A historical review of the assessment of English Home Language at senior secondary school level in KwaZulu-Natal
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Authors
Blumfield, Brian Alfred
Issue Date
2009-08-25T11:03:15Z
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) , Senior Certificate (SC) , Outcomes-based Education (OBE) , National Senior Certificate (NSC) , National Qualifications Framework (NQF) , National Curriculum Statement (NCS) , Natal Education Department (NED) , Further Education and Training (FET) , Formative assessment , Christian National Education (CNE) , Subject Assessment Guidelines (SAG) , Programme of Assessment Guidelines (PAG) , School Assessment System (SAS) , Summative assessment
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Abstract
The National Curriculum Statement (NCS) heralds the beginning of a new curriculum for Grades 10 to
12 in South Africa. Underpinned by the South African Constitution, and based on the tenets of
Outcomes-based Education, the NCS seeks to provide contextually-relevant education for all South
African learners, so that they are able to embrace inevitable change. Although the NCS highlights the
importance of assessment, an analysis of the English Home Language (EHL) NCS reveals tensions
between policy and practice. This study attempts to contextualise the role of relevant assessment for the
21st century. It then proceeds to engage in a historical evaluation of assessment within the NSC in terms
of how assessment was conducted in the former Natal Education Department, a liberal education
department within former apartheid South Africa. The conclusions drawn from the evaluation are used
to provide recommendations to relieve the tensions identified within the EHL NSC.
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Citation
Blumfield, Brian Alfred (2009) A historical review of the assessment
of English Home Language at senior
secondary school level in KwaZulu-Natal, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2412>