Improving learner achievement in South Africa: a policy proposition for a growth mindset approach to enhance learner support at basic education level

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dc.date.accessioned 2015-03-04 en
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T16:39:56Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T16:39:56Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2079
dc.description HSRC Policy Brief, February en
dc.description.abstract Knowledge of conventional factors influencing learner achievement mainly focuses on tangible factors, such as school resources, teachers' qualifications and experience, class size and language of instruction. Non-conventional factors, such as aspirations, expectations and motivation, are also found to be crucial in driving learner achievement, but have received minimal attention in South Africa's educational policy and practice. In this policy brief, we provide research evidence indicating the need to include these non-conventional factors in policy decisions to improve learning outcomes. We specifically advocate the integration of the 'growth mindset approach' into current education policy, in order to yield better returns on our educational investment. We suggest that this integration be carried out through professional development programmes at national, provincial and district levels, so that in the near future, current teachers and those entering the teaching profession will have the capability to employ this approach in their teaching practices. en
dc.format.medium Intranet en
dc.subject LEARNER PERFORMANCE en
dc.subject EDUCATION en
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION en
dc.title Improving learner achievement in South Africa: a policy proposition for a growth mindset approach to enhance learner support at basic education level en
dc.type Policy briefs en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.BudgetYear 2014/15 en
dc.ResearchGroup Education and Skills Development en
dc.ResearchGroup Service Delivery, Democracy and Governance en
dc.ArchiveNumber 8510 en
dc.URL http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=15025 en
dc.outputnumber 7271 en
dc.bibliographictitle Yu, K., Frempong, G. & Winnaar, L. (2015) Improving learner achievement in South Africa: a policy proposition for a growth mindset approach to enhance learner support at basic education level. (HSRC Policy Brief, February). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2079 en
dc.publicationyear 2015 en
dc.contributor.author1 Yu, K. en
dc.contributor.author2 Frempong, G. en
dc.contributor.author3 Winnaar, L. en


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