Difficulties in teaching Grade 3 learners with reading problems in full-service schools in South Africa

African Journal of Disability

 
 
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Title Difficulties in teaching Grade 3 learners with reading problems in full-service schools in South Africa
 
Creator Phala, Thembi A. Hugo, Anna
 
Subject Education; full-service schools; early childhood education; reading full-service schools; Grade 3 teachers; learner support teachers; reading problems; Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory
Description Background: Many primary school learners in South Africa, including those in so-called full-service schools (FSSs), are reading below their grade level.Objectives: The authors of this article embarked on a study to find out what difficulties a group of Grade 3 teachers in full-service school faced to support their young custodians with reading problems.Methods: The research followed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and classroom observation.Results: The data showed that the reading problems experienced by some Grade 3 learners can be attributed to the multiple levels of the education system. On the macro system as set out by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory where the government and provincial departments operate, the first issue was the national department’s progression policy which allows Grade 2 learners to progress to Grade 3 without the required reading competency. The second issue was a lack of enough readers and overcrowding in classrooms. Problems on the microsystem included aspects such as the language of learning and teaching; learners’ reading skills and attitudes towards reading; teachers’ lack of knowledge about diverse learning needs and parental support.Conclusion: It is envisaged that the study will contribute to an understanding of the teachers’ difficulties in teaching reading so that the Grade 3 learners’ reading problems especially those in FSSs could be dealt with through combined efforts of all the stakeholders in the education system.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2022-02-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — qualitative
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.906
 
Source African Journal of Disability; Vol 11 (2022); 9 pages 2226-7220 2223-9170
 
Language eng
 
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https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/906/1707 https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/906/1708 https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/906/1709 https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/906/1710
 
Coverage South Africa; Gauteng 2001-2019 30-55; female; black; Grade 3 teachers in full-service schools
Rights Copyright (c) 2022 Thembi A. Phala, Anna Hugo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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