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new titles
2018
198 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 246 2 Web pdf: 978 1 77582 247 9 R300.00
$23.00
£21.50
BISAC: EDU037000
BIC: JN
THEMA: JNDG
Education Triple Cocktail, The
System-wide education reform in South Africa
B Fleisch
The starting point of this book is the evidence that the majority of South African schoolchildren are not learning to read and write adequately in primary schools. In this text, the author explores what it would take to shift classroom instructional practices in the vast majority of primary schools in the country. Building on the findings of the Gauteng experience of a robust experimental research programme, and paying close attention to understanding the mechanisms of change, this book presents the case for change at the instructional core and a structured pedagogic programme model, which has come to be referred to as the education triple cocktail in South Africa. Converging on interlocking, mutually reinforcing components of daily lesson plans, high-quality education materials and training/on-site coaching, this book presents compelling evidence of the efficacy of this approach.
Recommended for
Academics in Education, particularly researchers in Early-Grade Reading, Pedagogy and Curriculum Development; policy-makers and NGOs at national and provincial level; the general public.
About the author
Brahm Fleisch is a Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the School of Education, University of Witwatersrand, and a leading authority on education reform at elementary level. He is the author of Primary Education in Crisis: Why South African Schoolchildren Underachieve in Reading and Mathematics (Juta, 2008) and co-editor of Investment Choices for South African Education (Wits University Press, 2008).