Browsing by Subject "CAPS"
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Engaging with human rights and gender in curriculum spaces: a Religion and Education (RaE) perspective
(CSSALL (UKZN), 2013)The introduction of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and how it positions religion in the curriculum requires rethinking. This article first argues that Religion and Education (RaE) has the propensity ... -
Fallism as Decoloniality: Towards a Decolonised School History Curriculum in Post-colonial-apartheid South Africa
(South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the Department of Humanities Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, 2021)The 2015/16 student protests in South Africa, dubbed #MustFall protests, signalled a historic moment in the country’s post-colonial-apartheid history in which student-worker collaborations called for the decolonising of ... -
Family involvement in life skills development of learners in a primary school
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The purpose of this research was to determine how families can become more involved in the life skills development of learners in a primary school (Grades 1–7). I observed and experienced how society, parental involvement ... -
A Grade 1 pre-handwriting programme to promote inclusive practices in the classroom
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023)The South African Curriculum and Policy Statement (CAPS) document requires a pre-writing programme to be implemented before embarking on formal instruction of handwriting in Grade 1. Yet, an official pre-handwriting programme ... -
History in senior secondary school CAPS 2012 and beyond: a comment.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)History Education has been a neglected aspect of the great educational debate in South Africa in recent times. Despite its high profile in anti - apartheid education the subject has not received the same attention as science ... -
How should a national curriculum for History be quality assured? The case of the South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)
(South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the Department of Humanities Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, 2021)The South African Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, known as Umalusi, embarked on a project to quality assure the South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) ... -
Integrering van multimodale strategieë om graad 8-Natuurwetenskapleerders tot selfgerigte lesers en leerders te ontwikkel
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)Learners’ academic achievement is determined according to their ability to read with comprehension. In this study, a group of Grade 8 Science learners was unable to read with comprehension at first, preventing them from ... -
Local history teaching in the Overberg region of the Western Cape: The case of the Elim Primary School.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The problem of this study deals with the indifference of the Grade 8 learners of the Elim Primary School towards school History, and its relevance to their everyday lives. The following research question was formulated: ... -
“Making History compulsory”: Politically inspired or pedagogically justifiable?
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)While recognising the contested nature of History as a school subject, this article explores the political context and practical implications of making History compulsory until Grade 12. After twenty one years of democracy, ... -
Musiekintegrasie in graad R : 'n teoretiese raamwerk gebaseer op 'n gevallestudie
(2014)According to the most recent policy documents from the Department of Basic Education, grade R refers to preschool education that is systematically being implemented into the South African school system, aiming at 100% of ...