The Use of Workbooks in South African Grade 3 Mathematics Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Mathews, Corin; Mdluli, Manono; Ramsingh, Valerie
Titel	The Use of Workbooks in South African Grade 3 Mathematics Classrooms
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 4 (2014) 1, S.80-94 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Workbooks; Elementary School Mathematics; Grade 3; Case Studies; Mathematics Teachers; Instructional Effectiveness; Teacher Education Programs; Educational Practices; Teacher Attitudes; Supplementary Reading Materials; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsbuch; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungspraxis; Lehrerverhalten; Reading materials; Lesekartei; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The poor performance of South African learners on national and international benchmark tests in mathematics and literacy has prompted the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE) to devise intervention strategies, one of which is the provision of workbooks for learners. This paper is based on a case study of six grade 3 teachers' use of DBE workbooks. Data from classroom observations and interviews are reported and analysed in relation to literature on mathematical and pedagogical resources. The key finding is that teachers use the workbooks in disparate ways as a resource and that the majority of the teachers in the case study use the workbooks in ways that do not resonate with the DBE's intentions. We argue that the provision of resources alone may not lead to improved teaching and learning in primary school mathematics classrooms and that pre-service and in-service teacher education programmes need to include a focus on how resources such as workbooks can be utilised optimally. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01