Full Description
South Africa's democratic government inherited a divided and unequal system of education. Under apartheid, South Africa had nineteen different educational departments separated by race, language, geography and ideology. This education system prepared learners in different ways for the positions they were expected to occupy in social, economic and political life under apartheid and was funded and resourced in ways that favoured white people and disadvantaged black people who remain in the working class. The newly elected democratic government in 1994 laid a foundation for a single national education system. Twenty-five years after the dawn of democracy, education is still in a parlous state in many communities in South Africa, but it is in the rural areas mainly in the former homelands that learners are most disadvantaged.
Contributors are: Olufemi Timothy Adigun, Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani, Alan Bhekisisa Buthelezi, Joyce Phikisile Dhlamini, Bongani Thulani Gamede, Samantha Govender, Lawrence Kehinde, Nontobeko Prudence Khumalo, Primrose Ntombenhle Khumalo, Azwidohwi Philip Kutame, Manthekeleng Linake, Sive Makeleni, Nkhensani Maluleke, Bothwell Manyonga, Mncedisi Christian Maphalala, Takalani Mashau, Hlengiwe Romualda Mhlongo, Rachel Gugu Mkhasibe, Dumisani Wilfred Mncube, Nicholus Tumelo Mollo, Ramashego Shila Mphahlele, Fikile Mthethwa, Grace Matodzi Muremela, Edmore Mutekwe, Nokuthula Hierson Ndaba, Clever Ndebele, Thandiwe Nonkululeko Ngema, Phiwokuhle Ngubane, Sindile Ngubane, Dumisani Nzima, Livhuwani Peter Ramabulana, and Maria Tsakeni.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Mncedisi Christian Maphalala and Ramashego Shila Mphahlele
1 Contextualising the Provision of Basic Education in Rural Public Schools: A Social Justice Issue
Joyce Phikisile Dhlamini and Nicholus Tumelo Mollo
2 Reflections on Rural Education and Rural Realities
Mncedisi Christian Maphalala, Azwidohwi Philip Kutame, Primrose Ntombenhle Khumalo, Hlengiwe Romualda Mhlongo and Samantha Govender
3 Rural Education for Social Change in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Livhuwani Peter Ramabulana and Nkhensani Maluleke
4 Transforming a Teacher Preparation Programme for the Development of Rurality Education
Maria Tsakeni
5 Making In-service Professional Development Effective in a Rural Context: Enhancing Social Justice for Rural Teachers
Samantha Govender, Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani, Nokuthula Hierson Ndaba and Thandiwe Ngema
6 Induction of Novice Educators in Rural Schools: The Praxis of Redefining Rural Education in South Africa
Grace Matodzi Muremela, Clever Ndebele, Takalani Mashau, Azwidohwi Philip Kutame and Lawrence Kehinde
7 Rethinking Rural Education in South African Schools: Towards Inclusion for Success
Sindile Ngubane and Dumisani Nzima
8 Science Education for Deaf Learners in South African Rural Schools: Towards a Support Model for Educators in Challenging Situations
Olufemi Timothy Adigun and Dumisani Nzima
9 Enhancing School Management Teams in Promoting Sustainable, Equitable Resource Allocation in Rural Schools: Linking Resources and Learning
Dumisani Wilfred Mncube and Thandiwe Ngema
10 Resourcing Rural Schools
Manthekeleng Linake and Sive Makeleni
11 Preparing Rural Learners for Life after High School in South Africa
Bothwell Manyonga and Phiwokuhle Ngubane
12 Prejudice against Female Instructional Leaders in South Africa's Rural Secondary Schools: A Feminist Perspective
Edmore Mutekwe and Primrose Ntombenhle Khumalo
13 Navigating the Challenges Facing Effective Learning Resulting from Parental Dynamics in the Rural Environment
Fikile Mthethwa and Azwidohwi Philip Kutame
14 The Perspective of Teachers on Parental Involvement in Rural Education
Mncedisi Christian Maphalala, Azwidohwi Philip Kutame, Nontobeko Prudence Khumalo and Alan Bhekisisa Buthelezi
15 Unleashing Stakeholders in the Role That They Play and Their Impact on the Improvement of Rural Schools
Rachel Gugu Mkhasibe
16 Maximising Rural Education Stakeholder Participation through the Use of Information Communication
Ramashego Shila Mphahlele and Alan Bhekisisa Buthelezi
17 The Impact of the Participation of Stakeholders in the Enhancement of Education in Rural Communities
Bongani Thulani Gamede
18 Revisiting South African Intervention Programmes to Enhance Rural Education
Mncedisi Christian Maphalala and Nontobeko Prudence Khumalo
19 Conclusion: Editors' Reflection
Mncedisi Christian Maphalala and Ramashego Shila Mphahlele
Index
