Black education: a new perspective on developing the potentialities of the Black pupil

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Title:	Black education: a new perspective on developing the potentialities of the Black pupil
Author:	Berg, D.J. van den
Year:	1980
Periodical:	Humanitas: tydskrif vir navorsing in die geesteswetenskappe
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pages:	97-110
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:	black education educational policy
Abstract:	Two main problems beset Black Education, firstly, the high drop-out rate within the first three or four years of primary school, and secondly, the tendency to rely on rote learning. The solution should be sought at a deeper level. Statements made by African leaders such as President Julius Nyerere and President Lucas Mangope, and Black educationalists such as Professor Kgware and Professor Bengu, point to a more fundamental problem which revolves on the suitability of the present Western-oriented form of Black education for the Black pupil. It is not surprising that many Black pupils founder in the Western-oriented teaching-learning situation. A greater awareness and appreciation of the Black pupil's group-oriented upbringing is necessary and guidelines are given along which the teaching-learning situation in Black schools may be brought more into line with the traditional educational style of the Black man. Ref., sum. (also in French, German and Afrikaans).