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Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa
Dissertation (MEd (CIE))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30037 Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa Cronje, Johannes Christoffel bler@absamail.co.za Brittz, B le R B Collaborative learning Outcomes-based education Analysis Synthesis Evaluation High-order thinking skills Constructivism Curriculum Real-world Syllabus UCTD Dissertation (MEd (CIE))--University of Pretoria, 2005. The National Education Department of South Africa has mandated a policy of outcomes-based education for all learners and educators in this country. Two of the most important principles of outcomes-based education are collaborative work in groups and continuous assessment by the teacher and peers. In Computer Studies, taken on the higher grade, learners are expected to construct algorithms and programs by themselves. In the real world such algorithms and programs would be constructed by groups of people working together. The researcher’s purpose of conducting this study was to breach the gap that exists between what is done in accordance with the outcomes-based curriculum in schools - and what is expected in the real world where collaborative work is the norm. The researcher used Bloom’s high-order thinking skills as his point of departure for this study and examined the implications of how they contribute to real-world situations in the school environment. To evaluate the South African curriculum for Computer Studies on the higher grade, the researcher compared the South African curriculum was the curriculum used in Australia for learners of the same age group. The results led to an intervention in which South African learners were examined on high-order thinking skills and programming in the real world. Curriculum Studies unrestricted 2013-09-07T17:43:45Z 2004-12-02 2013-09-07T17:43:45Z 2004-07-24 2005-12-02 2004-12-02 Dissertation Brittz, B 2004, Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30037 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30037 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12022004-100710/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Collaborative learning Outcomes-based education Analysis Synthesis Evaluation High-order thinking skills Constructivism Curriculum Real-world Syllabus UCTD Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa |
| title | Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa |
| title_full | Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa |
| title_short | Towards a real-world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in South Africa |
| title_sort | towards a real world curriculum for computer studies higher grade in south africa |
| topic | Collaborative learning Outcomes-based education Analysis Synthesis Evaluation High-order thinking skills Constructivism Curriculum Real-world Syllabus UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30037 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12022004-100710/ |