Teacher Skills

Lifetime Achievement Award

Article Thabo Mohlala - 8 Mar 2019

'Start small but keep moving'

Department juggles teacher numbers

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Dec 2016

Universities produce school teachers but they’re needed for preschool, college and adult education.

Good teachers are in short supply

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Jul 2015

More people are training to be teachers but getting them into classrooms is fraught with problems.

Most of our new teachers can’t

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Apr 2015

The number of teachers graduating is no longer of concern, but their ability leaves much to be desired.

South Africa, learn to love your teachers

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jan 2015

They are the lifeblood of the education system, and supporting them will make all the difference.

Pedagogy is a three-ring circus

Article Karin Brodie - 8 Aug 2014

A good education rests on the relationship between knowledge, teaching and learning.

Wanted: Help for new teachers

Article Barbara Dale Jones - 30 May 2014

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

Teacher education: grounds for cautious optimism

Article Comment Author & Robert Balfour - 16 May 2014

Teacher education is getting better, but it will be a while before this becomes evident.

Let us learn from maths mistakes

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Apr 2014

Don’t dismiss criticism of ‘maths myths’ – the ability to learn trumps good exam results.

When less intervention in education practices produces much more

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jan 2014

But only with far  better models of  school management and teacher support.

Puzzling over the teaching of teachers

Article Barbara Dale Jones - 2 Aug 2013

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

173 KZN teachers found with fake qualifications

Article Sapa - 11 Feb 2013

Teachers in the province have been giving lessons despite having forged qualifications, a long-term investigation has found.

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