What three new books tell us about the state of education scholarship in South Africa

Jansen, Jonathan D.

dc.contributor.author	Jansen, Jonathan D.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-05-10T10:43:55Z
dc.date.available	2006-05-10T10:43:55Z
dc.date.created	2006-05-08
dc.date.issued	2006-05-10T10:43:55Z
dc.description	Professor Jonathan Jansen, Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria reviewed these books Monday 8th May 2006 at the Liberty Theatre on the Square, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg.	en
dc.description.abstract	The books we publish offer a window on the status of scholarship in the discipline, and it is with this in mind that prof Jonathan Jansen reviews three education books each published in 2006 by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Press. These are three very different books: a doctoral-dissertation-turned-into-a-book on the attempted reform of Jewish community schools in Johannesburg (Chaya Herman, University of Pretoria; a segmental study (one part of a larger research project on racial integration and social cohesion) on a teacher education (the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, or PGCE) programme at three universities – former white Afrikaans, former white English, and black campuses - and how each institution prepares students for diversity in schools (Crispin Hempson, University of KwaZulu Natal); an edited collection of papers on the subject of matriculation examinations presented at a national colloquium (Vijay Reddy, Human Sciences Research Council)	en
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/326
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	Please refer to the author.	en
dc.subject	Book reviews	en
dc.subject	Academic publishing	en
dc.subject	Matriculation examinations	en
dc.subject	Teacher education	en
dc.subject	Jewish community schools	en
dc.subject	Educational change	en
dc.subject	Scholarly books	en
dc.subject	Education research	en
dc.title	What three new books tell us about the state of education scholarship in South Africa	en
dc.title.alternative	Book review report	en
dc.type	Text	en