Abstract
M.Ed.
This study dealt with teachers views on the core-plus curriculum. The core-plus curriculum
is sensitive to the needs of the individual communities, and looks into the role that schools
and teachers can play in addressing these needs. Its important role is to bridge the gap
between what happens at home and what is happening in schools. It aims at fostering and
promoting this relationship in a mutual way, i.e. the school should benefit the community
and the community should benefit from the school as well. This kind of curriculum in fact
enables the school to operate beyond its physical boundaries.
New insights were gained into teachers' perceptions about the community and the parents
of the learners. An insight into the roles that the teachers, the parents, and the learners can
play in closing the gap between the school and home was gained.
An important contribution of the study is that, it gives an insight into the teachers' sources
of frustration and it gives more information on what are teachers' views about themselves,
and their work.