Original Research: Mathematics Education
Maths4Stats: Educating teachers
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie | Vol 32, No 1 | a405 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/satnt.v32i1.405
| © 2013 Renette J. Blignaut, Retha Luus, Ronell Lombard, Abduraghiem Latief, Danelle Kotze
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 April 2013 | Published: 01 November 2013
Submitted: 27 April 2013 | Published: 01 November 2013
About the author(s)
Renette J. Blignaut, Department of Statistics and Population Studies, University of the Western Cape, South AfricaRetha Luus, Department of Statistics and Population Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Ronell Lombard, Department of Statistics and Population Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Abduraghiem Latief, Department of Statistics and Population Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Danelle Kotze, Department of Statistics and Population Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Abstract
The inadequate nature of the education infrastructure in South Africa has led to poor academic performance at public schools. Problems within schools such as under-qualified teachers and poor teacher performance arise due to the poorly constructed education system in our country. The implementation in 2012 of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) at public schools in South Africa saw the further crippling of some teachers, as they were unfamiliar with parts of the CAPS subject content. The Statistics and Population Studies department at the University of the Western Cape was asked to join the Maths4Stats project in 2012. This project was launched by Statistics South Africa in an effort to assist in training the teachers in statistical content within the CAPS Mathematics curricula. The University of the Western Cape’s team would like to share their experience of being part of the Maths4Stats training in the Western Cape. This article focuses on how the training sessions were planned and what the outcomes were. With the knowledge gained from our first Maths4Stats experience, it is recommended that future interventions are still needed to ensure that mathematics teachers become well-informed and confident to teach topics such as data handling, probability and regression analysis.
Keywords
Kurrikulum- en Assesseringsbeleidsverklaring (KABV); statistiek; skoolwiskunde; Maths4Stats; opvoeding; onderrig en leer
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