Title: Teacher graduate production in South Africa /
Authors: Paterson, Andrew.; Arends, Fabian.; Human Sciences Research Council.
Date: 2009
Publisher: HSRC Press,
Physical description: xx, 122 pages ; 28 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: This monograph examines changes in enrolment and graduation patterns of education students at higher education institutions, which are pivotal suppliers of especially the initial professional education of teachers, but also the continuing professional development of practising teachers. The study is based on an uninterrupted time series of institutional data from 1995 to 2004, which supports a uniquely fine-grained analysis of long-term teacher graduate demographic trends that impact on the present. Major emerging trends in the post-millennium period are the diminishing participation of young African women in programmes for the initial professional education of teachers, and the fact that access to teacher education study is predominantly in urban universities.
Contents: Introduction: Key questions to be addresses -- Background and literature review -- Data sources -- Analysis of data -- Conclusion: Initiatives by the Department of Education -- The critical impact of spartial location on teacher supply in South Africa -- Young women and declining entry into initial teacher training -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: List of CESMs for education study fields -- Appendix C: Analysis of enrolment subfields, 1995-2004.
Notes: "Education, Science and Skills Development Research Programme"--Cover.
Subject headings (LCSH): Educational change--South Africa.; Teachers--Rating of--South Africa.; Teachers--Training of--South Africa.