Browsing by Subject "Oral history"
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The "dance" of reconciliation: Understanding the complex steps in a reconciliatory pedagogy using an oral history assignment.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)This article is about understanding the challenges and successes of a reconciliatory pedagogy with second-year student history teachers, eleven years after South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was ... -
A History teacher educator’s reflections after classroom observations: The need for multi-perspectives, oral history and historiography in a history methodology course
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Given current debates about South Africa’s contested past, how could teacher educators address this issue with preservice teachers so that their historical understanding develops and they present a multi-perspective view ... -
New “traditional” strategies and land claims in South Africa: a case study in Hammanskraal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)In post-apartheid South Africa, many hopes were pinned on the process of land-restitution to be a major part of power and wealth redistribution. However, as the land claims process is linked to demonstrable historical ... -
Pioneering regional history studies in South Africa : reflections within the former Section for Regional History at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2014)In the early 1970s, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) explored the possibility of establishing a regional history studies section within the Institute for Historical Research (IHR), which was founded in 1969. At ... -
The potential and possibilities of oral history for skills development at undergraduate level.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)Since 2003 the History Department of the University of the Free State (UFS) has been offering a third-year module on oral history. From the time of its inception this module has aimed at providing a balance between oral ...
