dc.contributor.author |
Heeralal, P.J.H.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-12-08T09:09:15Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-12-08T09:09:15Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-09 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Heeralal P.J.H (2014)Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach in Rural Schools. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol 5 No 20 pp 1795 - 1799 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2039-2117 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
Doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p1795 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14558 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Teacher training institutions, have to date, paid little or no attention to train teachers to teach in rural schools. This paper
examines what needs to be done by teacher training institutions in South Africa to address the issue. Pre-service teachers
following the Bachelor of Education programme at a South African university were interviewed to ascertain what needs to be
done in order to address the professional needs of pre-service teachers to teach in rural schools? The data indicated that preservice
teacher were not given the opportunity to be exposed to teaching in rural schools during their teaching practice and the
curriculum content of the Bachelor of Education degree did not include aspects that relate to aspects of rural teaching, making
it difficult for rural schools to retain teachers. Based on the findings the following recommendations are made: modules that
have a specific focus on teaching in rural schools be included in the curriculum and that every student is required to spend at
least one practice teaching session in the course of the Bachelor of Education programme in a rural school. Education faculties
must ensure that they have staff members who have experience in teaching at rural schools to teach the modules that relate to
rural teaching. It is also recommended that incentives be offered to teachers who teach in rural schools. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.subject |
rural schools |
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dc.subject |
teacher education |
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dc.subject |
teaching experience |
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dc.title |
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach in Rural Schools |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.description.department |
Science and Technology Education |
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