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TASK 1 DESCRIBING MY EVERYDAY LIFE CONTEXT AS A LEARNING CONTEXT…
TASK 1
DESCRIBING MY EVERYDAY LIFE CONTEXT AS A LEARNING CONTEXT
What kind of institution?
What are its main tasks?
educate, empower, enrich, equip young minds
Even uneducated parents
Education at high school level
Institution is organised as a hierarchical organisation.
Hierarchical structure
Principal - Manages school with Vice Principal
HOD - Head of Departments, each for different subject areas e.g. Maths, Sciences, History and Languages etc.
SGB - School Governing Body, the parental component - governing the school.
Historical development of the institution.
Previous Model C school in Apartheid years
Afrikaans medium school
Initiated for previously advantaged learners
Previously disadvantaged learners attend school
Kinds of situations in which people learn in institution.
Poor, disadvantaged communities
Most parents unemployed
Limited financial resources
lower cost of living
long distance transportation for schooling
Malfunctioning households
Hostel accommodation for learners and teachers
What kinds of knowledge / learning exist in institution?
Basic Educational Rights of learners
Learners receive basic education
Applied knowledge means in Technical institutions and Basic means in the foundation to FET phase
Physical resources for learning in organisation.
Poor resources
book qualities
sport equipment
poor network connections
physical space
over crowded classrooms
No laboratories
Lack of Computer laboratories
Poor Infrastructure
Tangible items used to operate school
Interactive learning projects in organisation.
Through Programs with DBE
Garden projects
YCAP
Oral History
Feeding Scheme
Eskom Expo for Young Scientists
ISF
Eco-school
WOW-Spelling bee
NHC
Debates
Roadsafety
Accountancy
Mootcourt
TPA
Sport
Volleyball
Rugby
Soccer
Cricket
Netball
Hindrances / obstacles that impede learning in institution.
Parental involvement
Bullying in school
Physiological development
Loss of loved ones
Divorce
Single parents
Poverty
Violence
Technology
Unsurmountable challenges
Computers in classrooms
Funding for computers
Not all learners has phones or can afford one
Not keeping up with learning demands of 21st century
Fully packed cassrooms
Students attitudes and behaviors
Apathy
Disrespectful for teachers, a major problem
Tardiness
Absenteeism
Incentive structures for learning in institution.
Diploma ceremonies for learners who excel
sports
academic
cultural activities
Teachers who excel
National Teachers Awards
Provincial
National
District
None at school
Human support for learning in organisation.
Mining cooperation's' support
Financial support for additional or specialized teachers
Governmental
expecting their share
Parental
Due to parents working abroad or outside of their home towns children stay with grand parents and parents are thus absent
Communial
Cooperation amongst community people affect learners' achievements