- Title
- Main thesis title: Onderwysers se belewing van multikulturele onderwys
- Creator
- Strydom, Louise
- Subject
- Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
- Subject
- Eastern Cape (South Africa)
- Subject
- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 1999-04
- Date
- 1999-04
- Type
- Doctoral theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/60003
- Identifier
- vital:62732
- Description
- The South African Schools’ Act of 1996 terminated segregated education in South Africa. Multi-cultural education has become a reality in the new democratic South Africa. As a result of this major shift in policy, the researcher probed for an answer to the following question: “How does the teacher, especially the teacher already in service, experience this new situation regarding multi-cultural education?” To find an answer to this question, a literature study and empirical research, making use of a representative sample of respondents in the Southern Cape, were undertaken. The researcher has personally experienced the challenges of having to adapt from a mono-cultural teaching environment to a multi-cultural teaching environment at school level, hence a further interest in this research problem. Relevant terminology was highlighted and a brief historical synopsis of the course that multi-cultural education took in Western societies such as the USA, Canada, Australia and Britain was studied. These sources were utilised to draw a comparison with the South African situation. A concise synopsis of the history of multi-cultural education in South Africa was also undertaken to highlight the complexity of the educational situation presently being experienced in South Africa. The empirical research, with a target group representing teachers in the Southern Cape, was undertaken by means of a self-compiled questionnaire to make an analysis of teachers’ attitudes, expectations and perceptions of multi-cultural education as experienced in the classroom. The information obtained from the respondents indicated a generally positive attitude towards multi-cultural education amongst teachers. A great need for in-service training also became evident. xvi The researcher has thus made recommendations regarding in-service training that she thinks is of utmost importance. The practical problems that were highlighted during the research, make a vital contribution towards the successful implementation of multi-cultural education in South Africa.
- Description
- Thesis (DEd) -- Faculty of Education, 1999
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Port Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- Afrikaans
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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