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The low status of teaching has caused student enrolments to plummet. THE status of teaching is at its lowest point in years. Redeployment and the confusion around Curriculum 2005…
Communication between schools and libraries is a massive stumbling block. ”GO get information from the library” is a phrase students commonly hear from their teachers. ”And…
SEAN O’CONNOR reviews four annotated Shakespeare series designed specifically for schools, including Macmillan Communicative Shakespeare developed by the Institute for the Study…
The safe schools program aims to reclaim schools from gangsters IN 1997, a standard 8 pupil named Howard McKenzie become the 20th victim of a bitter gang war in Gugulethu. Howard…
The divide between the haves and the have-nots is as wide as ever, but many of the better-off schools are reaching out to help OUTREACH programmes are often perceived as one-way…
PARTICIPATION in today’s general strike by members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), has been ”uneven”, according to Education Minister Kader Asmal’s…
THOUSANDS of South African teachers are poised to heed Cosatu’s call to go on a 24-hour general strike tomorrow. South African Democratic Teacher’s Union (SADTU) media…
Important information gathering skills can be learnt outside school THE Valhalla Park public library near Elsies River in the Cape Flats serves an estimated 16 000 people. Like…
SEAN O’CONNOR reviews Learners with Special Needs by Jennifer Gous and Lungelwa Mfazwe (Heinemann, R 36,50) SOUTH Africans continue to feel the effects of an inefficient,…
Efforts to promote maths and science have not been wholly successful. AFTER the failure of a key initiative to improve maths and science performances, the search for the winning…
Nigel Bakker teaches English methodology at the University of Cape Town’s School of Education. and is editor of Maskew Miller Longman’s new Active Shakespeare series. He spoke to…
Library week focuses attention on making librarians more proactive ”MUSIC is my downfall,” says Elizabeth Watson, shaking her head. She allows herself a smile. ”Would you believe…
Important developments of a different kind are taking place outside the classroom, writes Sean O’Connor What games did you play as a child? My father describes a schoolboy game…
Gone are the days when only nerds played chess. The game requires cunning and mastery and appeals to a wide range of players, writes Sean O’Connor Chess is a ruthless game, yet…
Learners lose out as school sport gets caught up in politics, writes Sean O’Connor Sport presents a host of developmental, social and other opportunities, especially since the…
Discipline and self-defence skills make martial arts appealing, writes Sean O’Connor As a five-year old, Hoosain Narker was always getting beaten up at school. Today, he teaches…
Sean O’Connor finds that sport is virtually dead in many schools yet it teaches vital skills Ganief Millward is a primary school teacher in Manenberg, Cape Town. He recites a…
Tennis must rank as one of the greatest games ever invented, simply because it allows men and women to play together, writes Sean O’Connor ‘Love” is not a score in tennis by…
Dance is providing a popular option for sport in schools with few or no facilities. Sean O’Connor tracks the beat According to a survey presented to Parliament last month, 37% of…
April is the time to look at all the different facets of the written word: from the creative process of writing to the job of publishing. And in Cape Town a lot more has been…
