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Teachers pool tricks of the trade

Everyone in the classroom benefits when educators share their know-how.

Supportive: Schools must recognise that ‘no one is disabled: all persons are abled differently’.

Teaching that embraces difference

Education law and classroom mindsets are still not accommodating "disabled" pupils properly.

Don’t be afraid of assessments at school

They are a source of useful information that can help to make teaching better.

Sharing knowledge: Sibingile Magwaza, Dr Leila Kajee and Professor Rinelle Evans at the Teachers Upfront seminar on language teaching. (Supplied)

Turning multilingual classrooms into rich resources

The latest Teachers Upfront seminar offered ideas to teacher for how they can enhance teaching in a multilingual classroom.

Afghan journalists are seen after a second blast in Kabul

Puzzling over the teaching of teachers

Varsities are rethinking how to produce clued-up professionals ready for the classroom.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Enriching public discourse about teaching and teachers

A strategic partnership to enrich public discourse about teaching and teachers.

Getting it right: Reading comprehension is a foundation on which all education builds.

Reading is the write way to go

But a mindset shift among teachers is needed to encourage reading across the curriculum.

Graphic solution: The University of Pretoria’s Kerstin Tönsing believes the use of pictures to aid reading ­benefits learning-impaired children in particular.

Images can bring words to vivid life

Classroom communication should supplement language with visuals and movement, experts say.

The audience at the recent Teachers Upfront seminar where speakers spoke about language in education and the role of teachers in language complexities.

Language policy lets pupils down

In South Africa, children are exposed to their language of instruction far too late and for too few hours a week, which cripples their learning

If resources are limited

The ABC of boosting literacy

Academics say the approach to language must change to give students the best chance of success.

Networks bring results for teachers

Networks bring results for teachers

Interacting with experts and one’s peers in the field is invaluable, according to educators.

Calling all teachers

The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> invites you to the next Teachers Upfront dialogue.

Put teacher development first

Put teacher development first

System-wide improvement in basic education is inextricably linked to increased professionalism.

A delicate balance

A delicate balance

Is an over-emphasis on the rights of teachers damaging the rights of learners?

The school that the whole community built

The school that the whole community built

Children are set up for success if teachers, parents and local networks work together