Twixt the workshop and the classroom: transgressing or progressing?
It is commonly conceded that promoting quality teaching is vital for improving education. To this effect, the South African Dept of Education presents training workshops to in-service teachers. The workshops are experienced as highly relevant, supportive, a very popular means of training, and they...
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University of the Free State
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It is commonly conceded that promoting quality teaching is vital for improving education. To this effect, the South African Dept of Education presents training workshops to in-service teachers. The workshops are experienced as highly relevant, supportive, a very popular means of training, and they are generally well attended. Yet, teaching successes in the Eastern Cape province remain bleak. The aim of this investigation has consequently been to ascertain why there is such a chasm between the enthusiasm displayed by teachers during these workshops and their subsequent classroom practices, which should translate into more success in the classroom.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f79e62ac4c7249daa1e17592294a065d2024-03-18T11:06:01ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792010-12-0142410.38140/aa.v42i4.1273Twixt the workshop and the classroom: transgressing or progressing?Loretta Free0Tilla Olivier1Department of Education, South AfricaNelson Mandela Metropolitan University It is commonly conceded that promoting quality teaching is vital for improving education. To this effect, the South African Dept of Education presents training workshops to in-service teachers. The workshops are experienced as highly relevant, supportive, a very popular means of training, and they are generally well attended. Yet, teaching successes in the Eastern Cape province remain bleak. The aim of this investigation has consequently been to ascertain why there is such a chasm between the enthusiasm displayed by teachers during these workshops and their subsequent classroom practices, which should translate into more success in the classroom. http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1273 |
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