Faculty of Education
School of Educational Studies
Department of Education Management and Policy Studies
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
This research project explored issues of best practice in some South African desegregated schools. The research found that despite a number of ongoing challenges to innovation, there is a growing number of school managers, teachers and parents who are grappling with issues of diversity and inequality in ways that provide the possibility for changing institutional cultures. A number of other findings were also made. In six of the nine schools, the learner population had become quite diverse with fairly high numbers of learners from previously disadvantaged schools. In contrast, the profile of the teaching staff was virtually unaltered, with high percentages of white teachers. Approximately 78% of the respondents indicated that their schools did not discriminate and were sensitive to learners' racial and cultural backgrounds. Approximately 60% of the teachers indicated that they used materials that were inclusive. Approximately 80% of the teachers suggested that training about teaching in diverse classrooms makes a considerable difference in desegregated schools
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