This article explores one aspect of research conducted in 2020 as part of the Sandbox Schools Project. The Sandbox is a multi-year research project that seeks to explore what “education for a fast-changing world” can look like in South African public schools. We have published a full compendium of short articles on various interventions at the … Continue reading Infusing Competencies into Foundation Phase Literacy Education: The Competency-based Learning Programme
Leading a Culture of Learning Series: Leading through Partnerships
This is Part 5 of a series of blog posts on School Culture, written by Prof Kathija Yassim (UJ) in collaboration with principals from the Sandbox Schools. The posts will reflect on insights emerging from a set of visual participatory research workshops held as part of the School Culture intervention in the Sandbox project. You … Continue reading Leading a Culture of Learning Series: Leading through Partnerships
Learning to Play and Learning through Play: The Sandbox Playdates
What do you get if you put 40 Foundation Phase educators in a room, blindfold 5 of them, and ask them to replicate a block structure? Lots of laughter, frustration, and some organised chaos! In our efforts to trial competency-embedded teaching and learning approaches in a public school environment through the Sandbox Schools Project, the … Continue reading Learning to Play and Learning through Play: The Sandbox Playdates
The Sandbox Blog 