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Natasha Robinson

Natasha Robinson is a PhD student at the University of Oxford in the UK

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EDUCATION

What do South African students learn when we teach about race?

There is a conspicuous lack of teaching resources to address the historical construction of race in the South African context.

  • Natasha Robinson
  • Nicholas Kerswill
8 min read
If we believe that race and identity are socially constructed, then we need to be open to the idea that these constructs can change. Speaking to young people would be a good place to start. (John McCann/M&G)
APARTHEID

Cape Town learners identify as coloured; the curriculum and teachers say they’re Biko black

The teenagers, who clearly understood that race is fluid – some even changed their identity – felt shunned. If race is socially constructed, they should not be ignored.

  • Natasha Robinson
4 min read
File photo by Madelene Cronjé
CORONAVIRUS

Confronting inequality during the school closures

Using a variety of methods and interactions, teachers and students have had to adapt to a new idea of the classroom

  • Nicholas Kerswill
  • Natasha Robinson
  • Georgina Apples
  • Brittany Nygaard
9 min read