The 1989 black matriculation failure rate : what were the classroom practices?
Date
1994
Authors
Zimba, Maoto David
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Abstract
This research is an attempt to reveal aspects of History
teaching concealed in conventional or popular beliefs about
the Black Matriculation pass/fail statistics.
The classroom practices of two History teachers are described.
One comes from an "achieving" Soweto secondary school. The
school is popularly contrived as an "achieving" school because
it is known in the community for producing better than average
DET Matriculation results. The classroom practices of another
teacher. from an "underachieving" school. are also described.
This school is known in the community for producing lower than
average DET results over a number of years.
These classroom practices are illuminated against the backdrop
of the high pass/low failure rate during the eighties, with
particular reference to the year 1989. This is the year in
which the DET matriculation pass/failure rate was the worst in
the decade of the eighties. (Abbreviation abstract)
Description
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education,
University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the Degree of Master of Education.
Keywords
Blacks -- Education -- South Africa., History -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa., School failure -- South Africa., High school equivalency examinations -- South Africa.