Abstract
M.Ed. (Curriculum Studies)
It would appear that the task of the school in a multi
cultural society is becoming more complex. It is not
only expected of the school to educate the children of
the society in totality towards the accepted particular
adulthood, but the task of the school is also to provide
for the current needs of society, and to anticipate possible
problems of the future.
In the context of human relations an African Language was
introduced into White Schools on a regional basis in an
attempt to bring about better understanding among the population
groups. This was also done in order to provide
the White child with the opportunity to communicate with
the Black in his own language.
After considering the current subject - curricula for Sepedi
(Spoken Language) and the related teaching practice,
the conclusion was made that the subject does'nt succeed
in accomplishing its aims. No evidence could be found
of an thorough situation - analysis in which the nature
of society, the nature of the learner and the subjectcontent
have been considered. Some deficiencies in the
curriculum resulted from this.
An evaluation of the subject curricula showed that one of
the most important shortcomings seemed to be that the
curriculum was'nt planned and designed to accepted curriculum
principles.
A further shortcoming was that no attention was given to
the linguistic - phenomenon of pragmatic interference,
which implies that the child, while learning Sepedi (Spoken
Language) should not only learn the language, but also
gain experience in the culture, rules of discourse,
behaviour, norms and values underlying the target language...