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Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60990 Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants Steyn, Miemsie G. nabeelahcassim@gmail.com Cassim, Nabeelah UCTD Foundation phase Early childhood education (ECE) Teaching assistants Educational challenges Education theses SDG-04 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. The Foundation Phase in education is the most important learning years for the learners, since what happens during these years determines later academic success. The focus of this study is to obtain Grade 1 teachers' perspectives on the need for teaching assistants in the classroom. In South Africa, teaching assistants are normally reserved for preschools, institutes for learners with special needs, schools that practice inclusive education and some private schools. It is therefore needed to gain information from Grade 1 teachers on how they perceive and experience the presence or absence of a teaching assistant, and what effect it has on teaching and learning in their classrooms. It is also necessary to hear the statements of teaching assistants on how they experience this role in Grade 1 classrooms. Early Childhood Education (which includes the Foundation Phase) forms the basis of all other education; however, the South African education system is faced with numerous challenges which in various ways impede the teaching and learning of young children. These barriers include overcrowded classrooms, learner diversity and indiscipline which call for additional support in the classroom. By using a qualitative approach, this study attempts to collect and analyse the data obtained from teachers and teaching assistants, and interpret this information to gain insight into and explore various perspectives on the need for teaching assistants in a Grade 1 classroom. By making use of semi-structured interviews, data were collected from three groups of participants: teachers with teaching assistants, teachers without teaching assistants, and teaching assistants. These participants were selected from public, private and rural schools in order to allow for a broad spectrum of inputs. Findings indicate that all participants regard the presence of teaching assistants as non-negotiable in the Grade 1 classroom, as it allows the teacher to focus on teaching, whereas the administrative tasks may be channelled to the assistant. dzm2026 Early Childhood Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education 2017-06-08T13:07:14Z 2017-06-08T13:07:14Z 2017-05-04 2016 Dissertation Cassim, N 2016, Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60990> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60990 en © 2017 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 | UCTD Foundation phase Early childhood education (ECE) Teaching assistants Educational challenges Education theses SDG-04 Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| title | Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| title_full | Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| title_fullStr | Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| title_short | Perspectives of Grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| title_sort | perspectives of grade 1 teachers on the need for teaching assistants |
| topic | UCTD Foundation phase Early childhood education (ECE) Teaching assistants Educational challenges Education theses SDG-04 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60990 |