Hands-on Learning Briefs
Hands-On Edition 3 (Sept-Dec 2011)
What good are food gardens? A brief review of South African literature
Even though South Africa is relatively food secure, more than 14 million people (35%) are vulnerable to food insecurity and [...]
IkamvaYouth: Equipping learners to access tertiary education and employment opportunities
IkamvaYouth has set itself a tough but important mission: to enable disadvantaged South African youth to pull themselves out of [...]
Career Planet: Connecting youth to opportunity using mobile technology
Youth unemployment has become one of the most pressing socio-economic problems in South Africa today. Given that unemployment is associated [...]
Thinking about the Early Child: Ububele’s community-based child care workers
There is abundant, high quality international and local research which provides compelling evidence of the long-term benefits of Early Childhood [...]
The Shine Centre: Words can Change Worlds
Relative to our investments in education, South Africa has one of the lowest literacy and numeracy rates in the world. [...]
The Perinatal Mental Health Project: Addressing the crisis of Maternal Mental Illness among Economically Disadvantaged Women
Nearly 40% of women living in poverty in South Africa experience mental health problems during or after pregnancy. At the [...]
Hands-On Edition 2 (May-Aug 2011)
Growth Sparks by Ilifa Labantwana
Ilifa Labantwana is a multi-donor partnership to support integrated early childhood development (ECD). Specifically the project aims to increase access [...]
South Africa’s vulnerable ageing population
South Africa has a rapidly ageing population. The birth rate is falling and many people are living to a greater [...]
Perspectives on Leadership Development – Lessons from Life and Practice
Earlier this year TSiBA Education endeavoured to explore the state of leadership development in South Africa’s social sector. The overarching [...]
Go for Gold: Mediating Opportunity Connections for Youth in the Construction Industry
The Go for Gold programme is a unique partnership between civil society, the Western Cape Education Department and the Construction [...]
Social Change Assistance Fund
Working with Northern Cape communities, the Social Change Assistance Fund (SCAT) aims to promote greater self-reliance and economic independence by [...]
Improving how schools work – through better organisation and planning
Government has developed a school improvement strategy that plans to establish an annual school management cycle in all schools to [...]
Hands-On Edition 1 (Jan-Apr 2011)
Connecting to higher education opportunities
Even though South African young people with some level of tertiary study are two or three times more likely to [...]
Sumbandila Outliers Programme
A culture of under-ambition and under-achievement is a well-documented problem in South African schools. Sumbandila assist exceptional children from rural [...]
Wordworks community interventions for early literacy learning
Over the past eight years provincial and national assessments have shown that a high percentage of South African children do [...]
Which Math Materials Improve Teaching and Learning?
Very poor teaching of numeracy and mathematics in South African primary schools is a serious problem. JET Education Services did [...]