Some thoughts on the search for just and democratic schools in South Africa
- Authors: Pretorius, Gertie
- Date: 2007
- Subjects: Education - South Africa , Democracy - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5442 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13000
- Description: This article posits an intervention in the education system which integrates the theories of justice as fairness and deliberative democracy. The aim is to honour every child's right to learn in freedom, and to ensure that every child becomes a responsible and democratic South African citizen. The education system and the schools in that system are described as a workplace where adults and children can work together as educators and learners towards achieving the goal of justice by practising the principles of democracy. This includes the author's conception of the constructs of ubuntu, solidarity, and an existential awareness of interrelationships. In addition the author explicates her conceptions of justice and democracy and argues that a circular relationship between these concepts exists that is relevant to the South Africa context. Secondly, the author attempts to search for justice and democracy in South African schools. This goal is achieved through portraying the unjust and undemocratic current scenario in South African schools. In response to this scenario, the intervention provides a vision of hope for just and democratic schools in South Africa.
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- Authors: Pretorius, Gertie
- Date: 2007
- Subjects: Education - South Africa , Democracy - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5442 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13000
- Description: This article posits an intervention in the education system which integrates the theories of justice as fairness and deliberative democracy. The aim is to honour every child's right to learn in freedom, and to ensure that every child becomes a responsible and democratic South African citizen. The education system and the schools in that system are described as a workplace where adults and children can work together as educators and learners towards achieving the goal of justice by practising the principles of democracy. This includes the author's conception of the constructs of ubuntu, solidarity, and an existential awareness of interrelationships. In addition the author explicates her conceptions of justice and democracy and argues that a circular relationship between these concepts exists that is relevant to the South Africa context. Secondly, the author attempts to search for justice and democracy in South African schools. This goal is achieved through portraying the unjust and undemocratic current scenario in South African schools. In response to this scenario, the intervention provides a vision of hope for just and democratic schools in South Africa.
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'n Skooldiagnostiese ondersoek na skoolstaking met beklemtoning van die sosiale skakeling van leerlinge met groepe buite die skool as faktor by skoolstaking
- Du Plessis, Catharina Susanna
- Authors: Du Plessis, Catharina Susanna
- Date: 2014-02-04
- Subjects: Social interaction , School environment - South Africa , Education - South Africa , High school dropouts - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:8004 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8940
- Description: M.Ed. (Psychology of Education) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Du Plessis, Catharina Susanna
- Date: 2014-02-04
- Subjects: Social interaction , School environment - South Africa , Education - South Africa , High school dropouts - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:8004 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8940
- Description: M.Ed. (Psychology of Education) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Education, training and skills development : solving the conundrum – a South African perspective
- Authors: Taylor, Susanne S.
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Skills development - South Africa , Education - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6287 , ISBN 2152-0518 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9893
- Description: 11 million jobs by 2030? One of the aims of South Africa’s National Development Plan: Vision for 2030 is to reduce the current unemployment rate from 27 percent in 2011 to 6 percent by 2030. The paper will explore the South African education and skills development legislation though the lens of work integrated learning as a viable consideration in the skills debate. The Work-Integrated Learning: Good Practice Guide (2011) published by the Council for Higher Education introduces new models for implementation of work integrated learning in South Africa.
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- Authors: Taylor, Susanne S.
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Skills development - South Africa , Education - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6287 , ISBN 2152-0518 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9893
- Description: 11 million jobs by 2030? One of the aims of South Africa’s National Development Plan: Vision for 2030 is to reduce the current unemployment rate from 27 percent in 2011 to 6 percent by 2030. The paper will explore the South African education and skills development legislation though the lens of work integrated learning as a viable consideration in the skills debate. The Work-Integrated Learning: Good Practice Guide (2011) published by the Council for Higher Education introduces new models for implementation of work integrated learning in South Africa.
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Educated for servitude? A national survey of “out-of-school youth” in South Africa
- Community Agency for Social Enquiry (South Africa)
- Authors: Community Agency for Social Enquiry (South Africa)
- Subjects: Education - South Africa , Out-of-school youth - South Africa , Youth - South Africa
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432767 , uj:37394
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- Authors: Community Agency for Social Enquiry (South Africa)
- Subjects: Education - South Africa , Out-of-school youth - South Africa , Youth - South Africa
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432767 , uj:37394
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