Complex classroom encounters: a South African perspective
Type
E-Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9789462090835
Category
ECCE, Foundation, Intermediate
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands
URL
[ private ]
Pages
p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Primary education, Diverse cultures, Learning, Teachers, Learners, South Africa
Abstract
This book is a rare academic contribution to the current linguistic and culturally rich classroom that teachers now work in daily. The authors report that some teachers are flummoxed by what they find, newly trained teachers seem better prepared, while others bring old but good teaching habits into the classroom. Overall, this book, rooted as it is in meticulous, long-term ethnographic classroom observations and multiple teacher interviews, shows that what is effective for the learning of learners is not by any means detachable from demographic, economic or political contexts. With that in mind, the book`s intentions and structure are clear, and the initial historical analyses provide insight to the important linguistic, social and cultural connections or disconnections present in contemporary South Africa.
Number of Copies
1
