Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in Africa

Carmel McNaught is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Emeritus Professor of Learning Enhancement at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.Sarah Gravett is Professor of Education and the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

• List of figures List of tablesAbout the editors and contributorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection I. Overview considerations How changing global economic models impact on local teacher-education programsSarah Gravett and Carmel McNaught Teacher professional development in sub-Saharan Africa: Equity and scaleBjörn Haßler, Gemma Bennett and Kalifa Damani Open educational resources, technology-enabled teacher learning and social justiceBetty Ogange and Alexis Carr Social justice: Do not wait for prosperityHans Dembowski Section II. Initial teacher education Promoting social justice in teacher education through an education excursionJacqueline Batchelor and Memoona Mahomed Addressing issues of food security in a service-learning gardening projectNadine Petersen, Jeremiah Maseko, Koketso Nthimbane and Semoni Cancelliere Section III. Teacher development A linked Participatory Action Learning and Action Research (PALAR)-Life-Design (LD) model to promote teacher agency in challenging contextsRubina Setlhare The role of teacher-development programmes in promoting and sustaining social justiceDennis Mlandelwa Sinyolo Moderating epistemic injustice in teaching: A case study of the role of teaching assistantsMary McAteer and Lesley Wood The Sandbox project: Developing competencies for a changing world in South African schoolsSarah Gravett and Shirley Eadie Section IV. Curriculum aspects Critical perspectives on language as a social-justice issue in post-colonial higher-education institutionsNokhanyo Mdzanga and Muki Moeng Music education as a pathway to social justiceSusan W. Mills and Juliet Perumal A pragmatic approach to assessment in a time of crisisDavid M. Kennedy and Geoffrey Lautenbach Where to from here?Sarah Gravett and Carmel McNaught