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...ation about the newsinnovations. Since workshops only concentrate in explaining curriculum innovations thussthere is a real chance that teachers will not personalise curriculum changes (Coleman 2003;s=-=Jansen and Sayed 2001-=-). The implementation of the curriculum experienced variousspredicaments including its leadership and management. On the other hand, the Department ofsEducation (DoE) expected better from the leadersh...

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...aces the working classschildren. Therefore curriculum management is similar to maintaining the status quos43sabout racial differences. According to Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital (habitus) ins(=-=Ross 2000-=-:88-89) 'nature vs nurture' debate is not really relevant because we largelysdo not choose our identity- or indeed, cannot choose our identity. 'We receive thescultural identity which has been handed ...

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...at:sWe have a (school) leadership that cannot analyse, cannot problem-solve, cannotsdevise strategic interventions and plans, and cannot formulate perspectives that aresdirected at achieving success (=-=Niemann and Kotze 2006-=-:1).s64sFurthermore, Vinger and Cilliers (2006) argue that change is not itself a problem; the problemslies in an inability on the part of leaders to lead it. That is the reason why there is so muchsd...

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...erns of thinkingsare nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continuallyslearning how to act together.s28sSimilarly, in his book The Fifth Discipline, Senge (1990) in (=-=Moloi 2002-=-:6) describessa process for building a learning organisation. It entails crossing five thresholds ofslearning: personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and systemssthinking. Each...

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...sferred information about the newsinnovations. Since workshops only concentrate in explaining curriculum innovations thussthere is a real chance that teachers will not personalise curriculum changes (=-=Coleman 2003-=-;sJansen and Sayed 2001). The implementation of the curriculum experienced variousspredicaments including its leadership and management. On the other hand, the Department ofsEducation (DoE) expected b...

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...he/she is simply another link in the chain of curriculum flow downwards into thesclassroom.sIt is astounding what effect this has on the learners' acquisition of knowledge. HencesBernstein (1990) in (=-=Hoadley 2004-=-:23) indicates that middle class children generallyscreated relatively 'context-independent texts' while those of the working classschildren were 'context-dependent'. In other words, the modal orienta...