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Lerato B. Ndabezitha; Sarah Gravett – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: Research has shown the benefits of play for children's learning and development. Play can also be harnessed for pursuing pre-determined learning goals related to school curricula through "guided" play. Aim: The research inquired into the implementation of a pre-service teacher education course on play as pedagogy to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Mawila, Daphney; Munongi, Lucia; Mabaso, Nancy M. P. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2023
Background: The prevalence of bullying in South African schools is alarming, and it affects everyone, including children in early childhood development. Teachers have a critical role in raising awareness about bullying to minimise its effects. This implies that student teachers need to be prepared to raise awareness about bullying. Aim: This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Teacher Role, Preservice Teacher Education
Mbus, Nokwanda P.; Luneta, Kakoma – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Pre-service teachers (PSTs) training does not equip students with adequate skills and knowledge of geometry to enable them to teach this section of mathematics competently. Inadequate teacher knowledge of transformation geometry, in particular, requires intervention that targets PSTs' faulty reasoning displayed in errors they make.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
Fonseca, Kathleen – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: During their university studies, student teachers are equipped for the teaching profession in various domains of knowledge and practice. In addition to learning pedagogic skills for practice purposes, they also expand their knowledge of the subjects that they will teach. In mathematics teacher education, one important principle is that…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Education
Strydom, Sonja C.; Wessels, Helena; Anley, Casey – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: A digital literacies short course, rooted in a pedagogical model of authentic learning and mapped against the TPACK model, was conceptualised and implemented to enhance the existing digital literacies and technological pedagocial content knowledge of student teachers and to promote an awareness of technology-enhanced curriculum…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Harrison, Giulietta D. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: This article draws from a research report on the Project for Inclusive Early Childhood Care and Education (PIECCE), which surveyed attitudes, training strategies, materials and entrance requirements across most relevant higher education institutions (HEIs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and technical and vocational education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Ragpot, Larra – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Most field coursework in teacher education (TE) programmes do not incorporate extended "in situ" interaction with individual children in a classroom. Furthermore, child development theory (from coursework) is not taught in tandem with students' extended periods of practicum placement in schools. Aim: This study sought to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Child Development, Professional Development Schools
van Heerden, Sene; Sayed, Yusuf; McDonald, Zahraa – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
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 development of teachers is a critical point from which to activate such understanding. Aim: This study, therefore,…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Experience, Undergraduate Study
Roux, Charl J.; Dasoo, Nazreen – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Since the beginning of the new democratic era of 1994 in South Africa, human rights and values concerns have been placed on the forefront of educational research to respond to the needs of the South Africa's Constitution as well as the intentions of public school curricula. It is believed that qualified physical education teachers can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Values
Steyn, Gina; Adendorff, Stanley A. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Developing the questioning skills of Foundation Phase Education students when teaching mathematical problem-solving is often a neglected area of student curricula. Aim: This gap in mathematics programme is the focus of this study. Three main components were identified: presentation of mathematical problem-solving, the role of the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Questioning Techniques, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
Meiring, Leslie F. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: The South African national school curriculum for the foundation phase (6- to 9-year-olds) does not have a unique subject called 'science', but 'hidden' away in the subject 'life skills', one detects a great deal of science, but not all of it overtly presented. This presents a challenge to teachers who might be limited in their science…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Self Efficacy, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Marais, Elma; Nel, Carisma; Dlavane, Dolly – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: Universities, specifically faculties of education, have the responsibility to ensure that student teachers are introduced to the complexities involved in planning conceptually sound, coherent and cohesive lessons. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine how prepared students teachers are to plan children's literature…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Questioning Techniques, Childrens Literature, African Languages
Cekiso, Madoda; Meyiwa, Thenjiwe; Mashige, Mashudu – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: The perception that educating learners using their mother tongue contributes positively to educational and learning outcomes is well documented. Aim: This study explores the purported benefits of employing the mother tongue in teaching Foundation Phase (FP) learners. Specifically, the study focuses on an examination of the experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Language of Instruction
van As, Alta J.; Excell, Lorayne – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
Background: Music as one of the creative arts offers an ideal vehicle to implement alternative teaching and learning strategies, including the implementation of purposeful but playful pedagogies that are increasingly being acknowledged as the most appropriate way of teaching young children. However, within higher educational institutions, it is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Music Education, Intervention
Snow, Catherine E. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
Certain tasks are more likely to be solved by groups than by individuals, even when the individuals are highly skilled at aspects of the task. These are tasks such as filling out income tax forms or performing surgical operations, for which inputs from several individuals who have complementary domains of knowledge and skill are needed. I refer to…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Child Development, Literacy Education, Career Development