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This paper is derived from a twelve-week professional development workshop programme for Further ... more This paper is derived from a twelve-week professional development workshop programme for Further Education and Training (FET), which are Grade 10-12 mathematics educators at the Mathematics Science and Technology Institute. The primary aim of the workshop was to improve educators' ability to teach mathematics (calculus) concepts in Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS). Data consisted of a pre/post-assessment of educators' knowledge of the cognitive demands of mathematical tasks and written examinations from the professional development sessions. Results of the study revealed that the professional development workshop programme did improve knowledge of new FET challenging mathematical tasks and confidence in teaching different mathematics topics in Calculus. Implications and recommendations for professional development in mathematics are provided.
South African Journal of Education, 2021
Learner discipline is one of the bases of effective teaching and learning. If learners are not we... more Learner discipline is one of the bases of effective teaching and learning. If learners are not well disciplined, schools will not provide the best possible education. Therefore, it is important that good disciplinary measures and procedures be put in place in any school. In this article we investigate how learners in schools are currently being disciplined without violating their human rights. The nature and the causes of learners’ disciplinary problems are fundamental. A qualitative data-collection approach was employed in this research. Purposive non-probability sampling was used to select the participants for the study. Experienced educators from school disciplinary committees, Representative Councils of Learners (RCLs) and the school principals of 4 schools were interviewed. We found that the common causes of learners’ disciplinary problems varied from school to school. Furthermore, effective school management was found to be at the heart of learner discipline and the general ac...
Social-emotional education plays an important role in helping students develop essential life-ski... more Social-emotional education plays an important role in helping students develop essential life-skills that go beyond academics. Over the last decade, research literature on social-emotional learning and life-skills in Vietnam has begun to develop. This paper provides an overview of the major trends in studying, solving and evaluating the relationship between social-emotional learning and life-skills education in Vietnam. In addition, the paper also evaluates the challenges of linking this relationship. The researcher also created models that embed each of the five competencies of social and emotional learning into living skills programs for Vietnamese primary students. The results suggested that the teachers were all aware of the challenges when embedding SEL in classrooms in primary schools.
This paper is derived from a twelve-week professional development workshop programme for Further ... more This paper is derived from a twelve-week professional development workshop programme for Further Education and Training (FET), which are Grade 10-12 mathematics educators at the Mathematics Science and Technology Institute. The primary aim of the workshop was to improve educators' ability to teach mathematics (calculus) concepts in Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS). Data consisted of a pre/post-assessment of educators' knowledge of the cognitive demands of mathematical tasks and written examinations from the professional development sessions. Results of the study revealed that the professional development workshop programme did improve knowledge of new FET challenging mathematical tasks and confidence in teaching different mathematics topics in Calculus. Implications and recommendations for professional development in mathematics are provided.
South African Journal of Education, 2021
Learner discipline is one of the bases of effective teaching and learning. If learners are not we... more Learner discipline is one of the bases of effective teaching and learning. If learners are not well disciplined, schools will not provide the best possible education. Therefore, it is important that good disciplinary measures and procedures be put in place in any school. In this article we investigate how learners in schools are currently being disciplined without violating their human rights. The nature and the causes of learners’ disciplinary problems are fundamental. A qualitative data-collection approach was employed in this research. Purposive non-probability sampling was used to select the participants for the study. Experienced educators from school disciplinary committees, Representative Councils of Learners (RCLs) and the school principals of 4 schools were interviewed. We found that the common causes of learners’ disciplinary problems varied from school to school. Furthermore, effective school management was found to be at the heart of learner discipline and the general ac...
Social-emotional education plays an important role in helping students develop essential life-ski... more Social-emotional education plays an important role in helping students develop essential life-skills that go beyond academics. Over the last decade, research literature on social-emotional learning and life-skills in Vietnam has begun to develop. This paper provides an overview of the major trends in studying, solving and evaluating the relationship between social-emotional learning and life-skills education in Vietnam. In addition, the paper also evaluates the challenges of linking this relationship. The researcher also created models that embed each of the five competencies of social and emotional learning into living skills programs for Vietnamese primary students. The results suggested that the teachers were all aware of the challenges when embedding SEL in classrooms in primary schools.