Chalk and talk vs. active learning: what’s holding South African teachers back from using proven methods?

By Lizélle Pretorius, Lecturer in Education, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

As a full-time teacher completing a PhD part-time, I made a decision early on: do research that speaks to the daily realities of teachers and teaching. And so, the idea came from a lived experience – the day I asked one of my grade 11 learners (an A student) about the interpretation of a poem. His response?

Ma’am, please just write the answer on the board so we can study it for the exam.

I am sure that many…

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