Life skills is
a critically important subject to teach at the Foundation Phase level as it is
at this unique time in young learners’ development that an important grounding
for later life can be established. Never will teachers have a better opportunity
to shape learners’ knowledge, skills and values and to prepare them for the
challenges of being a citizen of the 21st century. Focusing attention towards
the Africanising of the Foundation Phase Life Skills curriculum, this book addresses
the ways in which teachers can structure their inclusive classroom practices to
match the fundamental elements of social responsibility and human development
in order to support learners’ holistic development, both as citizens of South
Africa and participants in a global community.
Teaching Life Skills in the Foundation Phase is based on sound pedagogical principles, providing many practical ideas to Foundation Phase teachers and student teachers (grades R–3). For easy reference between classroom practice and formal studies, this book is structured according to the CAPS Foundation Phase curriculum and focuses on the following knowledge areas:
• Beginning knowledge (the teaching of
natural sciences, technology and social sciences)
• Creative arts education (the teaching of
visual and performing arts)
• Physical education (movement)
• Personal and social wellbeing
(addressing social issues such as sexuality education, health education,
violence and abuse)
Teaching Life Skills in the Foundation Phase is aimed at teachers, school managers and parents.
CHAPTER 1 Teaching life skills: a survival guide for the 21st century
CHAPTER 2 Teaching social
sciences in the Foundation Phase
CHAPTER 3 Teaching science
through inquiry in the Foundation Phase
CHAPTER 4 Technology in
education in the Foundation Phase
Section A Teaching
technology in the Foundation Phase
Section
B Using classroom technologies to enhance the life skills lessons of teachers
CHAPTER
5 Teaching drama in the Foundation Phase Milestones
CHAPTER 6 Teaching
Foundation Phase learners about music
CHAPTER 7 Teaching dance in
the Foundation Phase Milestones
CHAPTER 8 Teaching visual
art in the Foundation Phase
CHAPTER 9 Physical education
in the Foundation Phase
CHAPTER 10 Teaching
Foundation Phase learners about social well-being
CHAPTER
11 Sexuality education in the Foundation Phase
CHAPTER 12 Teaching
Foundation Phase learners about personal well-being
CHAPTER 13 Assessment in
life skills in the Foundation Phase
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• Suggested answers to Textbook questions
• Jpegs of all figures and tables
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