Changing class : education and social change in post-apartheid South Africa / edited by Linda Chisholm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chisholm, Linda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--Social aspects.

Educational change.

South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.

South Africa.

Social conditions.

Education and state--South Africa.

Education and state.

Education--Social aspects--South Africa.

Education.

Education--Social aspects.

Educational change--Social aspects--South Africa.

School management and organization--South Africa.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

448 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cape Town : HSRC Press ; New York : Zed Books Ltd. : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

In the post-1994 period, some of the most visible and dramatic movement has happened in the field of education and education policy. This broad-ranging compilation brings together a vibrant and compelling set of studies which tackle key education issues. Leading scholars and exciting new writers offer a frank and challenging review of issues such as school integration, private schooling, language policy, curriculum development, assessment, teacher education, and unions and adult basic education.

Contents:

Section 1. Changing contours. The development challenge in post-apartheid South African education / Haroon Bhorat ; Balancing public and private resources for basic education : school fees in post-apartheid South Africa / Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd ; "Constituting the class" : an analysis of the process of "integration" in South African schools / Crain Soudien ; Educational de/centralisation and the quest for equity, democracy and quality / Suzanne Grant Lewis and Shireen Motala ; The new face of private schooling / Jane Hofmeyr and Simon Lee

Section 2. Multilingualism and education / Thobeka Mda ; Political change, curriculum change and social formation, 1990 to 2002 / Ken Harley and Volker Wedekind ; Assessment, qualifications and the NQF in South African schooling / Johan Muller ; The case of teacher education in post-apartheid South Africa : politics and priorities / Yusuf Sayed ; Teacher unions, policy struggles and educational change, 1994 to 2004 / Logan Govender ; Changes and continuities in South Africa's higher education system, 1994 to 2004 / Jonathan D. Jansen

Section 3. Changing margins. Don't bite the hand that feeds you : South African education NGOs in a period of change / Seán Morrow ; The state of play in early childhood development / Kim Porteus ; Youth development in transition, 1992 to 2004 / Margaret Perrow ; Adult basic education and social change in South Africa, 1994 to 2003 / Ivor Baatjes and Khulekani Mathe ; The education business : private contractors in public education / John Pampallis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0796920524

9780796920522

1842775901

9781842775905

OCLC:

56290931