Browsing Research Outputs (Department of Language Education Arts and Culture) by Subject "initial teacher education"

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Assessing student teachers’ knowledge of English to inform curriculum design in initial teacher education

Roberts, Nicky Moloi, Qetelo Mort, Thelma (South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024-09-16)

Background: In Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, there are concerns about student teachers’ English language proficiency. Aim: To discuss the first iteration of the PrimTEd English language and literacy test ...
Designing an English language and literacies knowledge and skills test for Initial Teacher Education students in South Africa

Roberts, Nicky Mort, Thelma (Journal of Education, 2023)

Since 2016 the Primary Teacher Education (PrimTEd) project has assessed first and fourth year student teachers’ English language and literacies knowledge and skills with a view to optimising what is offered in teacher ...
The PrimTEd assessment workstream has been funded by the European Union, in collaboration with the Department of Higher Education (2017–2024) with grant number: DCI AFS/2014/037-518. From 2024 onwards, the Epoch and Optima Trusts have funded PrimTEd assessments.

Mort, Thelma (African Journal of Teacher Education, 2023)

South Africa is a linguistically diverse and educationally complex country. Most student teachers in Bachelor of Education programmes who are preparing to teach in primary schools do not speak English as a mother tongue. ...

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