Browsing Yesterday & today: 2014 No 11 by Title
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Desai, A. & Vahed, G. 2013. Chatsworth: The making of a South African township. [Book review]
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Inspiring learners beyond the classroom walls: The what, why, who, where and wow for organising curriculum-based "History tours".
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Any educator, passionate about his / her discipline, works on techniques and methods to inspire learners. If such an educator ‘gets the recipe’ right, it will translate into learners applying themselves to the subject ... -
Is action research coming of age? – The value of a history action research project in professional teacher development.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The new B.Ed curriculum at the University of Kwazulu-Natal proposes the inclusion of a compulsory action research module to provide professional skills that teachers are expected to demonstrate. The Norms and Standards ... -
Local history teaching in the Overberg region of the Western Cape: The case of the Elim Primary School.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The problem of this study deals with the indifference of the Grade 8 learners of the Elim Primary School towards school History, and its relevance to their everyday lives. The following research question was formulated: ... -
"Making history familiar": The past in service of self-awareness and critical citizenship.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)This paper explores the process of self-reflection undertaken by a History lecturer with a view to promoting the same type of critical awareness among a group of third- year History students at a South African university. ... -
Oral history in the classroom: Clarifying the context through historical understanding.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The focus of this paper is on the use of oral history in the classroom and it aims to suggest a method in which oral history recordings and transcriptions may be used to enhance historical understanding among learners ... -
Vrey, F., Esterhuyse, A. & Mandrup, T. (Eds). 2013. On military culture: Theory, practice and African armed forces. [Book review]
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What should history teachers know? Assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)For many years the author has concluded a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) History Education course by choice with a formal written examination (albeit an unusual one – it doesn’t have a time limit, for ... -
Why indigenous knowledges in the 21st Century? A decolonial turn.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Never in the history of knowledge production in the age of Western-centred modernity has the idea of indigenous knowledges been as important to the imagination of the future of the world as in the 21st century. This is ... -
Writing and contextualising local history. A historical narrative of the Wellington Horticultural Society (Coloured).
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The purpose of this study was to enhance local history as a focus area in a Higher Education (HE) teaching context. This article documented a case study of the practice of flower growing as a recreational-competitive ...
