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Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools
Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/130592 Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools Khule, Koketso Peter Tanki Le Grange, Lesley Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Curriculum Studies. Performativity (Philosophy) Geography -- Study and teaching English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa -- North West Education, Higher -- South Africa -- North West Language and languages -- Study and teaching Education (Higher) -- North-West (South Africa) -- Social aspects Basic education -- North-West (South Africa) UCTD Subject elimination Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2024. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The motivation to study the relationship between performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools originated from a research gap in qualitative educational research further exacerbated by restricted access to performance trends and learner enrolment statistics. An interest in understanding the phasing out of “killer subjects” as a phenomenon that is being experienced in some schools and factors informing this inspired this interpretive study. The main research question asks: what informs the phasing out of geography in selected high schools in the North West Province? Participants were individually asked 13 questions in online semi-structured interviews, using Seidman’s (2006) three-series interview approach. Their interviews were transcribed for coding and thematic content analysis. Additional data was collected from policies and reports by the Department of Basic Education. Analysis of data was done using the constant comparative analysis method. The research data has identified several factors contributing to performativity and the phasing out of geography in the selected North West Province high schools. These are: challenges in managing the curriculum; Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT), language immersion and performance; contextual factors that impact on learning; the introduction of new school subjects; school geography and the screening of academic potential, as well as the flux of high school geography and cases of performativity. It was found that there was a significant link between performativity and the phasing out of geography. The findings of this study have provided insight on how performance is achieved while underperformance is avoided in the selected high schools of the North West Province. It was further found that schools go through processes of phasing out and phasing in school subjects based on policy changes, resource availability, optimising academic performance and interventions by the education department. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: motivering vir hierdie studie op die verhouding tussen performatiwiteit en die uitfasering van aardrykskunde (geografie) in geselekteerde skole in die Noordwes provinsie, het ontstaan uit 'n navorsingsgaping in kwalitatiewe opvoedkundige navorsing, wat vergroot is deur beperkte toegang tot neigings in prestasie en oor die inskrywingsgetalle van leerders. 'n Belang om die uitfasering van moeilike vakke wat lae vakinskrywings veroorsak as 'n verskynsel in sommige skole te begryp, en die faktore waardeur dit gevorm is, het hierdie vertolkende studie geïnspireer. Die hoofnavorsingsvraag is: wat informeer die uitfasering van geografie in geselekteerde hoërskole in die Noordwes provinsie? Drie hoërskole is vir hierdie studie gemonster: twee openbare skole en een wat privaat bestuur word. Agt deelnemers is individueel gevra om 13 vrae in aanlyn semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude te beantwoord, aan die hand van Seidman se (2006) drie-reeksonder-houdbenadering. Die onderhoude is getranskribeer vir kodering en tematiese inhoudsontleding. Aanvullende data is uit beleidsdokumente en verslae deur die Departement van Basiese Onder-wys ingesamel. Die ontleding van die data is gedoen met metode van konstante vergelyking. Die navorsingsdata het verskeie faktore geïdentifiseer wat tot performatiwiteit en die uitfasering van geografie in die geselekteerde hoërskole in die Noordwes provinsie bydra. Dit sluit in: uitdagings met die bestuur van die kurrikulum; Taal van Leer en Onderrig (LoLT); taalonderdompeling en prestasie; kontekstuele faktore wat die leerproses beïnvloed; die invoer van nuwe skoolvakke; skoolgeografie en die sifting van akademiese potensiaal; asook die vloei van hoërskoolgeografie en gevalle van performatiwiteit. Daar is bevind dat daar 'n beduidende verband is tussen performatiwiteit en die uitfasering van geografie. Die bevindinge van hierdie studie het insig verskaf in hoe prestasie behaal word en onderprestasie in die geselekteerde hoërskole van die Noordwes provinsie terselfdertyd vermy word. Daar is verder bevind dat skole deur prosesse van uitfasering en infasering van skoolvakke gaan weens beleidsveranderinge, beskikbaarheid van hulpbronne, die optimalisering van akademiese prestasie, en ingryping deur die onderwysdepartement. Masters 2024-02-17T08:09:15Z 2024-04-26T23:13:22Z 2024-02-17T08:09:15Z 2024-04-26T23:13:22Z 2024-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/130592 en Stellenbosch University viii, 148 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Performativity (Philosophy) Geography -- Study and teaching English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa -- North West Education, Higher -- South Africa -- North West Language and languages -- Study and teaching Education (Higher) -- North-West (South Africa) -- Social aspects Basic education -- North-West (South Africa) UCTD Subject elimination Khule, Koketso Peter Tanki Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools |
| title | Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools |
| title_full | Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools |
| title_fullStr | Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools |
| title_short | Performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected North West Province high schools |
| title_sort | performativity and the phasing out of geography in selected north west province high schools |
| topic | Performativity (Philosophy) Geography -- Study and teaching English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa -- North West Education, Higher -- South Africa -- North West Language and languages -- Study and teaching Education (Higher) -- North-West (South Africa) -- Social aspects Basic education -- North-West (South Africa) UCTD Subject elimination |
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