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Foundation Building
Fundisa for Change
A GreenMatter partnership programme for
environmental learning and teacher education
The Fundisa for Change COP and related initiatives are supported by GreenMatter and other contributors, focused on enhancing transformative environmental learning through teacher education.
Overall Development Objective: To enhance transformative environmental learning through teacher education. This will be achieved through five inter-related programme objectives
Five sub-objectives help to achieve the main objective:
Capacity Building: develop teacher education capacity that in turn supports teacher capacity to enable transformative environmental learning that is curriculum aligned.
Policy and Advocacy: enhance national take-up of transformative environmental learning within the national system of teacher education.
Build the National System of Engagement: expand the network of providers and the community of practice engaged with transformative environmental learning through teacher education.
Five sub-objectives help to achieve the main objective:
Capacity Building: develop teacher education capacity that in turn supports teacher capacity to enable transformative environmental learning that is curriculum aligned.
Policy and Advocacy: enhance national take-up of transformative environmental learning within the national system of teacher education.
Build the National System of Engagement: expand the network of providers and the community of practice engaged with transformative environmental learning through teacher education.
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Examples of the Fundisa for Change curricula
Working groups have been established to drive the achievement of these objectives.
TEACHER EDUCATION MATERIALS
Two types of teacher education materials
are produced:
specific phases of the schooling system
Fundisa for Change teacher education materials are written collaboratively. Writers include
teacher educators in universities,
environmental sector partners and/or
Department of Education officials. Materials are reviewed, piloted and adjusted in response to updated knowledge, needs and curriculum requirements. The materials are made available as common property resources to be used by all of South Africa’s nationally accredited teacher education institutions via participation in the Fundisa for Change network.
“Many of the environmental topics in the South African curriculum (CAPS) a re new to teachers. This affects how they are taught to learners in our schools. The Fundisa for Change programme seeks to support teachers and teacher educators to improve teaching and learning, contributing to the quality and relevance of education in South Africa” Dr. Zintle Songqwaru.
Two types of teacher education materials
are produced:
- General ‘core’ materials to contribute to
- Subject-specific materials to support teaching
specific phases of the schooling system
Fundisa for Change teacher education materials are written collaboratively. Writers include
teacher educators in universities,
environmental sector partners and/or
Department of Education officials. Materials are reviewed, piloted and adjusted in response to updated knowledge, needs and curriculum requirements. The materials are made available as common property resources to be used by all of South Africa’s nationally accredited teacher education institutions via participation in the Fundisa for Change network.
“Many of the environmental topics in the South African curriculum (CAPS) a re new to teachers. This affects how they are taught to learners in our schools. The Fundisa for Change programme seeks to support teachers and teacher educators to improve teaching and learning, contributing to the quality and relevance of education in South Africa” Dr. Zintle Songqwaru.
Research Focus of the Fundisa for Change Programme: A reflexive learning process
Transformative [Environmental/ESD]
Learning through Teach Education
A national PLC started in 2011/12 in response to a range of national studies on skills and capacity for sustainable development (DWA Water HCD, SANBI Biodiversity HCD, DST Global Change HCD, DEA ESSP) which showed problem with 'foundational knowledge'for entry into these areas of national importance.
Learning through Teach Education
A national PLC started in 2011/12 in response to a range of national studies on skills and capacity for sustainable development (DWA Water HCD, SANBI Biodiversity HCD, DST Global Change HCD, DEA ESSP) which showed problem with 'foundational knowledge'for entry into these areas of national importance.
Launch of the Fundisa for Change Programme
Capacity Development
Curriculum advisors and partners co-engaged learning in action
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Eastern Cape Teachers engage in investigations and research
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Join the GreenMatter Community and sign up to the Fundisa for Change Group to access relevant information, engage with key stakeholders and contribute to initiatives/events.
You can also visit the Fundisa for Change website here.
You can also visit the Fundisa for Change website here.
