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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 ...
Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device as a frame to study history curriculum reform in South Africa.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
This article reflects on the usefulness of Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device to frame a (previously reported) study of history curriculum reform in South Africa: to what extent, and in what ways does the concept ...
Educating the nation about union - whose heritage?
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
On the 31st of May 2010, South Africa, as a geopolitical creation, had been in existence for a century; a momentous occasion for the country. However, the day passed with little acknowledgement of this event. The question ...
The Miracle Rising® as source for teaching History: Theoretical and practical considerations.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
Twenty years ago, all South Africans – for the first time – had the privilege to
vote on an equal basis for the political party to govern the country in the years to
come. It was an extraordinary and a momentous phase ...
Thoughts about the historiography of veracity or “truthfulness” in understanding and teaching History in South Africa
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Debating the understanding and use of historical content as fact and/or fiction in
publications has come a long way in the science of History (historiography). Arthur
Marwick for example, in “The new nature of history, ...
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 ...
Political economy of History textbook publishing during apartheid (1948-1994): Towards further historical enquiry into commercial imperatives
(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 provision of textbooks in apartheid South Africa (1948-1994), a source of
controversy and media interest in recent years, is placed in historical perspective,
with particular reference to History textbook production. ...
Using genre to describe the progression of historical thinking in school history textbooks
(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 focus of this paper is to describe how progression in historical thinking
manifests across seven South African textbooks, one each from Grade 3 to Grade
9. This paper argues that one way in which progression in ...
Reflections on applying critical discourse analysis methodologies in analysing South African history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
This article is a reflection on the choice to apply Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
in a large scale study in which South African history textbooks were analysed for
their construction of African consciousness. The ...
Moral judgments in the history classroom: thoughts of selected novice history teachers
(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 is laden with contentious issues and the history teacher has to negotiate
how to handle such issues in almost every class. One of the propensities of both
history teachers and learners is to make moral judgments ...