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Pinkie Mabunda – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Worldwide, national educational authorities set curricular guidelines for schools to ensure implementation. Despite these measures, the translation of policies into school or classroom activities is rarely a smooth or complete process. South Africa has made significant and much-needed positive curriculum changes. However, effective curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Policy, Administrator Attitudes
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Zulu, Free-Queen Bongiwe – Perspectives in Education, 2022
COVID-19 forced academics to transition from face-to-face to remote teaching using various online platforms. This article focuses on my experiences of teaching a research module during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The social, cognitive and teaching presences from the Community of Inquiry Framework for a successful higher education experience was…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Distance Education
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Chimbunde, P.; Kgari-Masondo, M. C. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
The new 2015-2022 Zimbabwean curriculum in which Social Studies is engrained was driven by the need among others to transform the Zimbabweans' demeanour and etiquette by employing "Ubuntu" as its philosophical base. Through the "Ubuntu" lens, this qualitative case study explores how "Ubuntu" values could be applied to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Barriers, African Culture, Educational Change
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Mendy, John; Madiope, Maria – Perspectives in Education, 2020
Despite the worldwide interest on transforming curricula, a case study examination of what really happens within an ODeL South African university context, has been much limited. By using psycho-social and social identity theory, we highlight the complexities involved in the process of transforming decades of teaching and learning practices. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, College Students