Struggling to make the grade: A review of the causes and consequences of the weak outcomes of South Africa's education system

MM Mlachila, T Moeletsi - 2019 - books.google.com
While South Africa has made significant improvements in basic and tertiary education
enrollment, the country still suffers from significant challenges in the quality of educational …

Perspectives of teachers on differentiated teaching in multi-cultural South African secondary schools

T De Jager - Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2017 - Elsevier
South African teachers encounter numerous challenges in the creation of differentiated
activities to include diverse learner needs in effective teaching and learning. These …

Accountability and capacity in South African education

N Spaull - Education as change, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the study is to discuss the notion of accountability with respect to education in
South Africa. Starting with an overview of the international literature on accountability, the …

Rewards: A predictor of well-being and service quality of school principals in the North-West province

K Nthebe, N Barkhuizen, N Schutte - SA Journal of Human Resource …, 2016 - journals.co.za
Orientation: School principals have an important role to play in the quality of service delivery
in schools. Evidence suggests that school principals are generally poorly compensated …

[PDF][PDF] Priorities for addressing South Africa's education and training crisis

N Taylor - Review commissioned by the National Planning …, 2011 - jet.org.za
South Africa's education and training system has undergone massive changes since the
student uprising of 1976, including rapid expansion and a reorganisation of the institutional …

[PDF][PDF] Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators' perceptions and quantitative evidence

D Hompashe - Stellenbosch Economic, 2018 - academia.edu
This study aims to explore the experiences and perceptions of school educators on how
school principals monitor curriculum delivery. It investigates the principal-agent problem and …

Huge Investments, Poor Outcomes: The Impact of Violence and Trauma on Learning.

M Singh - South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024 - ERIC
Background: South Africa's primary school education system receives significant funding
annually from public and private sources. Despite this, learners still grossly underperform …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of teacher strike activity on student learning in South African primary schools

G Wills - Economic Research Southern Africa Working paper, 2014 - econrsa.org
This paper investigates whether teacher strikes affect student achievement at the primary
school level in South Africa. A cross-subject analysis with student fixed effects is used to …

Teachers' unions and industrial action in South African primary schools: Exploring their impacts on learning

G Wills - Development Southern Africa, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates a disruption hypothesis that student learning is lost as a direct
consequence of teacher strike action in South Africa. At face value estimates from a within …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility Testing of the Health4LIFE Weight Loss Intervention for Primary School Educators Living with Overweight/Obesity Employed at Public Schools in …

F Hoosen, M Faber, JH Nel, NP Steyn, M Senekal - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst educators, this study
investigated the feasibility of the 16-week Health4LIFE weight loss intervention for primary …