White Papers & Discussion Documents
White Papers
These documents allow us to share various conceptualisations that we use in our project work with both our students and the broader community. These items can be referenced as White Papers.
Theoretical contributions:
- Mellony Graven:Learner dispositions (& productive disposition)
- Debbie Stott: New conceptualistions of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in small group learning contexts
Discussion Documents
2016 SANC PROJECT RESPONSE TO BINDING CONSTRAINTS IN EDUCATION REPORT
A recent South African report provides an overview of a large research project undertaken by a team of economists at Stellenbosch university in 2015/16 under the Programme to Support Pro-poor Policy development identifies four binding constraints which must be addressed if there is to be a meaningful improvement in learning outcomes for poorer children in South Africa.
* Weak institutional functionality
* Undue union influence
* Weak teacher content knowledge and pedagogical skills
* Wasted learning time and insufficient opportunity to learn
At the 2016 Maths Chairs Community of practice forum, the SANC project were asked to group our offerings according to the constraints that they address. Read the full response: 2016 SANC response to 4 binding restraints
ANA Discussion Document March 2015
Report on teacher experiences of ANAs though our teachers range from Gr1-6, 2014
The document does not make policy recommendations since it is based on limited data from only two projects but rather raises issues that they feel require further discussion and exploration.
The document was initally sent to these key stakeholders for dicussion:
- Faith Lindiwe Tshabalala - Chief Education Specialist: Research, Department of Education
- Dr Q Moloi, Director of ANA
- Mark Chetty
- Dr David Sekao, Mathematics specialist
- Nick Taylor (JET & NEEDU)
- Zanele Mofu, EC Curriculum Advisor, Mathematics
- Elspeth
The document is available here: ANA2014discussion document submitted DoE_SA NumeracyChairs
ANA Discussion Document April 2013
Profs Mellony Graven and Hamsa Venkatkrishnan (Numeracy Chairs at Rhodes and Wits respectively) both got feedback from teachers in their respective research project schools regarding the 2012 ANA preparation and administration process.
They have put together a short discussion document based on their feedback. They thought it would be useful to send this to a range of stakeholder groups that might be interested in the findings.
The document does not make policy recommendations since it is based on limited data from only two projects but rather raises issues that they feel require further discussion and exploration.
The document was initally sent to these key stakeholders for dicussion:
- Content Advisor for the Select Committee - Education & Recreation for Parliament of Republic of South Africa
- Chief Education Specialist - Research in the Department of Education
- Chief Education Specialist - National Assessment
- Chief Director – Public Examinations and National Assessment
- Director – National Assessments
- Various Subject Specialists - Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape Province
The document is available here: ANA2012discussion document submitted DoE_SA NumeracyChairs
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