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
Sandbox Schools: Emerging insights from 2020
This is an executive summary of key insights across various interventions in 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 research compendium of short articles on each of the … Continue reading Sandbox Schools: Emerging insights from 2020
Sandbox Intervention Mix
As a design-based research (DBR) pilot, the Sandbox Schools Project involves designing, testing, researching, and refining a set of interventions at our pilot schools in iterative research cycles, to explore their potential to develop competencies for a changing world in teachers and learners. These interventions will be the subject of research over the next three … Continue reading Sandbox Intervention Mix
Design-based Research and the Sandbox Project
This is Part 2 of a series of articles exploring the role of Design-based Research in the Sandbox Project. You can read Part 1 here. Some Challenges and Tensions Because of its commitment to trying to understand what happens in complex learning environments, Design-based Research (DBR) has to balance some tensions and trade-offs in its … Continue reading Design-based Research and the Sandbox Project
Design-based Research: What is it, and Why are we using it?
This is Part 1 of a series of articles about Design-based Research in the Sandbox Project. You can read Part 2 here. Action research, Quasi-experimental research, Ethnographic study… There are many different types of research used in education, each with their own history and terminology – it can sometimes seem quite overwhelming! Throughout the long … Continue reading Design-based Research: What is it, and Why are we using it?
Ready, Set, Go! Sandbox 2020 Kickoff
The year has begun, and the Sandbox Project has hit the ground running! After a year of design, advocacy, and on-the-ground engagement with the pilot schools, this weekend marked a milestone for the project with the launch of our first structured intervention. The Competency-based Learning Programme (CLP) is one of a suite of interventions to … Continue reading Ready, Set, Go! Sandbox 2020 Kickoff
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