professional studies 3a

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 3A Z.SOGIBA 201145849

NATIONAL STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES

Change happens each and every day

of our lives, be it being a forced

change for a sick man who is told

by his doctor to stop smoking

because his lung cancer is

spreading rapidly or change due to

time, seeing the need to bring in

new changes.

EDUCATION SYSTEM

Education is also a system that changes from time

to time because there is a gap and the new change

aims to closing that gap. Ms GNM Pandor once said in

a forwarded speech in the white paper on e-

Education “Information and communication

technologies (ICTs) are central to the changes taking

place all over the world”. Changes are not only

happening in South Africa alone there are also taking

place in other countries or they have already taken

place.

THESE CHANGES NEED MONEY AND TIME IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER INTO THIS MATTER LET US FIRST UNDERSTAND THE STRAT PLAN 2011 TO 2014 ITS VISION, MISSION AND ITS VALUES.

ICTS

This picture shows

how ICTs plans to the

learners education

experience through

the use of technology.

VISION

Vision: Our vision is of a South Africa in which all our

people will have access to lifelong learning, education and

training opportunities which will, in turn contribute

towards improving the quality of life and the building of a

peaceful, prosperous and democratic South Africa.

(Department of Basic Education, 8).

The vision in short is a picture of where they see South

Africa as whole through education fixing the inequalities

to produce a quality education that will satisfies all

MISSION

The Mission is working together with provinces;

our mission is to provide relevant and cutting edge

quality education for the 21st century.

South Africa as a country has nine beautiful

provinces and each of these provinces produce

educational results these results are then mostly

used to check where the other province lacked and

how this province needs to improve.

VALUES

Excellence: maintaining high standards of

performance and professionalism by aiming for

excellence in everything we do including being fair,

ethical and trustworthy in all that we do.

Teamwork: Co-operating with one another and

with our partners in education in an open and

supportive way to achieve shared goals.

VALUES

Learning: Creating a learning

organisation in which staff

members seek and share

knowledge and information, while

committing themselves to

personal growth.

VALUES

Innovation: Striving to address

the training needs for high-quality

service and seeking ways to

achieve our goals.

Growing our own personal

values as individuals and our

morals

SCHOOLS WITH COMPUTERS BY 2002

KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AGENDA

According to Prof Bernard CORNU

who defines knowledge society as a

human society were knowledge should

bring about justice, solidarity,

democracy and peace and also a society

were knowledge should be a force to

change.


Educators all over South Africa have a

major role to play in the transformation

of education and education being the key

issue in the knowledge society ( IFIP,

Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 2005)


Every learner in the knowledge society is a life long learner,

content and methods of initial education must be prepared or

its preparation should be for a life long learning

Life long learning development must be encouraged in all

countries as a tool to reduce digital divide and its development

needs an integration of education into the real world .

In a knowledge society networking id important as it offers

many ways to access knowledge in networks in education.


As a teacher in a knowledge society you are required new

specific competencies, as a teacher you should deal with new

knowledge , new ways of accessing knowledge as things change

due to time and era that we live in.

Teachers are well known to be the key agents of the education

system, we want a knowledge society more then an information

society which will allow all children and people to access

knowledge and however also benefit from being educated .

PERVASIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY

In the South African alone the notion of e-

Education is set to revolve around the use of ICTs

to accelerate the achievement of national education

goals.

e-Education is about the connection of teachers

and learners to one another and to support services

and also providing platforms for learning.


e-Education connects teachers and learners to

better information via effective combinations of

pedagogy and technology

e-Education does not simply mean computer

literacy and learning about ways to operate other

types of information or technologies.

Its all about ones personal ability to apply ICT

skills to access, analyse, evaluate, integrate, present

and communicate information


One challenge that’s faces the education system or

department is that there is not enough resources in some of

the provinces to purchase computers and other technological

tools needed for learning activities to take place.

A recent scenario that took place was in Limpopo when

textbooks for learners were expected to be there before

school opened but arrived after quite some time when other

schools had began with their academic work.


This scenario is an example that some where in other places of

the country some people do not have access to basic this such

as a textbook and we expect them to move that to a computer.

In schools like in the Eastern Cape were have no proper

classroom no qualified teachers to teach, where are they

suppose to obtain money for computers and teachers to teach

them theses are some of the problems that need to be looked

into before introducing new methods of learning and teaching


The use of technology within schools children has grown

over the years through the introduction of internet access

phones they can search an explain things or concepts that a

teacher ahs not taught them in class yet

The Department of Education believes that ICTs creates

access to learning opportunities, redress inequalities,

improve the quality of learning and teaching.


The use of technology in the education system is for addressing

past educational inequalities that were caused by apartheid that

denied equal educational experiences

ICTs also plays a huge role in the transformation of teaching and

the training of teachers, the use of computers and other

supporting information and knowledge education schemes will

help in changing the view of education as the same old textbook

and desk picture but into a more hands on experience for learner

and teacher

EDUCATION FOR ALL

EDUCATION FOR ALL

Education is an essential asset in the lives of all humans all over

the world it’s a way were we all come to together through the

understanding of our educational experiences.

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO

SUCCESS!!!!! there is more to this saying then words the understanding of

education

EDUCATION FOR ALL

Since the end of apartheid we have moved from

educations policies more then once first was the

introduction of OBE, NCS and now most recently

CAPS document these are introduced because the

Department finds a gap that needs to filled and

through these policies they try and fix the gaps.

EDUCATION FOR ALL

It has been recognised that South Africa

is performing below is potential

Even though South Africa still faces

barriers such as poverty its still competes

with some other countries with its results

EDUCATION FOR ALL

EDUCATION FOR ALL

Inequalities that are produced by poverty,

not having the correct documentation such

a birth and not having schools that are near

by are some of the challenges that face

South Africans and the education system

EDUCATION FOR ALL

The issue of us not all having the

same privileges has come to a stop

because we can now all attend the

school of our choice and have the same

education black or white

EDUCATION FOR ALL

PRESENT FUTURE NATIONAL STRATEGIC

OBJECTIVES

As we move from the times of being

non existing to a time were we take part

in our own education and be more

ourselves then what is expected of us to

be


OBJECTIVES

Teacher training programmes

should provide teachers with

situated learning experiences

Programmes should also be subject

specific


OBJECTIVESTeacher development programmes

should be managed

No programme shall expect a

teacher to outside during school

hours


OBJECTIVES

Teachers needs and

strength should be a

driving force in making

sure that his/her

professional growth is

achieved


OBJECTIVES


OBJECTIVESThe aims for the future state that teachers will need to

be in the classroom at all times no teacher should be

found attending programmes during school hours

Education is a key fundamental asset to all who part take

in the opportunity of being educated no matter were one

is in the world its value is not seen now but lasts forever it

changes to meet the standards of world and the economy.


OBJECTIVES

The interest of ones mind and the actions they present

entail how badly they wanted to be part of the education

system and what they want to gain from it.

All teachers should be all aware of the policies and be able

to correspond with all of the given polices

Teacher should also have an excellent knowledge of the

curriculum and the specific curriculum.

REFERNCE

Guidelines for teacher training and professional development in ICT 2007

Department of basic education, Strat plan 2011-2014, 2011

Department of education,2004,Government Gazette NO 26734, White paper on e-Education.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

By educating the young generation

along the right lines, the peoples state

will have to see that a generation of

mankind is formed which will be

adequate to his supreme combat that

will decide the destines of the world

Adolf Hilter

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