An Analysis of the Grade 3 Department of Basic Education Workbooks as Curriculum Tools

Autor/inn/en	Hoadley, Ursula; Galant, Jaamia
Titel	An Analysis of the Grade 3 Department of Basic Education Workbooks as Curriculum Tools
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 6 (2016) 1, Artikel 400 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mathematics Education; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Workbooks; Alignment (Education); National Curriculum; Educational Policy; Evaluation; Progress Monitoring; Speech Skills; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Phonics; Mathematics Skills; Number Concepts; Algebra; Geometry; Measurement; Elementary School Curriculum; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mathematische Bildung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Arbeitsbuch; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Evaluierung; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Geometrie; Messverfahren; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Since 2011, the Department of Basic Education (DBE), has provided all Grade 1 to 6 learners in public schools with literacy/language, numeracy/mathematics and life skills workbooks. This study provides an assessment of the purpose to which the workbooks are best suited by analysing the Grade 3 Mathematics and Home Language English workbooks for 2015 in the light of the DBE's intentions for the workbooks. The study considers alignment of the workbooks with the official national curriculum, the Curriculum and Assessment Policy (CAPS), as well as 'conceptual signalling' and progression in the content of the workbooks. We then evaluate the kind of 'curriculum tool' the workbooks in their current format conform to. We explore three possibilities in the light of the DBE's proposals for the workbook use: a practice tool; an assessment tool; and a monitoring tool. We also reflect on the workbooks as a teaching tool. Our analysis suggests that, in line with the DBE's intended purpose for the workbooks, that the workbooks best represent a practice curriculum tool. We highlight the significance of the high level of curriculum compliance of the workbook, and indicate that this would render them an effective monitoring tool for assessing the quantitative coverage of the curriculum at a systemic level. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01