Rethinking pre-service teacher education to embrace play and learning
“Young people entering teacher education don’t see a relationship between play and learning,” Sarah Gravett, Professor of Education at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), began the dialogue with a plea to address this perception in pre-service teacher programmes.
Even though this statement reflects the views of those interviewed for a study she supervises, it serves as a window to gauge the thinking of pre-service teachers. This position was also evident in another project Gravett oversees, in w...Read more
In the month of October, SchoolNet South Africa launched the #SupportOurTeachers mini-campaign. The #SupportOurTeachers mini-campaign coincided with Teacher Appreciation Month, World Teachers’ Day on 5 October, and Mental Health Awareness for the duration of the month.
The mini-campaign aimed to raise awareness of building strong support structures for teachers to be confident when using technology. The question of well-being and wellness are equally important in the conversation of building strong sup...
For any learner, the time for writing the final examination is both thrilling and nerve-racking. If you feel overwhelmed, take a break and breathe.
SchoolNet South Africa conveys its good wishes to learners sitting for the 2022 matric examinations. It is important to believe in yourself. Hard work through studying and preparing for the subjects you are going to write, is important to reach your goals.
The journey leading up to this time of writing your examination has had it up and down moments. Focus on ...
SchoolNet South Africa wishes to invite you to a dialogue titled: The Pedagogy of Play, Coding and Robotics, and Technology in Education. The event is going to be held at The Forge, 87 De Korte St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001. It starts at 14:30 pm to 16:00 pm on Friday, 28 October 2022.
For the month of October, SchoolNet South Africa is running a #SupportOurTeachers campaign, and this dialogue forms part of our activities for the month. We have invited well-esteemed guests to explore how and whet...
#TeacherAppreciationMonth #SupportOurTeachers
By SchoolNet South Africa
Date: 12 October 2022
The #SupportOurTeachers campaign seeks to raise awareness about the importance of building strong support structures for teachers. Teaching is one of the most rewarding and challenging professions.
Whilst teachers shape young minds, inspire children to greatness, and play pivotal roles in the life of a child, teachers also experience many stressors. Demanding curriculum, administration, lack of resources, viole...
In celebrating teacher month, Mathapelo Sehume talks about SchoolNet South Africa’s #SupportOurTeachers campaign. The campaign is running for October to appreciate and show support to teachers.
“We appreciate you. We have pride in the work that you do. We honour the work that you do. We see the hard work and efforts that you put with our children.”
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Teacher Appreciation Month
Teachers are an important pillar of our society. They nurture children to do well and succeed in life and the world. But far too often they do not get the support, appreciation and respect they deserve for the daily pastoral care they provide to our learners
So, October 5, is World Teachers’ Day which aims to dedicate time to appreciate teachers for all the wonderful work they do in and out of the classroom to encourage our learners to be their best selves.
Closer to home, S...
Supportive environments enable the success of Learning Gains through Play (LGP). There are various factors contributing to this success.
The affordance of technology has the potential to change classroom practice. However to enable successful integration, it is important to mobilise the senior management team, teacher colleagues across grades, resources, and supportive school environments to enable the successful implementation of technology in the classroom.
As witnessed in the LGP project, partic...
Listen: Omashani Naidoo, Executive Director at SchoolNet South Africa, spoke to SAfm host Stephen Grootes about achieving learning gains through play.
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The Telkom Foundation launched the High School Support Programme (HSSP) in July 2017 pledging over R200 million over a five-year period to contribute towards improving the quality of teaching and learning with a specific focus on Mathematics, Science and English in disadvantaged communities. The project aligns well with the overall goal of the South African Department of Basic Education’s Action Plan to 2024: Towards
the realisation of Schooling 2030 ‘to improve the quality of learning outcomes and im...
