Grade 12 examination results' top 20 positions : the need for the creation of sustainable learning environments for social justice in all schools
Published Article === Why do African learners continue to be underrepresented in the top 20 positions of the Grade 12 examination results, and what can be done to remedy the situation? Yosso's notion of community cultural wealth shows that it is because our education continues to exclude the Af...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-cut-oai-ir.cut.ac.za-11462-6082016-03-16T03:59:04Z Grade 12 examination results' top 20 positions : the need for the creation of sustainable learning environments for social justice in all schools Mahlomaholo, S. Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein Community cultural wealth Critical discourse analysis Cultural capital Education for social justice Learner performance Sustainable learning environments Published Article Why do African learners continue to be underrepresented in the top 20 positions of the Grade 12 examination results, and what can be done to remedy the situation? Yosso's notion of community cultural wealth shows that it is because our education continues to exclude the African learners' ways of knowing and being that the situation remains as it is. Analysing discourses of top performing white former Grade 12 learners, their teachers, their parents and their former African classmates, indicate that including modes of knowing of all learners in the curriculum irrespective of their race, class, disability or gender may help to create more socially just schooling, which is reflective of sustainable learning environments. 2015-10-02T10:06:08Z 2015-10-02T10:06:08Z 2012 2012 Article 16844998 http://hdl.handle.net/11462/608 en_US Journal for New Generation Sciences;Vol 10, Issue 2 Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 174 458 bytes, 1 file Application/PDF Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein |
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Published Article === Why do African learners continue to be underrepresented in the top 20 positions of the Grade 12 examination results, and what can be done to remedy the situation? Yosso's notion of community cultural wealth shows that it is because our education continues to exclude the African learners' ways of knowing and being that the situation remains as it is. Analysing discourses of top performing white former Grade 12 learners, their teachers, their parents and their former African classmates, indicate that including modes of knowing of all learners in the curriculum irrespective of their race, class, disability or gender may help to create more socially just schooling, which is reflective of sustainable learning environments. |
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Grade 12 examination results' top 20 positions : the need for the creation of sustainable learning environments for social justice in all schools |
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