Conflicting perceptions of the education of black south africans, with particular reference to 'alternative education'

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Title:	Conflicting perceptions of the education of black south africans, with particular reference to 'alternative education'
Author:	Hartshorne, K.
Year:	1988
Periodical:	Africa Insight
Volume:	18
Issue:	1
Pages:	14-19
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	black education private education
Abstract:	White perceptions of the education of black South Africans show a marked tendency to emphasize finance, numbers and quantity. Black concerns, on the other hand, have to do with issues of quality, relevance, underlying philosophy, black participation, decisionmaking and control. Concerns of this nature, coupled with the intransigence of the formal systems to respond to fundamental change, have turned the minds and energies of many educators and others, both within the black community and outside of it, to the search for alternatives. The alternative education movement has become the most powerful symbol of the rejection of apartheid education. This article describes the many forms alternative education has taken in South Africa. Ref.