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/ 19 October 2010
Hundreds of teachers, education leaders and tech experts will gather in Cape Town next week for the finals of the World Innovative Education Forum.
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/ 18 October 2010
Plans are on track for the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre to move to new premises next year.
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/ 15 October 2010
Mpumalanga’s education department has dismissed 60 teachers for sexually abusing pupils in the past five years, the province has disclosed.
The national school curriculum’s science statements are rushed, fraught with error and the writers probably lacked expertise to write them.
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/ 15 October 2010
The DBE ecently posted documents providing drafts of new syllabuses and assessment procedures for every school subject in all grades.
The president of Sadtu has faced weeks of conflict, violence and condemnation, but remains committed to furthering working-class interests.
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/ 14 October 2010
An initiative aimed at inculcating values such as civic responsibility, respect, ubuntu, tolerance, and dignity is taking schools by storm.
<b>Mike Bruton</b> is an imagineering director who spends his time conceptualising and designing exhibitions at science centres.
About one in 10 women in South Africa will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is that it can be cured when detected and treated early.
Obesity can be dangerous to one’s health. Many South Africans are unaware of the dangers of being overweight.
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/ 14 October 2010
Research on the subject is limited but there are several pointers you can use.
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/ 14 October 2010
Children often ask this question about mathematics and the teacher’s answer should be that we need it to help us solve problems in our daily lives.
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/ 14 October 2010
Certain leadership styles are needed to ensure that new ideas are successful and happily accepted, writes <b>Richard Hayward</b>.
<b>Mary Clasquin-Johnson</b>, <b>Ina Joubert</b> and <b>Cycil Hartell</b> discuss the issue of homework in the foundation phase.
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/ 13 October 2010
If you are contemplating moving house and are prone to doing so frequently, be sure it’s really necessary.
Following the popularity of an article on staffroom bullying last year, we are featuring another one as this problem is recurring.
Popular TV series shows how schools can be made alcohol-free zones.
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/ 13 October 2010
The Johannesburg Planetarium, owned and operated by the University of the Witwatersrand, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year.
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/ 13 October 2010
To celebrate 10 years of success the Takalani Sesame muppets will be conducting a tour of the country.
A programme is placing graduates in struggling schools to teach maths and more.
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/ 13 October 2010
For <b>Shirley Rossouw</b> being nominated for the National Teaching Awards was the most wonderful compliment her school could ever give her.
Hector Motau is the founder of The Motivation Company. Since its formation the company has focused on motivating people to live by their purpose.
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/ 11 October 2010
The DA on Monday renewed its call for teaching to be declared an essential service and urged teachers belonging to Sadtu to resign from the union.
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi this week warned that there is ‘no hope and no future’ for many of South Africa’s learners.
Government is sweeping under the carpet the core reasons for dysfunctional schooling.
Rebuilding education will have to be incremental and all will have to help.
Educators will gather in Cape Town next week to work out a programme for a series of workshops next year aimed at assisting primary school teachers.
What has happened to teacher training and development? <b>Alan Clarke</b> assesses the direction it has taken.
The minister of basic education has proposed that October be celebrated as "Teachers’ Month" to recognise the significant role of teachers in society.
Education authorities will oppose a court challenge by impoverished schools in the Eastern Cape to improve their infrastructure.
More than two months after delivering "yellow cards" to government education activists Equal Education are yet to receive any response.
The role of school district officers was one of the critical issues under the spotlight at the Education Week Convention in Ekurhuleni this week.