The new policy is an opportunity to promote equity and redress the past politics of language.
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Students often use generative AI tools for engaged learning. They have a critical and nuanced understanding of these tools.
The language and speech technology has been developed to provide linguistic accuracy and is grounded in teaching principles.
Institutions mustn’t waste the lessons learned during the height of the pandemic about the powerful role that multimedia can play in learning and teaching.
There’s more to effective teaching than just implementing school policies.
These interventions have the potential to boost South African children’s literacy.
There are many ways in which history teachers can support students in developing curious minds.
A sociology professor uses the popular ‘Boondocks’ cartoon to explore contemporary issues of race in American society.
Exceptional teachers can leave a lasting impression on more than just their learners.
Black Panther and its sequel are more than just good movies: they can be used as teaching tools.
Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID.
Multilingual teaching was a challenge under emergency remote learning conditions: computer systems weren’t adapted to indigenous languages.
What Kenya should focus on is providing in-service professional development to improve student learning outcomes.
South Africa’s constitution provides for equal access to education and its inclusive education policy exists to make this a reality. But in practice students’ diverse needs are not being met.
Vice-chancellors from three South African universities unpack how the COVID-19 pandemic could alter the country’s higher education sector.
COVID-19 has shown that technology is no longer a luxury but an important component of the education process. In presenting solutions, a wide range of factors must be considered.
What South Africa needs to do to recruit the number of teachers needed to offer quality education.
Research shows that children who had preschool education were less likely to drop out of school and have higher levels of literacy when they reach adolescence.
South African parents want their children be taught in English despite the fact that research shows that academic progress is hindered if a child is taught in a language they aren’t proficient in.
It’s vital for academics in South Africa to start asking deep questions that examine what decolonialism could look like in their teaching.
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Associate professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Researcher in TESOL & Literacy, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Information Systems, University of the Western Cape
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Acting Deputy Director in the Directorate: Academy Applied Technology and Innovation (AATI) under Information Communications Technology Department, University of South Africa
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Professor in Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate Professor (Language and Literacy in Education), University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
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Director in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), Durban University of Technology
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Head: Communications
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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University of Cape Town
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Academic
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Vice-Chancellor, SOAS, University of London
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Emeritus Professor of African Linguistics, University of Leipzig