Answer to Question #229165 in Management for Suku

Question

QUESTION 1

1.1 . Do your own research about the history of curriculum development in South Africa

since 1994. Identify and compare major changes that took place.

1.2 Design a formative assessment activity to be done in class.

1.2.1 Name learning outcomes for the identified topic.

1.2.2 Link your questions to the identified learning outcomes.

1.2.3 Provide the solutions.

Answer 1

The early twenty-first century evidenced a worldwide change in teaching History through the means of several revised History curricula in the Further Education and Training (FET) Phase, and the development of textbooks as a result of this revision. InSouth Africa these trends have coincided with a period of educational transformation since the African National Congress (ANC) took over as the leading political party in 1994. After 16 years of democracy the transformational outcome also saw a change in the approach to History in the school curriculum and textbooks. This article is structured to debate globalism and national narratives as themes in South Africa's revised History curriculum. The aim is to precIpitate a critical discussion on the general interpretation of these themes in the grade 12 History textbooks. This is also a way of ensuring that educators and learners are aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the textbooks on these themes for the day when they will be activated as part of the teaching and assessment programme for grade 12 History