52.033 - Vice Presidential Invited Symposium: Intervention Research for Social Justice in South African Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

We share four studies to explain how intervention research can serve as emancipatory design for social justice and cohesion in an emerging economy education context. First we present findings of teacher practices regarding teaching English as an additional language in two remote South African primary schools. Second, we explain how intervention research serves as a mechanism for research and training to drive a social justice agenda in education. Third, we share an intervention study of a partnership where the sand tray technique is used with remote school Grade 9. Fourth, we explain how intervention research is used with lay counselors at a drop-in center to promote their capacity to provide homework support to students in their care.

Sub Unit

• Division C - Learning and Instruction

Chair

• P. Karen Murphy, The Pennsylvania State University

Presenters

• Liesel Ebersohn, University of Pretoria

• Margaret Funke Omidire, University of Pretoria

• Carien Lubbe-De Beer, UNISA

• Marisa Leask, University of Pretoria

• Deslea M. Konza, Edith Cowan University

• Motlalepule Ruth Mampane, University of Pretoria

Discussant

• Irma Eloff, University of Pretoria