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View article: Instructional leadership: Principals’ roles in supporting continuous professional teacher development
Instructional leadership: Principals’ roles in supporting continuous professional teacher development Open
Principals play an integral role in enhancing the skills and professional development of their teaching staff when they provide constructive feedback to enhance the reflexive capabilities of teachers as determined by teacher education poli…
View article: The Story of Struggle and Hope: Narrative Accounts of Female STEM Students in Egyptian Higher Education
The Story of Struggle and Hope: Narrative Accounts of Female STEM Students in Egyptian Higher Education Open
Baground. Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in Egypt continue to face persistent structural and socio-cultural challenges, despite policy efforts to promote gender equity in higher education. The expe…
View article: University leadership views and practices about decolonising initial teacher education in higher education spaces in South Africa
University leadership views and practices about decolonising initial teacher education in higher education spaces in South Africa Open
The #Rhodesmustfall and #Feesmustfall protests that took place in South African higher education (HE) between 2015 and 2016 was in part a response to the persistence of knowledge canons and forms that arguably subjugated and delegitimised …
View article: Global governance and a new social contract for education: Addressing power asymmetries
Global governance and a new social contract for education: Addressing power asymmetries Open
UNESCO’s 2021 Report Reimagining our futures together: A new social contract for education calls for principled dialogue and laudable commitment to education as a common good. At its heart is the call for a new social contract for educatio…
View article: Front Matter
Front Matter Open
The series critically engages with education and international development from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.It emphasises work that bridges theory, policy and practice, supporting early career researchers and the public…
View article: Mapping the form of continuing professional development in public-private partnership schools in the Western Cape
Mapping the form of continuing professional development in public-private partnership schools in the Western Cape Open
Public-private partnership (PPP) schools in the Western Cape, South Africa, are known as collaboration schools. The management of these schools is outsourced to private entities known as school operating partners and these are, inter alia,…
View article: Discourses of international actors in the construction of the decentralisation policy: the case of Benin
Discourses of international actors in the construction of the decentralisation policy: the case of Benin Open
Decentralising education is a much-debated topic among policy researchers and practitioners though not often from a Foucauldian-influenced CDA perspective. This article’s specific focus is education decentralisation in Benin, arguing that …
View article: Teacher Motivation to Teach in Challenging School Contexts on the Cape Flats, Western Cape, South Africa
Teacher Motivation to Teach in Challenging School Contexts on the Cape Flats, Western Cape, South Africa Open
This study emerged from a desire to understand the motivation of teachers to teach in challenging school contexts on the Cape Flats of South Africa where the legacy of apartheid continues to impact the quality of teaching and learning as t…
View article: Development of teacher knowledge in an initial teacher education programme qualifying mathematics teachers
Development of teacher knowledge in an initial teacher education programme qualifying mathematics teachers Open
South African teacher education policy expects initial teacher education programmes to introduce integrated and applied knowledge to underpin a teacher’s practice in diverse classroom contexts. This paper explores how a one-year Postgradua…
View article: Unpacking the efficacy of a continuous professional development programme to support teachers to use assessment in no-fee schools
Unpacking the efficacy of a continuous professional development programme to support teachers to use assessment in no-fee schools Open
Since the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa's education system has undergone four curriculum revisions. In each of these iterations, the teachers who were among the first in line to implement change were the Foundation Phase…
View article: The experiences of teacher educators managing teaching and learning during times of crises at one initial teacher education provider in South Africa
The experiences of teacher educators managing teaching and learning during times of crises at one initial teacher education provider in South Africa Open
As a response to the exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, the South African government implemented the closure of schools and many universities in March 2020, with some universities operating under partial lockdown conditions. In this c…
View article: The World Bank’s construction of teachers and their work: A critical analysis
The World Bank’s construction of teachers and their work: A critical analysis Open
This article examines how World Bank (WB) policy texts discursively constitute teachers and their work as functioning according to a circumscribed set of teaching approaches, while subjugating their reflexive and autonomous professional id…
View article: Teacher support, preparedness and resilience during times of crises and uncertainty: COVID-19 and education in the Global South
Teacher support, preparedness and resilience during times of crises and uncertainty: COVID-19 and education in the Global South Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing education inequities, further marginalising those with poor and limited education opportunities, particularly in conflict, fragile, and insecure contexts. In the Global South, the COVID-19 pan…
View article: Crises and disruptions: Educational reflections, (re)imaginings, and (re)vitalization
Crises and disruptions: Educational reflections, (re)imaginings, and (re)vitalization Open
COVID-19 has illuminated and exacerbated inequities, yet, as a crisis, it is not exceptional in its effect on education. We start this critical essay by situating the crisis in its historical, economic, and political contexts, illustrating…
View article: Poverty, protests and pandemics: what can we learn from community resilience?
Poverty, protests and pandemics: what can we learn from community resilience? Open
For example, collective or community hope is more than the sense of individual hope of the members of a particular community. The destruction of property, theft and violence that occurred in South Africa, particularly in KZN and Gauteng in…
View article: 2 - Acquiring Pedagogic Authority While Learning to Teach
2 - Acquiring Pedagogic Authority While Learning to Teach Open
The quality of an education system and the quality of its teachers and teaching are interconnected. Learning to teach and teach meaningfully and equitably is a core priority of education reforms. In this article we reflect on what th…
View article: 2 - Teacher Education, Common Purpose and the Forging of Multiple Publics in South Africa
2 - Teacher Education, Common Purpose and the Forging of Multiple Publics in South Africa Open
In an important scholarly intervention on African publics, Raufu Mustapha argues that the multiplicity of publics is not an obstacle but instead a creative resource that can be used to forge common purpose through public deliberation. Howe…
View article: Teachers and Teacher Education: Limitations and Possibilities of Attaining SDG 4 in South Africa
Teachers and Teacher Education: Limitations and Possibilities of Attaining SDG 4 in South Africa Open
As we enter the last ten years leading to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030, African countries are still plagued with poverty and underdevelopment. For most children in Africa, the attainment of Sustainable Devel…
View article: School governance and funding policy in South Africa: Towards social justice and equity in education policy
School governance and funding policy in South Africa: Towards social justice and equity in education policy Open
Equity and redress, in and through education, are fundamental commitments of the new South African democratic government that ensued in 1994 after a brutal and protracted history of colonial and apartheid segregation and oppression denied …
View article: Education and Care: How Teachers Promote the Inclusion of Children and Youth at Risk in South Africa
Education and Care: How Teachers Promote the Inclusion of Children and Youth at Risk in South Africa Open
Children and youth at risk, particularly those placed in child and youth care centres (CYCC) in South Africa, have suffered from school disengagement due to multiple barriers to learning such as the exposure to crime and violence at a youn…
View article: Student teachers’ views of their experiences in a Bachelor’s programme
Student teachers’ views of their experiences in a Bachelor’s programme Open
Background: It is widely accepted that the quality of schools depends on the quality of teachers. Understanding what occurs while learning to teach is an important pursuit for acquiring a sense of the quality of teachers. The initial devel…
View article: Constraints Influencing the Efficacy of a PGCE Mathematics Program: A Case Study
Constraints Influencing the Efficacy of a PGCE Mathematics Program: A Case Study Open
The learning attainment of South African learners in mathematics is, as The International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data reveal, far from optimal. A key contributing factor is a shortage of competent and confident qualified mat…
View article: Teacher career reforms in South Africa
Teacher career reforms in South Africa Open
In post-apartheid South Africa, the education system has striven to update its system of teacher career management through a series of policy updates. The resulting teacher career model has become complex, with opportunities for an annual …
View article: Between higher and basic education in South Africa: what does decolonisation mean for teacher education
Between higher and basic education in South Africa: what does decolonisation mean for teacher education Open
In the context of the student-led #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall protests, there has been a renewed call for the decolonisation of the higher education curriculum. This has been underpinned by an often-unexamined assumption that the cur…
View article: Constraints Influencing the Efficacy of a PGCE Mathematics Program: A Case Study
Constraints Influencing the Efficacy of a PGCE Mathematics Program: A Case Study Open
The learning attainment of South African learners in mathematics is, as The International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data reveal, far from optimal. A key contributing factor is a shortage of competent and confident qualified mat…
View article: The Role of Teachers in Peace-Building in Rwanda and South Africa
The Role of Teachers in Peace-Building in Rwanda and South Africa Open
In 1994, both Rwanda and South Africa emerged from a long and protracted history of colonisation, conflict, genocide, and apartheid which left lasting scars on their education systems. Both countries have undertaken educational reforms to …
View article: “Narratives of Social Cohesionâ€: Bridging the Link between School Culture, Linguistic Identity and the English Language
“Narratives of Social Cohesionâ€: Bridging the Link between School Culture, Linguistic Identity and the English Language Open
This paper argues that processes of self-creation are significantly influenced by experiences of schooling, of which language forms a critical aspect. The school is a central site in which identities are contested, negotiated and affirmed,…