Basic Education Programme

This panel discussion will look at some of the core challenges facing Basic Education and what steps need to implemented in order for positive change to be applied. Discussions will be recorded and the solutions will be sent to the DBE to be reviewed.

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This session will look at promoting creativity and critical thinking & learning to learn- developing metacognition in students.

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Literacy and teaching in mother tongue languages remain critical issues in many schools. Learn how to navigate these issues and come up with the solutions to help your learners cope with language barriers in the classroom.

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The problem on a national level is that we are not applying what we're learning from these reforms to our national education policy, and so we need new vision for education in South Africa. One where we move past ideology to experiment with the latest reforms, measure the results, and make policy decisions based on what works and what doesn't.

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South Africa still exhibits poor statistics when it comes to maths and science results and the outlook on improving the performance within these subjects is often gloomy.

Learn fun teaching techniques that will excite and entice your students about maths and science.

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The presentation will explore Itec Global’s experience of providing teacher training approach at high school level in Ghana, supporting teachers to move from a didactic approach to teaching to a practical, investigative approach. Challenges ranged from a lack of experience using scientific equipment, to a lack of equipment itself; and ensuring a sustainable approach to teacher training. Itec Global provided teachers with a four-week training course in investigative teaching delivered by UK experts, science equipment was supplied to the participating teachers’ schools, and Ghanaian teachers were trained as ‘co-trainers’, delivering the teacher training alongside their UK counterparts.

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This session aims to navigate and explore what those traits are, but not only that; it looks at ways to integrate the learning and internalisation of these traits into our homes and educational environment so that it becomes part of our DNA of behaviour.

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Learn why cultivating entrepreneurship in children as young as seven is imperative in a country with a youth unemployment rate of over 60%.

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Cyberbullying and related cyber matters is not only impacting the lives of learners, but also the educators' reputations and careers.

Join this SaveTNet Cyber Safety Panel discussion with representatives from SaveTNet Cyber Safety, Cyanre Forensic Analysts, the Department of Justice, CellC and FEDSAS. They will share ways to protect you, give advice on how to deal with tricky situations and who to call for help.

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Real transformation implies change in, by and of the people responsible for the systems and processes that enable operations. This is as true in Education as it is all other sectors. And it has very little to do with resources. This presentation addresses 3 success factors critical to sustained transformation as applied to Education:

This session will look into the challenges experienced during the implementation of the South African School Administration and Management System SA-SAMS. A case of the Limpopo primary schools).
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This presentation will take a closer look at design possibilities for educational facilities within urban environments, giving specific focus to sustainable and affordable construction methods regarding contemporary education facilities and places of instruction.

Currently inner city schools struggle to keep up with the rising number of students due to urban influx, and the construction of new schools is an expensive and arduous process.

Through the re-imagining of space, and the efficient use of materials, it becomes possible to create inspiring places for learning at a fraction of the cost.

Speaker: Albert Smuts, Director, Fieldworks Design Group Key learning Objectives:

This session will look at reports on research conducted on approaches to educational leadership in rural disadvantaged communities.

Learn ways in which these approaches can be applied to all educational contexts with a particular focus on instructional leadership and curriculum development.

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You don’t need to be in the classroom to learn. This solution will help high school learners to improve their academic performance, strengthen their social skills and foster good learning behaviour.

Far from being yet another mobile education offering, LevelUp presents high school learners with an integrated value proposition: access to contextualised learning material, academic and psychosocial support, and an incentive programme linked to rewards.

Speaker: Andrew Rudge, Chief Executive Officer, The Reach Trust

Embracing mobile technology as a tool to provide access to quality education.

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