Open Distance Learning Community Engagement
Identifying the Needs of a Community School
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5179719 |
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| Authors | Petro Marais (0000-0003-3853-6276, Department of Early Childhood Education and Development, College of Education), Alena Van Schalkwyk (University of South Africa) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 171-179 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09709274.2014.11906786 |
| OpenAlex | W2188613770 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
dysfunctional early childhood development (ECD) school will have a direct negative effect on the teaching and learning activities of the children attending it on their development. The objective was to determine the needs and challenges of a community school in order to determine what role lecturers at Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions could play as part of their community engagement in transforming a dysfunctional school into a functional school. Aqualitative research design was applied to obtain answers to the research questions and semi-structured interviews were used to obtain data from four staff members. Findings revealed that the school was indeed dysfunctional due to unqualified and under-qualified teachers. It was concluded that ODL lecturers need to support untrained teachers through ODL teaching and learning strategies in order to become qualified teachers
Dysfunctional family · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Child Development and Digital Technology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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