Educators' experience of the implementation of outcomes-based education in grade nine
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Authors
Ghanchi Badasie, Razia Banoo
Issue Date
2009-08-25T10:53:00Z
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
General Education and Training [GET] , Outcomes , Outcomes-based assessment [OBA] , Learning areas , Criterion-referenced , Portfolios , School management , District management , Grade nine , Outcomes-based education [OBE]
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Abstract
This research focuses on educators' experience of implementing outcomes-based education in grade nine in secondary schools in South Africa. Two schools were chosen as settings for the qualitative research project. Three focus groups with 20 educators, two focus groups with 14 managers and seven personal interviews were conducted. Twelve classrooms were also observed where grade nine learners were being taught.
Findings indicated that some educators found the experience of implementing OBE positive in that it improved their repertoire of facilitating and assessing skills. The reasons for citing OBE as a negative experience were given as the following: an increased workload, poor training and lack of follow-up by the Department and the school management team's degree of involvement. Recommendations were made on how to ease the burden on educators implementing OBE in their classrooms and to empower school managers to manage the implementation of OBE within their respective areas of responsibility.
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Citation
Ghanchi Badasie, Razia Banoo (2009) Educators' experience of the implementation of outcomes-based education in grade nine, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1438>