Changing Teaching, Changing Times: Lessions from a South African Township Science Classroom

This is the story of a science teacher and her work in an over-crowded and under-resourced township secondary school in contemporary South Africa. While set firmly in the present, it is also a journey into the past, shedding fresh light on how the legacy of apartheid education continues to have a major influence on teaching and learning in South Africa.

The book has a compelling story line with extensively referenced notes at the end of each chapter. It is intended for a wide audience, which includes general readers, policy makers, teacher-educators, researchers and, most importantly, practitioners in the field. For, while it reminds us of the powerful constraining role that both context and students play in mediating a teacher's practice, it also attests to the power of individual agency. As such it is a celebration of the actions of an ordinary teacher whose willingness to leave the well-worn paths of familiar practice stands as a beacon of possibility for contexts which seem, so often, to be devoid of hope.

Product details

• Authors: J Clark, J. Clark, Jonathan Clark, C Linder, C. Linder, Cedric Linder
• Publisher: Sense Publ
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9789077874561
• ISBN: 978-90-77874-56-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 585 g
• Series: Bold Visions in Educational Re; Bold Visions in Educational Re
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology