Systemic School Improvement Interventions in South Africa 1st Edition by Godwin Khosa ISBN 1920677372 978-1920677374

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ISBN 10: 1920677372
ISBN 13: 978-1920677374
Author: Godwin Khosa

Looking at two smaller-scale systemic school improvement projects implemented in selected district circuits in the North West and Eastern Cape by partnerships between government, JET Education Services, and private sector organisations, this book captures and reflects on the experiences of the practitioners involved. The Systemic School Improvement Model developed by JET to address an identified range of interconnected challenges at district, school, classroom and household level, is made up of seven components. In reflecting on what worked and what did not in the implementation of these different components, the different chapters set out some of the practical lessons learnt, which could be used to improve the design and implementation of similar education improvement projects. Many of the lessons in this field that remain under-recorded to date relate to the step-by-step processes followed, the relationship dynamics encountered at different levels of the education system, and the local realities confronting schools and districts in South Africa’s rural areas. Drawing on field data that is often not available to researchers, the book endeavours to address this gap and record these lessons. It is not intended to provide an academic review of the systemic school improvement projects. It is presented rather to offer other development practitioners working to improve the quality of education in South African schools, an understanding of some of the real practical and logistical challenges that arise and how these may be resolved to take further school improvement projects forward at a wider district, provincial and national scale.

Systemic School Improvement Interventions in South Africa 1st Table of contents:

SECTION ONE. INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. THE SYSTEMIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MODEL

1. BACKGROUND

2. KEY LESSONS FROM PREVIOUS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WORK

3. MODELS FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

4. JET’S SYSTEMIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MODEL

REFERENCES

SECTION TWO. LESSONS LEARNT IN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 2. JET’S APPROACH TO TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

3. ASSUMPTIONS AND RISKS

4. THE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTUAL MODEL

5. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS

6. THE SUBJECTS OF INTERVENTION

7. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 3. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS IN THE GET BAND

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DOSAGE OF GET TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS

3. PROGRESS AGAINST PLANNED ACTIVITIES

4. LESSONS LEARNT AND STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS

5. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4. STANDARDISED TEACHER TESTING IN GET

1. BACKGROUND

2. NATIONAL FRAMEWORK

3. WHY JET DID TEACHER TESTING

4. WHY TEST TEACHERS’ PCK AND NOT ONLY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE?

5. THE MODEL USED

6. THE TESTING PROCESS

7. WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DID NOT

8. LESSONS LEARNT REGARDING TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE

9. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 5. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS IN THE FET BAND

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DOSAGE OF FET TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS

3. IMPLEMENTATION

4. CONCLUSION

SECTION THREE. FURTHER LESSONS

CHAPTER 6. COST (BENEFIT) ANALYSIS OF FET TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. WHAT IS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS?

3. WHY (NOT) COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS?

4. REVIEW OF CBA METHODS

5. A COST ANALYSIS OF FET TEACHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE BSSIP

6. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 7. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN IMPROVING SCHOOLING

1. INTRODUCTION

2. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

3. JET’S SYSTEMIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MODEL

4. CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

5. IMPLEMENTATION

6. ACHIEVEMENTS

7. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 8. LESSONS ON DISTRICT-LEVEL SUPPORTAND INTEGRATION

1. BACKGROUND

2. THE ROLE OF DISTRICTS IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

3. DISTRICT PROFILES: RESOURCING AND CAPACITY

4. DYNAMICS OF LEARNER ENROLMENTS IN RURAL DISTRICTS

5. KEY LESSONS FROM WORKING WITH THE DISTRICTS

6. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 9. STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN THE BSSIP AND COEP

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BACKGROUND

3. I DENTIFYING AND ORGANISING STAKEHOLDERS

4. STAKEHOLDERS’ VIEWS

5. ISSUES ARISING IN STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT

6. LESSONS LEARNT FROM STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT

7. SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

8. PRACTICAL NOTES

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