides instant access to a vast array of data, challenge assimilation and...
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Abstract: Open distance learning (ODL) is of special relevance to the training of teachers who should respond eficiently to frequent and fast changes of knowledge. ODL has emerged as a tool for widening access to higher education for women. Compared to other professions, women are dominant in teaching. They find the profession very convenient for their roles in society, Teaching also creates opporfunity for women to enhance themselves in formal education and in public life. Mean while like...
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Although scholars have examined historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in terms of their educational effectiveness for African American students compared to predominantly white institutions (PWIs), there is a lack of similar research on Hispanic students at Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) and PWIs. This study uses data from the 2003 administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to investigate whether HSIs appear to serve Hispanic students in similar...
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This book chapter presents a comparative essay around the meaning of inclusion in the differing contexts of South Africa and Northern Ireland. it is presented in the form of a conversation between a three educationalists, one from the School of Education at the University of Ulster and two from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. It attempts to explore how inclusion is viewed both theoretically and in practical ways and how the concept of inclusive education has influenced both policy and legislation within both countries.