23 February 2010
A Durban high school teacher has landed in hot water over remarks she made in her classroom, comparing her pupils' behaviour to that of President Jacob Zuma. The incident, for which the Reservoir Hills Secondary School teacher has been given a written warning, happened on Tuesday last week.
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19 February 2010
Ek wil nie voorgee dat ek ooit myself gesien het as onderwyser nie, en daarom was dit nogal ‘n aanpassing om weer gewoond te raak aan die roetine van skoolgaan. Soos enige jong onderwyser, was ek aanvanklik skepties en selfs ‘n bietjie skrikkerig.
Posted in Hoërskool Oorlewing 20 Comments
18 February 2010
I don’t believe that it is just bias on my part which makes me believe that the most hard-driven teachers in our schools are our language teachers. From one point of view, they are better off because they have always had a huge marking load and were therefore not fazed, as other teachers were, by having to do Continuous Assessment (CASS).
Posted in Curriculum, Venter Ventilates3 Comments
16 February 2010
One of the demands of OBE is that teaching should be ‘learner-centred’ rather than ‘teacher-/educator-centred’. This is probably one of the main reasons for the failure of OBE. Let's not reduce teachers to being a mere 'facilitator'.
Posted in Changes & Updates, Venter Ventilates8 Comments
10 February 2010
Ok, Jake and you okes. Cool it. Lissin up. Stilte. Thula. Shuddap, bliksems! Can the suits from Vodacom and MTN at the back put away their free mobiles? I want to talk about kids and computers and how every kid should have one. Unless they do, they'll remain peasants in some 19th century backwater.
Posted in Technology0 Comments
05 February 2010
Late last year Prof. George Claassen, the Chairman of Sceptics South Africa, issued ‘an ultimatum’ for schools in South Africa to stop teaching religion in the classroom. Claassen warned that Sceptics South Africa is ‘monitoring’ schools to ensure that there is no Bible reading or prayer. Claassen maintains that it is ‘unacceptable’ that some schools [...]
Posted in Changes & Updates, News3 Comments
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