The heterogeneous population in South Africa when coupled with the political
trend set by the government of the day is of the utmost importance to the
country and its people.
The strive towards an educational system in which inhabitants. can achieve
their potential, economic growth can be promoted, the quality of living can
be improved and equal standards of education can become reality, cannot be
realized without enough, well trained and talented teachers. According to
the HSRC-investigation into Education (1981), one of the most urgent problems
in black education is the critical shortage of professional and efficient
teachers. This aspect has thus to do with both the quantity and quality of
the teachers.
The population explosion in the black communities and the resulting increase
in the number of scholars demanding education are reasons for great concern.
The number of black teachers being trained, must increase tremendously to
cope with the growing demand.
The standard of education is determined by two factors namely the quality
of the person being trained and the quality of his training.
To train and supply new teachers one has to reckon with both the qualitative
and quantitative aspects. In supplying enough, new teachers, quality should
however never be sacrificed for quantity. A balance between the two is
necessary to ensure that good education will be provided for the increasing
number of black children.
The following aims have been formulated for this research
* An evaluation of teacher training amongst blacks as it developed from
the earliest times in order to determine causes for present problems.
* An evaluation of present educational opportunities for black teachers
to determine deficiencies.
* Stipulation of directives and measures to combat the expected shortage
of professionally, trained teachers.
In addition to the formulation of aims the following have also received
consideration in Chapter one
* research methodology : the methods that have been employed in the
course of the research are a study of relevant literature, the method
of fundamental contemplation and the historically descriptive method
* delimitation of areas and explanation of certain concepts
* the structure of the research.
Following the exhaustive study of the literature, Chapter two deals with the
historic course of events in black teacher training from traditional times
till 1978.
The juridical basis and management of teacher training as a responsibility of
the Department of Education and Training is discussed in Chapter three. Aspects
of policy and management of education in general and teacher training specifically
are also explained. The HSRC-investigation into Education (1981) is
discussed as well as the Government's reaction and implementation of some of
the recommendations.
Chapter four deals with present training opportunities for black teachers at
colleges of education. Although the initial training of teachers is emphasized,
further training and in-service training is also discussed. The structures of
the different teachers' diplomas namely the Pre-Primary Teachers Diploma (PPTD),
Junior Primary Teachers Diploma (JPTD), Senior Primary Teachers Diploma (SPTD),
Secondary Teachers Diploma (STD) and the STD Technical courses as well as the
examining, certifying and requirements for enrolment are discussed.
In Chapter five an evaluation is done of teacher training. Certain criteria with
which an institution for teacher training should comply, are laid down. In this
evaluation certain problem areas in black education are identified, and possible
solutions are given to combat and overcome these problems.
The summation, conclusion and recommendations end the thesis in Chapter six.
Recommendations for further research are also made in this chapter. / Thesis (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/9546 |
| Date | January 1988 |
| Creators | Barnard, Johannes |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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