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History education at the crossroads: challenges and prospects in a Lesotho context
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
The status of History education within a Social Science education framework
of the Lesotho educational system is a cause for concern. In an attempt to foster
the development goals of the Kingdom of Lesotho, education and ...
Race, power and me: my position as a History educator in relation to the position of learners
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
History, as outlined in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for
GET and FET (CAPS) is both a journey of enquiry and an evidence-based
construction of the past. It enables learners and teachers alike to ...
Rethinking the reflective praxis of the name Social Science: Pedagogical ‘mischief’ in the Grade 4 to 9 Social Science curriculum
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
The article depicts the global history of the Social Science (SS) curriculum to illustrate that already by the 19th century Geography and History had been divided. The influence of non-integration of the SS was mainly by ...
The development of Afrocentricity: A historical survey
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
The origin of the Afrocentric philosophy cannot be established with certainty.
The most influential book advocating it was published in 1954. Marcus Garvey
was one of the most influential propagators of the ideology. ...
Reimagining the journey – expanding the History curriculum to teach for depth of understanding in the FET Phase
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)
While the NSC CAPS does prescribe topics to be taught in the FET Phase of schooling, it does not restrict an educator from teaching additional topics or extending topics. It will be argued that there is a necessity for ...
Indigenous South African poetry as conduits of History: Epi-poetics – a pedagogy of memory
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
This conceptual article argues that a pedagogy of poetic memory, or epipoetics, can be used to remember and ‘re-member’ the past in the present in the history classroom. Epi-poetics as a theory encapsulates the dynamic ...
Historical Significance in the South African History curriculum: an un-silencing approach
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
The South African History Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) emphasises the significance of History being that of empowering learners with historical skills and knowledge but there are critical gaps that ...
'The power of power': Power stations as industrial heritage and their place in history and heritage education.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
This article focuses on the Electrical Precinct in Newtown as an example of industrial heritage in the centre of Johannesburg. The author makes the case that industrial heritage has been neglected in terms of what is deemed ...
The contested nature of heritage in Grade 10 South African history textbooks: A case study.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
Using the interpretivist paradigm and approached from a qualitative perspective,
this case study produced data on three purposively selected contemporary South
African history textbooks with regards to their representation ...
Mobilising History for nation-building in South Africa: A decolonial perspective.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
One of the greatest challenges facing people in the process of becoming South
Africans today is that of building a cohesive national identity out of diverse and
competing national, cultural and ethnic aspirations and ...