Answer to Question #225593 in English for Thandi

Question

1. What is social apprentice according to Nsamenang theory and development?

2. How would you apply the social apprentice developmental task in the Life skills class for Grade 5s?

Answer 1

Q.1

According to Nsamenang, social apprentice refers to children whose developmental progress requires adaptation to the demands of their family’s eco-cultural niche not only as an economically efficient deployment of human resources but also as a way of priming the developing child to recognize, understand, and rehearse social roles that pertain to four hierarchical spheres of life: self, household, network, and public.

Q.2

Teaching the learners how to take care of their younger siblings.

Teaching learners how to clean various household items and their environment.

Applying a child-to-child approach to promote dynamic cultural cooperative learning among learners.

Teaching the learners the social skills of interaction with the adults and the public.