A Cultural-Historical Approach Towards Pedagogical Transitions: Transitions in Post-Apartheid South Africa...

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Joanne Hardman (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Marilyn Fleer (Monash University Australia)

A Cultural-Historical Approach Towards Pedagogical Transitions

Transitions in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Joanne Hardman (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Marilyn Fleer (Monash University Australia), Mariane Hedegaard (University of Copenhagen Denmark) , Megan Adams (Monash University Australia)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
25 July 2024

Educational strategies & policy

Series: Transitions in Childhood and Youth

This book investigates pedagogical change across curricula and political transitions in the South African context, from 1994 to today. Tracing pedagogical transitions from post-apartheid to the demands of the 21st century, the book seeks to develop a novel approach to pedagogy that can meet the needs of students today.

Adopting a cultural-historical lens, Hardman analyses the contradictions that arise due to transitions in the curriculum and describes the current state of teaching in primary schools in South Africa by focusing on how teachers teach scientific concepts. She goes on to examine the transitions from children’s indigenous science/maths understanding to school science/maths understanding, developing a pedagogy that can transform the learning of mathematics and science in developing contexts. Building on theories from Vygotsky, Davydov, Feuerstein, Freire, Bruner and Hedegaard, Hardman develops a new and inclusive, decolonial pedagogical approach that can meet the needs of a multicultural and multilingual contexts around the world.

By: Joanne Hardman (University of Cape Town South Africa)
Edited by: Marilyn Fleer (Monash University Australia), Mariane Hedegaard (University of Copenhagen Denmark), Megan Adams (Monash University Australia)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350226951
ISBN 10: 1350226955
Series: Transitions in Childhood and Youth
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 25 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joanne Hardman is Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at the School of Education at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is the author of Child and Adolescent Development (2013).

Reviews for A Cultural-Historical Approach Towards Pedagogical Transitions: Transitions in Post-Apartheid South Africa

In this fascinating book Hardman reveals the extent to which pedagogies are political. Taking post-apartheid South Africa as the case, she traces the patchy development of post-colonial curricula and pedagogies while drawing on cultural-historical psychology and her own fieldwork to offer ways forward. * Anne Edwards, Professor Emerita, University of Oxford Dept of Education, UK *