What the U.S. Could Learn from South Africa about Education and Social Justice

Autor/inn/en	Books, Sue; Ndlalane, Thembi
Titel	What the U.S. Could Learn from South Africa about Education and Social Justice
Quelle	In: Educational Foundations, 25 (2011) 1-2, S.83-102 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1047-8248
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Social Justice; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Poverty; Equal Education; School Segregation; Educational History; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Salaries; Employment Opportunities; Discipline; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Armut; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Disziplin; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Educational policy and practice has resided and continues to reside at the vortex of social and political strife in South Africa, as in the United States. Although school poverty and inequities among schools in the U.S. pale in comparison to conditions in South Africa, the two nations have much in common, including histories of state-sanctioned segregation in schooling as well as halting efforts to refashion education systems without undermining structures of advantage. In this article, the authors aim to consider the broader significance of the South African teachers' experience of educational reform--specifically, lessons U.S. policymakers might learn from these teachers about education and social justice. They offer a brief overview of the political and historical circumstances of schooling in South Africa and a short discussion of the theoretical foundations and methodology of the study. The article concludes with discussion of the significance of the teachers' comments for those seeking educational reform that leans towards social justice. (Contains 6 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10