Unpacking the past : the ambivalent legacy of colleges of education

dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Maureen
dc.contributor.authorChisholm, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T06:15:34Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T06:15:34Z
dc.date.created2022-09-14
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe positive memory of teacher education colleges within South African higher education, often leading to a call to re-open the colleges, is usually based on an argument that colleges offered more ‘practical’ teacher preparation than today’s universities. In this article we draw on a variety of historical sources and artefacts, produced for an exhibition on colleges in the Western Cape, to reflect in greater depth on the experiences of college life. We use the concept of embodied knowledge that recognises the interconnectedness of knowledge, being and feeling with context to probe the sources and discuss ways in which colleges built a sense of community. At the same time, we illustrate the ambivalent legacy of these colleges, in their racial inequalities and constrained and often alienating curricula. We conclude by suggesting principles of teacher education that continue to be relevant, even as contemporary approaches to teacher education, and current policies and conditions, preclude a return to the past.en_US
dc.description.librarianpm2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/yesterday_and_today/article/view/4233en_US
dc.format.extent22 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.citationRobinson, M., & Chisholm, L. (2022). Unpacking the past: The ambivalent legacy of colleges of education. Yesterday &Amp; Today Journal for History Education in South Africa and Abroad, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.17159/2223-0386/2022/n27a2en_US
dc.identifier.issn2223-0386 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2309-9003 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/2223-0386/2022/n27a2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87332
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouth African Society for History Teaching (SASHT)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesYesterday & Today, vol. 27 (2022)en_US
dc.rights© 2022. The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT). This work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).en_US
dc.subjectColleges of educationen_US
dc.subjectEmbodied knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectModels of teacher educationen_US
dc.titleUnpacking the past : the ambivalent legacy of colleges of educationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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