Libby Young discovers websites devoted to ADD and ADHD Learners with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can present a teaching challenge. Log on to the internet for some background information as well as practical classroom hints. The Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity website provides a variety of fact sheets […]
Dear Hansie Cronje I am sorry to hear that your appeal to the high court to have the life ban on your plying your trade in South Africa was unsuccessful. The law must be respected, and given the severity of your crimes, it would be difficult to disagree with the ruling. But ours is a […]
It is with disappointment that we took notice of the way in which your paper of September 2001 made the Christian religion an object of derision with the “joke” on page 23. Furthermore it is surprising that a paper, which takes such a strong stand against racism, does not hesitate to practise religious discrimination. Considering […]
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 professional era. Whether playing beach soccer or moving chess pieces, the adrenalin surges, people communicate and communities are built. Sport makes us feel good. And at school, learners […]
Step Six gives you ideas about how to see whether your governing body is working well as a team, and whether you are making a difference to the school. There are two kinds of evaluations that your governing body needs to do. The first is to evaluate the relationships and ways of working of the […]
‘Principals are the captains of the ship that will lead the fleet of the future.” This was one of the memorable comments that best summed up the annual conference of the South African Principals Association. More than 500 principals, a diverse mix from rural and urban schools, gathered in September to discuss a variety of […]
We live in a country constantly divided by intolerance, lack of understanding and lack of respect. Surely, as the editor of this newspaper, your prime objective should be to counter all this. For you to have allowed the cartoon on page 23 of the September issue of the Teacher to be published indicates to me […]
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 karate to schoolchildren, using lessons from a lifetime spent studying the sport. “Black belt” are two very effective words to say to bullies or belligerent strangers. “Self-defence is […]
Business responded to Nelson Mandela’s call to help build schools in the Eastern Cape, but what has become of these noble efforts? Janette Bennett reports When Nelson Mandela asks for help to build schools in South Africa’s poorest province, few mortals can refuse. Irresistibly, Mandela attracted funding for rural schools in the former Transkei homeland, […]
Janine Orderson made headlines with her obscene behaviour and cucumber-sucking antics as a contestant on the reality television programme Big Brother. Speaking after her eviction last month, Janine Orderson said she would like to return to the classroom. But her antics have provoked an outcry from Minister of Education Kader Asmal, Western Cape MEC for […]