Browsing TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa by Subject "Life Orientation"
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Boundary talk in Life (dis)Orientation: Collaborative conversations across Higher Education Institutions
(AOSIS, 2021)Life Orientation (LO) as a compulsory subject in the South African school curriculum (Grades 7–12) aims to develop the learner’s self-in-society. This implies a holistic approach that includes the personal, social and ... -
Courageous conversations in the Life Orientation classroom and teacher vulnerability
(AOSIS, 2021)The Independent Education Board (IEB) introduced the need to facilitate critical conversations on controversial topics in the Life Orientation (LO) classroom at the National Conference in 2016. This shifted the focus of ... -
Empathetic-reflective-dialogical re-storying: A teaching–learning strategy for life orientation
(AOSIS, 2021)This article presents a teaching–learning strategy that has been employed in recent small-scale research projects at a South African higher education institution, and more specifically, in the School of Education. Bachelor ... -
The importance of Life Orientation in a time of COVID-19 : perceptions of preservice teachers
(AOSIS, 2022)This research explored the challenges experienced by society during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the role thereof in the validation of Life Orientation in South African schools. The importance of ... -
The role of Parliament in promoting active citizenship in relation to the Grade 11 Life Orientation in the South African curriculum
(AOSIS, 2019)The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa plays a pivotal role in promoting active citizenship to ensure the deepening of democracy. This article, as based on the study by Arendse, explored the extent to which Parliament ... -
A systematic review of comprehensive sexuality education for South African adolescents
(AOSIS, 2021)Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) was implemented in South African schools in the year 2000 as part of the subject Life Orientation, with the aim of contributing positively to adolescent sexual health in a holistic ... -
Unintelligibility, personhood and curriculum silences of intersex bodies in the Life Orientation high school classroom : a case study
(AOSIS, 2022)Despite an increase in the research that promotes affirmative gender and sexual diversity in the South African Life Orientation (LO) education, there remains an uncomfortable silence on intersex bodies. In the absence ...