The paradigm shift in teaching from the teacher-centred approach to the learner-centred approach in recent years has impacted on the way teachers go about their duties in the classroom. This paradigm shift necessitated this research with the aim of investigating how the Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) technique can be used as a cooperative learning technique to teach EFAL in Kwazulu-Natal. The purpose of this study was to design a framework for the implementation of STAD as a cooperative teaching strategy for EFAL teachers by gleaning literature on teaching and learning, cooperative learning and STAD in chapters two to four of this study. Empirical research, by way of a survey and focus group discussions were also conducted in four out of the twelve districts in the Kwazulu-Natal Province to help solidify the framework designed in this study. In striving to get in-depth insight into this study, the post-positivist-constructivist paradigm, which calls for the mixed methods research design was employed for the collection and analysis of data. Specifically, the Likert scale survey questionnaire and focus group discussions were used to collect data, through the sequential mixed methods design for the quantitative and qualitative phases of this study respectively, from a sample of 220 respondents and twelve participants. The findings of this research indicated that the time spent in training teachers towards the implementation of the STAD technique was not adequate. That notwithstanding, it was indicative that teachers make efforts to implement the strategy in their teaching and the results proved to be very positive as the technique continues to help improve upon learners’ performances and builds in them qualities such as critical thinking skills, good discussion skills and positive collaborative learning. In the nutshell, the literature study, the findings of the empirical research and the recommendation of this study forms the basis for designing the framework for the implementation of STAD as a teaching strategy for EFAL teachers. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

В работе подчеркивается важность навыков будущего в подготовке современного специалиста на рынке труда. Приведен перечень актуальных навыков будущего. Представлен исследовательский дизайн при разработке программы по формированию навыков будущего в среде студенческих отрядов. Проведен анализ научной литературы по тематике данного исследования, описан портрет бойца студенческих отрядов УрФУ в контексте навыков будущего. Делаются выводы о навыках будущего, востребованных бойцами студенческих отрядов, приводится сравнение рейтинга навыков будущего бойцов студенческих отрядов с рейтингом навыков с точки зрения современного работодателя. Предложены технологии по формированию навыков будущего в среде студенческих отрядов. В статье представлена программа по формированию навыков будущего в среде студенческих отрядов Уральского федерального университета. Программа состоит из 4 модулей: информационный модуль, включающий 4 лекции от спикеров Ассоциации выпускников УПИ-УрГУ-УрФУ и центра универсальных компетенций УрФУ «4К», интерактивный модуль, состоящий из четырех тренингов, проектный модуль, включающий «Творческую лабораторию». Практический модуль содержит пять мероприятий, направленных на формирование навыков будущего. Приводятся результаты тестирования части элементов программы по формированию навыков в среде студенческих отрядов. Делается вывод о значительном потенциале движения студенческих отрядов в формировании навыков будущего. / The article emphasizes the importance of future skills in training a modern specialist in the labor market. The list of actual skills of the future is given. The article presents a research design for the development of a program for the formation of skills of the future in the environment of student groups. The article analyzes the scientific literature on the subject of this study, describes the portrait of a fighter of UrFU student detachments in the context of the skills of the future. Conclusions are drawn about the skills of the future that are in demand by the fighters of student squads, a comparison of the rating of the skills of the future of the fighters of student squads with the rating of skills from the point of view of a modern employer is given. Technologies for the formation of skills of the future in the environment of student groups are proposed. The article presents a program for the formation of future skills among the student groups of the Ural Federal University. The program consists of 4 modules: an information module, which includes 4 lectures from speakers of the UPI-USU-UrFU Alumni Association and the UrFU Center for Universal Competencies "4K". Interactive module consisting of four training sessions. The project module includes a "Creative Laboratory". The practical module includes five activities. The results of testing some elements of the program for the formation of skills in the environment of student groups are presented. Based on the results, conclusions are drawn about the level of formation of future skills among the student groups of the Ural Federal University.