EDCC study unit 6

Question 1

What are some problems impacting education in SA

Answer 1

o Severe classroom shortages
o Lack of electricity & running water
o Criminal violence
o Abuse
o Poor health & increasing risk of infectious disease
o Poverty
o Unemployment rate

Question 2

What is the definiton of a support service?

Answer 2

o Specialised services that are not typically educational & are meant to optimise effectiveness of teaching and learning situation.

Question 3

What are the 3 elements that education support is given?

Answer 3

o Teachers
o Education activities and structures
o Learners

Question 4

What are some support services given to the educator?

Answer 4

• Library:
  o Aim to provide collection of books, magazines & other info sources to be used by educator
• Media services:
  o Aim to provide audio-visual apparatus & other programmes to enhance professional growth
• Parent expertise services:
  o Parents can be trained, advised & given info to make education totally acceptable to community so that parents in turn can support education
• Legal advisory service:
  o Educator can get necessary info & be assisted regarding realisation of his personal rights & responsibilities
• Professional support service:
  o Aim to support educator in handling of learners with general ortho-pedagogical problems & learners with specific ortho-didactical problems
• Psychological & social services:
  o Aim to support educator, parent & learner through training in handling of stress & give courses where teachers can improve quality of life.
  o Services can be adapted in practice according to changing needs of educator in order to render relevant services
• Employment service:
  o Aim to assist teachers in finding a job
• Personal financial advice:
  o Educator & family can get necessary info to plan their personal financial affairs
• Medical advice service:
  o Aim is to provide educator & his family with info required, making it possible to understand basic health principles & to live healthy life

Question 5

What support services are given to education activities & services

Answer 5

• Library and media service:
  o Aim to support education activities & structure pedagogically as info source + necessary audio-visual services rendered to contribute to more effective & successful teaching and learning situation
  o Function to satisfy info, research & study needs of teachers & learners.
  o Collections of books & magazines – available in school & other libraries
• Technical services:
  o Aim: provision of school buildings & equipment which is organised + manufactured within component support services

Question 6

What support services are given to learners?

Answer 6

• Orthopedagogic services (specific education needs)
• Orthodidactic support service (specific learning disabilities)
  *Social, psychological, speech therapeutic & occupational therapy services
• Medical & dentistry service (handicapped children)
• Transport & accommodation service:
• Pastoral psychological service:
• Parent guidance service:

Question 7

Name the institutions or structures that provide support for teachers?

Answer 7

o Unions
o Education specialist services
o Subject groups: ‘in and out’ of school
o Institutional school management as support service
o Line managers in and out of school context
o Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS)
o Whole School Evaluation (WSE)
o South African Council for Teachers (SACE)
o Directorate Human resources
o Legal services
o Social services

Question 8

What are the 9 criteria points of the Whole school evaluation?

Answer 8

i. Basic functioning of the school
ii. Leadership, management & communication
iii. School management & relationships
iv. Quality of learning, education & staff development
v. Curriculum provision & resources
vi. Learner achievement
vii. School safety, security & discipline
viii. School infrastructure
ix. Involvement of parents & community

Question 9

Support services to education activities and structures

Which structure/institutions can support the education acitivities & structures?

Answer 9

o Department of Public Works
o School Quintiles
o School Governing Bodies (SGBs)
o Socio-economic partners

Question 10

Describe the different quintiles

Answer 10

• Quintile 1: catchment area of school consists of very poor community
• Quintile 5: very wealthy parent communities
• Quintile 1-3 schools: may not charge tuition fees – receive very favourable grant from DoE
• Quintile 4 + 5 schools: receive less favourable grant from DoE, but schools are allowed to charge tuition fees
• Allowance/grant calculated according to number of learners in school