Barbara Dale Jones

Accountability is a vague concept when it comes to SA’s education system and panelists at a Wits debate had their differences on how to improve it.

Teachers are uniquely placed to help both victim and tormentor but they, too, require support.

Let cultures clash and identities collide, for diversity benefits pupils and teachers alike.

Tech won’t turn a bad teacher into a good one, but it can help create meaningful learning experiences.

New approaches to school discipline are focusing on empathy over enmity.

Good mentoring and networking forums can be used to help newly qualified teachers to adjust, writes Barbara Dale-Jones.

Despite policy, too few schools have formal mentoring programmes for staff.

Education law and classroom mindsets are still not accommodating "disabled" pupils properly.

They are a source of useful information that can help to make teaching better.

And they must be given the tools they need to lead their pupils and staff effectively.

The latest Teachers Upfront seminar offered ideas to teacher for how they can enhance teaching in a multilingual classroom.

Varsities are rethinking how to produce clued-up professionals ready for the classroom.

Smoothing the way from mother tongue to English is a huge challenge for education in SA.

But a mindset shift among teachers is needed to encourage reading across the curriculum.

Classroom communication should supplement language with visuals and movement, experts say.