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NAME OF PROJECT:TODAY’S LEARNERS! TOMORROW’S GREAT THINKERS AND SCIENTISTS!
PRESENTER:PHUTI RAGOPHALA(PRINCIPAL)PROVINCE:LIMPOPO
COUNTRY :SOUTH AFRICAGRADE 6 and 7 learners
AGE:11 and 12Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Short profile of the school
The school is situated in a semi rural area where most of the learners come from impoverished family background. As such many of the parents are unable to support their children’s education due to unemployment and poverty. The new government came up with programmes like RDP to create jobs but payments are not that much as such many families find themselves trapped in the cycle of poverty.These limitation in most cases affect learners education and their self esteem. They end up dropping out of school resorting to government grants and tenders.They end up living a very mediocre live for generations.
Problem statement :The huge gap between the have and the have not(Gini co efficient) in South Africa that makes learners to loose hope
in education
Im the school principal offering EMS in classOne of the themes I taught was poverty and equality in South
AfricaLearners learnt on how poverty came in their countryHow the new government came with new programmes like RDP to
create jobsBut little change is realized: the gap between the have and the
have not is still wide as such many learners loose hope in education as a tool to fight poverty.
Unemployment, poverty and shortage of skills is still rifeMany learners think that going to school or not is immaterial
because there are no jobsThe following is South African map showing areas that are highly
affected poverty:
Statistics of people living below poverty line in South Africa
Mpumalanga 63,2
Limpopo 62,9
Eastern cape 62,5
Kwa Zulu natal 59,6
North West 58,6
Free State 52,2
Northern Cape 50,3
Gauteng 45,1
Western Cape 37,1
• From this lesson learners learnt the following:• Inequality of income-some people have more money than
the others• Inequality of opportunity-some people have more
opportunities than the others• Poverty line –no money to meet basic needs –live below the
bread line• Poverty cycle- cycle of events that make people poor• Cause of poverty: low education more poverty• Consequences of poverty and inequality: diseases, no
money, low self esteem, crime etc• Government programmes to address inequality and poverty:
RDP .EPWE etc but not enough• The need for education to teach learners some skills to fight
poverty • Green gardens, herbal medicines, orchard etc
Objectives• To break the chains of poverty in poor families through
education and skill acquirement• To make learners solution seekers to situations that
challenge their communities• To equip learners with the survival skills for live and work
that will benefit them in future• To take the lessons beyond the classroom to benefit the
community• Inspire young scientists, researchers and innovative
thinkers at an early age• To unlock, unearth and instill passion In young minds• To re assure learners that education can be a solution to
poverty and inequality and can play part in narrowing the gap in Gini Co efficient
Two quotes from prominent people:
According to Prof Jonathan Jansen “The only way out of poverty is through education, not through ANC and not through connection”.
He continued to say “lets teach the value of education, Educators can change the life's of learners”.
• Learning is an active process, we learn by doing …. Only knowledge that is used sticks in our minds” Dailey Carnegie
• “The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches but to reveal to him his own” Benjamin Disraeli
Mind mapping the objectives and outcomes of the project that will make income, use as a medicine for diseases and bridge poverty and inequality in our community
Medicinal herb
making project
food
education
Solution seekers
Great thinkers
Less diseases
Life change Food security
Ownership of school
Better income
Self esteem boost
Good health
Skill acquirement
Project Description
What are the stated objectives and learning outcomes? Is the learning activity long-term? Does it call on students to plan their work and assess their work over time?
Knowledge Building & Critical Thinking
How will students be required to move beyond reproducing what they have learned to building knowledge through interpretation, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation
Design of the Learning Environment
Emphasize towhat extent the planning for learning facilitates the development of different dimensions of 21st century skills
Evidence of Learning
E.g. will ICT use enable new knowledge-building/collaboration/learning beyond the classroom opportunities that would not have been possible without it?
Extended Learning Beyond the Classroom
The learning activity should address real world issues (i.e. authentic situation and data) or has meaningful impact on communities locally and / or globally.
Educator as Innovator and Change Agent
Try to promote creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness that advances student learning, creativity and innovation.
21st centaury skills to be covered in the project
Activities/Tasks Start Date Date of Completion
Resources Required Cost Achievements/Deliverables
To inform the parents in writing about the project that their children will be engaged in
20014-04-01 2014-08-30 School garden, UNILIM, textbooks, computers, cameras ,memory sticks, newspapers
none To have an insight of what poverty is and how can we alleviate it by using education
Reading Ems text books about notes on poverty
2014-April 2014-April EMS textbooks none To understand the content from their EMS text book so that they can be able to compare the information with their data collected during collaboration sessions
Visiting school computer laboratory To google information from Britannica student Encyclopaedia and Encarta Apps.
2014-April 2014-April Computer laboratory, printers and a4 size pages
none To collect more data on what poverty is and how best can it be alleviated
Visiting University of Limpopo in the department of Rural development section
2014-April 2014 April Camera, laptop and overhead project and lectures
none To get an insight and the role play by the university on how rural communities are assisted in poverty alleviation and Food and Trees for africa
Started to planting various seedlings in the school backyard mostly vegetables and herbs
2014 April 2014 April Land, water, seedlings,Mulch, compost and garden tools
donation
To have a project where we will learn to produce our won food and herbal medicine using green herbs
Invited University of Limpopo Technology innovation agency, lectures from AGRO food preservation
2014 May-June
2014 May-June
Laptop, overhead projector, information handouts on nutrition profile of dried spinach and food preservation method
none To learn on how green herbs can be preserved for longer use and how to make ointment for head fungi and sores
Visiting university of Limpopo technology innovation Agency to learn on how to dry vegetables for longer use and future consumption
July 2014 July 2014 Food and medicinal herb technology laboratory and various vegetables, spinach
none To learn on how herbs can be dried out and be turned into powder that we can be used to make ointment
To harvest various herbs from the garden And prepare it to be dried for ointment making
2014-July 2014 July School garden none To produce as many bottles of ointment and sell them to community members at reasonable price .
Workshops to share the skills with community members
2014-08 2014-08 School garden and university of Limpopo Food technology innovation Agency section
none To share the skills we learnt with community members so that they can start their own food an medicine security projects to sustain themselves
•Project Plan Template
How knowledge was constructed
School text booksPrincipals laptopUniversity of LimpopoFood and trees for AfricaOther educators
Collaboration
Local doctors
Websites
FOOD AND TREES FOR AFRICA
How the knowledge collected and collaborated assisted in making the medicinal herb ointment. From the harvest until the ointment is used by learners and community members. Teachers are there to groom future scientists , researchers , doctors and great thinkers
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Tangible difference made to learners and community membersYoung scientists rescue learners whose parents cannot access professional medical by using their self made ointment and it works. Every morning before assembly learners with sores bet medication
Summary of the project by video
LESSON LEARNT
Learners self esteem improvedOwnership of school by community members and learnersThe school became a hub of service delivery beyond academic servicesMany learners were convinced that without education poverty and inequality will remain a cycle from generation to the other.
A lesson that is driven by technology is lively. Every learners has an answer. They all have different and unique opinions
Noisy but learning class. They learn by doing and creating. Education is not absorbed but created. Learning is an active process, we learn by doing …. Only knowledge that is used sticks in our minds” Dailey Carnegie
Tangible difference made through this project-Learners acquired IT skills-Global interaction with peers-Knowledge built-interaction with local doctors-Ointment created to assist community members and learners who cannot access professional medication-created their website to market the product www.pulaointment.wozaonline.co.za
REFERENCE
www.pulamadibogoprimary.co.zawww.pulaointment.wozaonline.co.za
https://www.blogger.com/profile/12527019423322497345
AGENTS OF CHANGE
