dc.contributor.author | Du Toit, Adri | |
dc.contributor.author | Gaotlhobogwe, Mike | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-05T08:08:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-05T08:08:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Du Toit, A. & Gaotlhobogwe, M. 2018. A neglected opportunity: entrepreneurship education in the lower high school curricula for technology in South Africa and Botswana. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 22(1):34-47. [https://doi.org/10.1080/18117295.2017.1420007] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1811-7295 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2469-7656 (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/28282 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/18117295.2017.1420007 | |
dc.description.abstract | Technology is a school subject that forms part of the compulsory curriculum for high school learners in
South Africa, and is a core theme in the subject Design and Technology in Botswana high schools.
Knowledge and production skills acquired in the subject are applied to solve real-life problems
consistent with the steps of the design process. The simultaneous development of learners’ problemsolving
and production skills in the subject suggests that Technology could play a vital role in preparing
learners as entrepreneurs. Such learning could result in innovation or the manufacture of incomegenerating
products. In these two countries, where youth unemployment is a constant challenge,
developing such skills as part of learners’ school curriculum may contribute to alleviating the
unemployment levels of young people. For any subject to effectively support entrepreneurship, however,
its curriculum should be designed to sustain such development. A structured qualitative curriculum
analysis was used to investigate if and how entrepreneurship is included in the Technology curricula at
lower high school levels in South Africa and Botswana. The study found that, although Technology has
great potential to support and develop entrepreneurship, the curricula investigated do not include
explicit entrepreneurship content, nor pedagogical guidance to support teachers in this regard. The
opportunity that Technology offers to contribute to reducing youth unemployment is therefore neglected
in these curricula. Recommendations for the strengthening of entrepreneurship education in both
curricula were made, with the anticipation that implementation of recommended improvements could
contribute to the alleviation of youth unemployment in both countries. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.subject | Botswana | en_US |
dc.subject | curriculum analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | entrepreneurship education | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Technology education | en_US |
dc.subject | youth unemployment | en_US |
dc.title | A neglected opportunity: entrepreneurship education in the lower high school curricula for technology in South Africa and Botswana | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10095977 - Du Toit, Adri | |