Creating People-centred Schools - Video Tape (Video casette)

This series of mixed-media learning packages explores the implications of an outcomes- or competence-based educational philosophy for the practice of learning and teaching in South Africa. The series is a dramatic departure from the often didactic and alienating educational texts produced in the past. Each module develops - through case-studies, school-based dialogues, and common educational problems - teachers' abilities to think and solve problems in the fluid educational environment in which they find themselves. Creating People-centred Schools: School Organization and Change in South Africa This module gives teachers a basic understanding of the organizational dynamics of schools, and how they operate within schools to change them. It explores concepts like 'whole school' development, schools as 'learning organizations', and co-operative governance.