This study argues that one of the solutions to the problem of high
matriculation failure rates in black schools is providing resources such as
media centres and laboratories to make learning more realistic and
interesting to pupils. However, unequal educational provision has meant
that less money is allocated to black education in comparison with white,
Indian and Coloured education. The study was initiated by the awareness
of the lack of media centres in black schools and colleges of education. It
focuses on the teaching of library orientation at Esikhawini College of
Education, an institution that has features common to all KwaZulu
colleges. The population consisted of a group of Secondary Teachers
Diploma Second year (STD II) students who did not study library
orientation as their ancillary subject. The study shows that most students
at the college had not used media centres before coming to the college. It
also shows that the time allocated to library orientation is too little; the
course should be extended to two or even three years. As a result of these
findings, the study recommends that media education be integrated into
the curricula starting with the earliest levels of schooling, and that a
national policy on the funding of media education be formulated. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Natal, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/6184 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Magwaza, Fikile Petronella. |
| Contributors | Nel, Berndine F., Deacon, Roger. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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