Genes are instructions for the make up of individual beings. The more we learn, the more we need to explore. Moral and ethical, social, religious and educational and scientific questions roll in: Are we giving proper attention to evolutionary theory in our schools? Can we constructively teach both science and religion? Are we allowing the genetic revolution to pass us by? Index, 159pp, tables, notes, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796920036

This collection of essays discusses the effects of post-apartheid environments on the education system in South Africa. In the 10 years since the end of Apartheid, the South African university system has been rapidly commodified - with the result that poor students are increasingly being excluded from university education, often at gunpoint - and research and teaching is increasingly organised in the interest of elites. This post-apartheid commodification of education is being vigorously contested by repeated student struggles, with the result that the old language of oppression is back and functioning as heavily as ever. Index, 170pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Examines two black national higher education student political organizations- the South African National Students' Congress and the South African Students' Organization. Analyses their roles in the educational, political and social spheres. BNS, 400pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE, 0415932483

A monograph, based on an empirical study of the public-private partnerships that existed between 2002 and early 2003. It offers an account of an under-researched phenomenon in higher education provision in South Africa. Bib, 97pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

This thorough analysis of the teaching situation in South Africa is the culmination of four years of research and study. Based on case studies and collaborative investigation, these essays evaluate the current practices of teaching and resource management. Tables, refs, diags, 178pp, SOUTH AFRICA. VAN SCHAIK, J L,

A tour of the issues shaping teacher education in South Africa and the changes that are being instigated in the education system. The authors present case studies of major modes of training used to explore policy and outline researched insights into teacher identity and experience. Index, refs, graphs, xxvii, 388pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HEINEMANN SOUTH AFRICA, 0796204411

Looks critically at the educational situation and puts forward a number of proposals that could produce better results in contemporary South Africa. Index, bib, 212pp, USA. BERGIN & GARVEY.

As South African education tries to come to grips with differentiated policy, performance indicators become key. This book offers a country case study of the development of performance indicators in the context of international experience of, and debates about, the develop-ment and role of performance assessment and indicators. It also proposes a joint project with a selected group of other African countries, the purpose of which will be to strengthen capacity and construct a more commonly understood discourse amongst countries on the same continent. Bib, 118pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION.

A collection of papers on a key issue in the transformation of modern South Africa, and why it is difficult for the government to meet expectations. Index, 206pp, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN PRESS.1919713107

An examination of the development and implementation of social policy in South Africa during the first years of democratic government, particularly in relation to education. Bib, 237pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HEINEMANN SOUTH AFRICA.

In 1977 the ANC set up a school in Tanzania to represent the South Africa that the ANC was fighting to build. Based on school records and interviews with students, teachers and administrators, the authors tell the story of the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College uncovering debates that raged around issues of practical versus academic education, politics, authority, gender and religion. Index, refs, sources, notes, b/w illus, maps, xiv, 218pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796920516

Collection of essays which reviews the education policies in South Africa and the debates involved and how successfully changes have been implemented since 1990. Bib, tables, xii, 193pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796919887

Using previously unpublished data, interviews with key officials, and visits to dozens of schools across South Africa, the authors describe the changes made in school finance, teacher assignment policies, governance and curriculum since the end of apartheid. Index, refs, tables, 269pp, USA. BROOKINGS, 0815728409

Examines the advances made in removing racism from the classroom in South Africa and the work that is still to be done in removing the vestiges of implied racism. Refs, 93pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796919895

Examining socio-economic and political contexts, as well as the demand, supply and scarcity of skills, this vast volume of research gives a comprehensive assessment of human resource development trends. Along with its companion web-based data warehouse, it is an invaluable, user-friendly resource for policymakers, planners, managers and educators at both national and institutional levels. 736pp, USA. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Implementing Educational Policies attends to problems, politics and possibilities of implementing the policy goals of the first post-apartheid government, established in 1994. The value of this book lies in several 'insider accounts' of the policy process, told through the voices of the legislators, politicians and bureaucrats concerned with steering national value commitments through the education system. Running parallel to these practitioner accounts lie a number of critical analyses of the technical capabilities and political designs that explain the trajectory of education reform in the in the 1990s, refs, index, xiv, 298pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS, 1919713336

Through a mix of theory and school based practice, and drawing on wide research, this volume provides both syntheses of educational management theory and examples taken from South Africa's schools. Refs, xiv, 242pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT.

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Review of original 2002 research and a 2005 update. Bib, tables, 149pp, SOUTH AFRICA. OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

An analysis of the contribution made by Lovedale Missionary Institution to the education of black South Africans and its problems of power relations within the institution. The author looks at coercive agency and how students were made to adapt to missionary ideology. Duncan also describes how students challenged and resisted the effects of the coercive agency of internalisation. Index, notes, bib, xii, 427pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS, 1875053360

Using case studies, the authors consider the main issues in curriculum management as education switches to a more devolved framework. Key concepts and principles are analysed and then applied to specific contexts. Refs, 207pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, 0850927277

Aims to consider the concepts and principles of educational leadership signalled by Nelson Mandela, to develop improved understanding and practice of the management of external relations and resources in schools. The text draws on theory and research and uses South Africa case examples and activities to encourage reflection and personal development. 248pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT.

Provides guidelines for professional development and competence in managing staff effectively. Case studies from South African schools are provided throughout, to enable practical application to specific contexts. Refs, tables, xii, 234pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, 0850927285

A study looking at measures taken in the Eastern Cape to provide higher educational institutions in a region of high poverty and high unemployment with strategic cooperation for post school education. Refs, notes, xvi, 144pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

In 2004 the National research foundation (NRF) initiated a foresight exercise on the challenges of knowledge-making in social sciences, law and the humanities (SSLH) in South Africa in the 21st century. The main contributions to this project are collected in this volume. It is designed to open horizons about the value of and prospects for SSLH research, while simultaneously promoting and stimulating scholarship in this domain. The contributions provide an organising frame for a new, broad-based, and open conversation among the many interested parties involved in producing, reproducing and disseminating knowledge. Index, 254pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

A major study of the discourse on South African education, training and development, seeking to critically engage with the country's current skills development strategy and to analyse the prospects for a successful upskilling of the population. Refs, notes, ix, 268pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796920443

A source book on policies, conflicts, developments and perspectives on education in from 1993 to 2000 providing a detailed account of educational changes in South Africa. The articles are drawn from the Quarterly Review of Education and Training produced by the Education Policy Unit of the University of Witwatersrand. In-cludes a bibliography of each Quarterly Review. Index, refs, notes, xiii, 850pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HEINEMANN SOUTH AFRICA, 079620179X

The authors of these essays reflect on and debate the values in South Africa's educational system examining the ethos and spirit of the living communities who inhabit South African schools and who are struggling towards new forms of social cohesion. Index, notes, xvii, 250pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NEW AFRICA EDUCATION PUBLISHING, 1869280024

Contributes to debates about the nature of policy processes, especially in terms of the connections and disjunctures between policy development, official policy commitments and policy implementation. Tables, bib, xi, 236pp, UK. ASHGATE PUBLISHERS, 0754618943

Series of interviews with students activists over three decades of educational struggles in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Includes selected documentation from student activist groups. Bib, chronology, 174pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KHANYA COLLEGE.

Scrutinises South African musical arts. Voices from young people living in South Africa are placed alongside those of experienced scholars to display the rainbow quality of a pluralist society. Apart from the book's focus on identity issues, it also offers solutions for addressing complex issues of indigenous arts education within global contexts. B/w & col illus, 230pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY.