History of Education: ED4 – HIST1- eGuide

ASSIGNMENT 3 (PowerPoint presentation)

Title: Curriculum Policy changes post-1994

Create a PowerPoint with supporting notes (on the PowerPoint slides) that presents the curriculum
changes that took place in South Africa post-1994 up until the current Curriculum and Assessment
Policy Statement (CAPS).

Your PowerPoint presentation, including the first cover slide and last reference slide, should include a
minimum of TWELVE slides and a maximum of FOURTEEN slides.

Included must be presenter notes below each slide (these are only able to be seen by the presenter
in the PowerPoint slide layout format) that provide a more detailed explanation and discussion
regarding the reasons that the various curriculum reform changes took place. Your presenter notes
must show that you have summarised and understood why the different curriculum policy changes
post-1994 took place.

Average word count for entire presentation: 1500 – 1800 (including presenter notes and references)

Weighting: 20%
Due: 23.00 on Monday 24 April 2023

Marking guide (Rubric):

Structure and conventions of PowerPoint presentations 2
Content and knowledge of curriculum changes 10
Discussion (notes) of curriculum changes/ 10
Discussion on which curriculum is better and why. 6
Referencing and Honour Pledge 1
Urkund % below 30% 1
Total 30

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Resources:
 Most of the resources have been loaded on Funda
 You may include additional resources that you have found. Please note however that these are in
addition to the resources that have been provided. You MUST use at least THREE of the provided
resources before including additional resources.

1. Asmal, K. & James, W. 2001. Education and Democracy in South Africa Today.
Daedalus, 130(1): 185–204.
2. Booyse, JJ, le Roux, CS, Seroto, J and Wohl, CC. (2011) A history of schooling in
South Africa: Method and Context. Cape Town: Van Schaik. (Chapters 7 & 8)
3. Bray, R., Gooskens, I., Kahn, L., Moses, S. & Seekings, J. 2010. Growing up in the new
South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
4. Chisholm, L. ed. 2004. Changing Class: Education and social change in post-
apartheid South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
5. Christie, P. 2008. Opening the doors of learning. Kenwyn: Juta. (Chapter 5)
6. Hartshorne, K. 1999. Education in the 1900s. In The making of Education Policy in South
Africa. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, pp. 105–123.
7. Jansen, J. 1990. Curriculum in a Post-Apartheid Dispensation. In M. Nkomo, ed.
Pedagogy of Domination. New Jersey: Africa World Press, pp. 325–340.
8. Jansen, J.D. 1997. Can policy learn? Reflections on ‘why OBE will fail’. Southern
Africa Review of Education, 3: 5–9.
9. Ramrathan, L. 2015. https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/opinion/sas-school-journey-
1806392
10. Weldon, G. History education in post-apartheid South Africa. Cape Town.
11. https://www.ieducation.co.za/is-this-a-new-curriculum-i-see-before-me/
12. https://www.news24.com/MyNews24/To-understand-SAs-History-Curriculum-
change-in-Democracy-lets-first-look-at-this-change-during-Tra-20150114

Some useful assignment guidelines:

1. Your presentation must show that you have both researched and understood the curriculum
changes that took place post-1994. Your presenter notes should provide detail and analysis of why
the changes were necessary.
2. Present your PowerPoint in a creative but professional manner.
3. Attention is drawn to the conventions of PowerPoint presentations and a guideline for
PowerPoint presentations has been loaded on Funda.

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Loading your PowerPoint presentation through Urkund

Instructions for how to have Turnitin include presenter notes in PDF format:
1. Open your presentation (Make your presenter notes in the PowerPoint
visible. Do not hide notes.
2. Click File;
3. Select Save As;
4. Select Browse;
5. Decide on where you would like to save your document and confirm/ rename the
file name;
6. Click the 'Save as type' drop-down arrow;
7. Select PDF;
8. Select the Options button just below that (Note: Only once you have selected PDF,
the Options button will then appear);
9. Under Publish what:, click the drop-down arrow and select Notes pages;
10. Tick the check box next to the option Include comments and
ink markup (Note: You may also tick the other check boxes, according to your
preference);
11. Lastly, select Ok and Save.

An additional link for how to include presenter notes in PDF format:

(http://sites.marjon.ac.uk/elearninghelp/2016/12/06/turnitin-preparing-a-
presentation-with-notes-for-submission/ )

IMPORTANT:
Apply correct academic literacy principles and protocol/conventions and use the Harvard referencing
method. Check your spelling and grammar (perhaps ask someone to proofread). Negative marking
will be applied for negligent work.
Remember you are evaluated at this level (NQF 7) for your analysis, synthesis, judgement and critical
thinking skills in the interpretation of the subject matter. Insight and application is important skills to
cultivate.

Remember to include the Honour Pledge, in the honour pledge TAB created.

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