For you are expected to write an academic essay. Please choose ONLY ONE topic on which to write your academic essay. Either write about Afrocentrism and South African education (Topic 1) OR Eurocentrism and South African education (Topic 2).
Topic 1: Afrocentrism and South African education. The situation / Role and audience: You have been asked to write a short academic article for a journal that publishes work of undergraduate and graduate students in South Africa. The name of the journal is Stir: Education for social justice in South Africa.
The readers of this journal are fellow undergraduate and postgraduate students, university staff and professional educators teaching in the FET sector. Task: Write an argumentative essay (maximum 1500 words) in which you address the following statement by answering the two questions that follow: While the Africanisation of South African education affords the social engineer with the opportunity to challenge the legacy of the apartheid system, it simultaneously calls for the unearthing, promoting and codification if indigenous knowledge systems in order to establish a South African identity (Le Roux, 2001: 34).
Africanisation entails contextualization in the sense that the South African learner will be equipped, through school-typical education, to master and control the South African reality. 1. In view of the latter, put arguments forward to indicate how Ubuntu, as principle of Africanisation, can be utilized to master and control the South African education reality. 2. During your discussion you should analyse stipulations from CAPS (2011) to indicate how this education policy is informed (or not) by the principle of Ubuntu.
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You must support your argument with relevant ideas and evidence from academic sources. Refer to at least six academic sources in your essay. You are expected to not only rely on the articles discussed in class but to find additional academic sources. Please follow the referencing conventions as presented in the referencing documentation available under the Study Material section on Blackboard. Format: Your essay should be typed. Please use double spacing, Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman font with a size of 11 or 12. Make sure your essay include the follow elements:
An introduction in which you introduce the topic you will discuss by establishing the link between Africanisation and education in South Africa, provide a thesis statement that clearly indicates your position, and provide an overview of what will be discussed in the essay. Body paragraphs in which you establish the relationship between Ubuntu and education in South Africa, provide a relevant example of the implementation of the concept of Ubuntu in the classroom, and analyse one stipulation of CAPS (2011) to indicate how it is (or is not) informed by the Ubuntu.
Conclude your essay with a paragraph in which you restate to your thesis and summarise your main arguments. The introduction and conclusion together should not constitue more than 10% of the total word count. Process stages for researching and writing your essay: i. ii. iii. iv. Read and reflect on relevant academic articles. You are expected to do independent research and to not only use the academic articles we discussed during class. Define, compare and contrast the impact of Afrocentric and Eurocentric approaches on education in South Africa in small groups, when completing class preparation activities, etc.
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Do this with specific reference to the Africanisation of education practices in South Africa, e. g. Ubuntu. Write Draft 1 and submit it before 27 February via Turnitin on Blackboard. Please print a copy of your essay that you must bring to your class on Thursday 27 February. Make sure to include your student number on your essay. In class you will receive the essay of a peer that you will review. The peer review process will be completed during class time. Rewrite your draft based on the peer review AND visit the Write Site on level 3, Sasol Library.
Interpretation of Ubuntu in relation to South African education (at least 3 sources should be used).
Interpretation of the established relationship between Ubuntu and education. Provide one example of the implementation of Ubuntu in the classroom context. What is positive and negative about the afore-going implementation? 4–5 Conclusion: Overall writing style: 1 Clear link established. Position of writer clearly expressed in a thesis statement. Thorough indication of the content of this assignment Acceptable link established. Thesis statement vague or difficult to understand.
Acceptable indication of the content of this assignment Link established = vague. No thesis statement present. Vague indication of the content of this assignment 11 – 15 Excellent interpretation. Clear and relevant relationship shown between Ubuntu and the importance (or not) for education. 7 – 10 Good interpretation. Unclear and sometimes relevant relationship shown between Ubuntu and the importance (or not) for education. 2-3 Acceptable example. Not entirely feasible. Acceptable indication of the positive and negative aspects of the implementation of Ubuntu in the classroom in relation to the example provided.
Argument (Policy vs Ubuntu) = Good interpretation; sometimes relevant Argument (Policy vs Ubuntu) = Poor interpretation 4-5 Thesis is clearly restated without using the same language found in the introduction. A clear and concise summary is provided of the key arguments presented. 4-5 Excellent academic language use. Writing clear and concise 2-3 Thesis is clearly stated by copy/paste from the introduction. Summary is unclear, verbose or incomplete in some instances 2-3 Good language use. Writing mostly clear and concise. 1 Thesis is not restated. Summary is unclear, verbose and incomplete.
Position/argument essay
Having a strong thesis has been important all along in your writing. Having a coherent form to individual sentences, paragraphs, and the essay as a whole has been important all along in your writing. Yet here is where everything comes together, where the various compositional forms (cause/effect, classification/division, comparison/contrast, example/illustration etc. ) may serve your argument. The ...
Totally feasible. Excellent indication of the positive and negative aspects of the implementation of Ubuntu in the classroom in relation to the example provided. 7 – 10 Analysis of policy stipulation from CAPS (2011): (only 1 stipulation must be used).
(a) write the stipulation down with the department of education as reference; (b) Choose “a word” or “a phrase” and explain the meaning of the chosen word or phrase (1 source should be used); (c) Put arguments forward to indicate how the analysed word/ phrase can be linked with Ubuntu ( at least 1 source should be used)
Put arguments forward to indicate how the policy is informed (or not) by the principle of Ubuntu (this should be done in relation to your analysis).
2–3 1 Example not relevant. Not feasible. Poor indication of the positive and negative aspects of the implementation of Ubuntu in the classroom in relation to the example provided. 1–3 1 Poor language use. Writing unclear and verbose. Grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling enhance the essay’s quality. Use of evidence / Referencing: Some grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling errors, but it does not distract from the meaning of the argument.
Many grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling errors distract from the argument presented. 4-5 Excellent use of different sources to support argument; effectively provides relevant examples and evidence; sources correctly cited in the text and in the reference list. 2-3 Good use of different sources to support argument; provides some relevant examples and evidence; sources in most cases cited correctly in the text and in the reference list. 1 Inadequate amount of sources used to support argument; few relevant examples and evidence; sources incorrectly cited in the text and in the reference list.
