Answer to Question #218868 in English for Primie

Question

1. Discuss the NP'S response to Urban crisis that threatened the social order in fundamental ways.
2. State education policy of 1955 to 1962 was forged under the pressure to Urban crisis. Briefly discuss the four ways through which the state dealt with this crisis.
3. Indicate how democratic learner- centred education system was regarded as been counterintuitive.
4. Indicate the key issues raised by Boehm in support of learner- centred education.
4. Discuss the various aspects of the commitment to the ethics intellectual rigour.

Answer 1

1.     There were protests galore during the build-up to the 2019 May 8 South African national elections. The elections took place after 25 years of freedom and democracy and the people’s victory against apartheid. The protests happened in many parts of the country but mainly in Gauteng, the industrial heartland, and in the Western Cape, with its palpable legacy of colonialism. In Caledon, Western Cape, two protesters were shot dead by private security during a march and a land occupation.

2.     State education policy in the period 1955-1962 shows the features of a policy forged under the pressure of the urban crisis. Firstly, a much larger education system than had ever existed before it was created, allowing the state, for the first time to draw the bulk of urban working class youth into the schools: education was thus set on a much more firm footing than before, as an agency of socialization. secondly, financial mechanisms were 203 developed which allowed the state to create this new education system on the basis of exceptionally low levels of expenditure, thus overcoming political and economic obstacles to educational expansion.

3.     Student-centered learning, also known as learner-centered education, broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student.

4.     Intellectual rigor is defined as clarity in thinking and an ability to think carefully and deeply when faced with new content or concepts. This involves engaging constructively and methodically when exploring ideas, theories and philosophies.