The main aim of this study is to review critically the changing
nature, role and status of the history of education as a field
of study in teacher education courses in South Africa, Britain
and the USA. While the British and American situations have had
direct influence on the theory and practice of the history of
education in English language universities in South Africa, this
influence has been shaped and modified by local circumstances,
significantly so since the education crisis of 1976. The study
seeks to clarify several fundamental questions about the history
of education, including its relationship with other fields of
educational study and its place in the intellectual preparation
of teachers. Such questions are examined in the general
contexts of the British, American and South African
historiographies of education as well as in the context of the
teacher education curriculum as it is shaped by the
acid-political context.
In the three countries being studied, teacher education has
become a matter of urgent concern. One result has been a
rethinking of the place of educational theory, which inevitably
involves a reconsideration of the place of history of education.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/18116 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Randall, Peter Ralph |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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