Teacher Education and Institutional Change in South Africa – HSRC PRESS

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Teacher Education and Institutional Change in South Africa

Teacher Education and Institutional Change in South Africa

In 1994, the South African teacher education landscape was fragmented across a wide variety of institutional sites. Ten years later, initial teacher education was taking place in a very different environment, shaped by a decade of far-reaching legislative, policy and structural changes. While change was necessary and inevitable after the democratic transition of 1994, successive waves of internal restructuring, college incorporation and higher education mergers placed heavy demands on both academics and management.

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format:

280mm x 210mm (Soft Cover)

Pages:

248

ISBN-13:

978-07969-2221-2

Publish Year:

2008

Rights:

World Rights

In 1994, the South African teacher education landscape was fragmented across a wide variety of institutional sites. Ten years later, initial teacher education was taking place in a very different environment, shaped by a decade of far-reaching legislative, policy and structural changes. While change was necessary and inevitable after the democratic transition of 1994, successive waves of internal restructuring, college incorporation and higher education mergers placed heavy demands on both academics and management.

1 Studying teacher education and institutional change in South Africa in 2006

HISTORICALLY CONTINGENT PATHWAYS OF RESTRUCTURING

2 Rapidly changing policy and governance.

3 Internal restructuring in response to external imperatives

4 The Dynamics of externally mandated change I: The incorporation of Colleges of Education

5 The dynamics of externally mandated change II: Mergers and complexity

IMPACT ON INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION

6 Current structure, focus and capacity

7 Impact of restructuring on the core business of initial teacher education

8 Initial teacher education and institutional change

Dr Glenda Kruss is a chief research specialist in the Education, Science and Skills Development research programme of the HSRC.