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"Blended beyond borders” a report on the use of technology in schools in Brazil, Malaysia and South Africa
In order to establish whether the integration of technology and the resulting "blended learning" approach is, in fact, resulting in instructional model change, the Clayton Christensen Institute undertook a survey study among a small sample of schools in Brazil, Malaysia and South Africa. The findings have been released in a report, “Blended beyond borders”.
"Blended beyond borders” report
Report on the use of technology in schools in Brazil, Malaysia and South Africa. Technology has the potential to dramatically improve or positively disrupt the way students learn.
“Combating poverty and inequality is in our hands.”
This year, the JET Social Diamonds and staff members honoured Nelson Mandela's legacy by visiting the Malakia Orphanage Centre.
“Sixty words per minute for all”: Why this goal for the early grades?
Short paper arguing that failure to learn reading is the primary reason for repetition in the early grades. Students cannot learn from books until they can read fluently, and they may even be unable to solve verbal problems written in maths books. Abadzi argues that by by the end of grade 1 students should be able to read very common words, albeit haltingly. By the end of grade 2 at the latest, students should be reading simple texts fluently, at a rate of at least 60 words per minute.
"The Joint Education trust fund was established in 1992. At the time, when South Africa was on the cusp of a new democratic era, this was a groundbreaking initiative." Our CEO James Keevy, and our COO Nathalie Vereen, presented a report on JET’s progress and future plans.
“What works in School Development?”: Business Investment in Schooling – Coordination or Cacophony?
“Working at the Top End”: Maximising Business Investment in Schooling
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Limpopo Coordinator 2018.docx
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Limpopo Coordinator 2018.pdf
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Mpumalanga Coordinator 2018.docx
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Mpumalanga Coordinator 2018.pdf
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Northern Cape Coordinator 2018.docx
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Northern Cape Coordinator 2018.pdf
#JET Education Services Advert Spec AASA Northern Cape Coordinator 2018.pdf
#LunchwithTeachers: James Keevy joins the conversation on Radio 2000
James Keevy joins the conversation on Radio 2000: #LunchwithTeachers Episode 9, The Royal Playground David Mashabela show
#OpenupYourThinking: SADC* Researchers Challenge
As an educational research agency with a non-profit motive, JET Education Services, the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA) and partners from the Global Challenge Research Fund’s Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures Project (South African node), as well as the Open Society Foundations (OSF), are collaborating on a new instance of the successful researchers “bootcamp” that took place in South Africa in April and May 2020.
'Pupils from poor schools don't get support from teachers while studying on their own during lockdown'
A study by JET Education Services, led by Dr Nick Taylor has detailed how learners from affluent schools continued to receive core education during the lockdown while their poor counterparts faced the risk of being left behind.
