Pathways to Mitigate Challenges of Learner Academic Performance in a Grade 10 Economics Class in South Africa

Autor/in	Molise, Habasisa V.
Titel	Pathways to Mitigate Challenges of Learner Academic Performance in a Grade 10 Economics Class in South Africa
Quelle	In: Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 6 (2021) 1, S.83-101 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2468-6891
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Academic Failure; Grade 10; Economics Education; High School Teachers; Team Teaching; Strategic Planning; Action Research; Participatory Research; Rural Schools; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Wirtschaftskunde; High school; High schools; Teacher; Teachers; Oberschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teamteaching; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Projektforschung; Forschungstätigkeit; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper aims to explore the pathways to mitigate challenges of learner academic (LAP) performance in a Grade 10 economics class in South Africa. The challenge of poor LAP has ushered a myriad of predicaments in schools globally. These predicaments include lack of teacher inclusion in decision making, inability to work cooperatively together, and lack of professional development opportunities geared towards LAP. The study was qualitative, with 15 participants chosen through purposeful sampling from one rural school in the Thabo-Mofutsanyane education district. This paper is couched in critical emancipatory research with emphasis on the emancipation of the teachers regarding pathways they can self-develop to mitigate the challenges of LAP. The focus group discussions were used to gather information regarding pathways to mitigate the challenges of LAP in schools. The study revealed that teachers possess a very equivocal and varying experience regarding the pathways to use to mitigate the challenges of LAP. The findings suggest that for successful implementation of pathways to mitigate the challenges of LAP, schools need to invest in training teachers for team-teaching and avail the necessary resources (both human and physical) to ensure effective quality teaching and learning exist in the school. The article recommends that schools should develop policy frameworks, together with relevant stakeholders, to guide novice teachers on the strategies they can use to mitigate the challenges of LAP in their classes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01