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Sign up interested teachers marking at the
Dec 2014
final Life Sciences examination
Email Life Sciences Educators Networks
Jan Feb 2015
regarding project
Obtain ethics clearance from Western Cape
Feb Mar 2015
Education
Department
(WCED)
and
University of Stellenbosch
Meet with interested teachers and explain
20 Feb 2015
Working with Nature project
Introductory full day workshop for learners:
Introduce Working with Nature project,
journals, research, consent and assent,
and workshop dates and deadlines to
all participants
Cover Curriculum and Assessment
Policy Statement (CAPS) content on
7 Mar 2015
Human Impact on the Environment
Participants
provide
information
through
questionnaires
on
their
expectations of the project and what
they hope to learn/achieve
Reflect on the current state of world,
the global polycrisis
From the 7th of March through to the 3rd of September:
Learners are involved in a collaborative Working with Nature
project, in which they are required to:
investigate a particular context
assess whats unsustainable about this context, and then
create and possibly implement sustainable solutions to their
contexts
This all happens while attending various workshops and doing
various activities to help guide them through a critical complexity
lens
Complexity thinking workshop:
Using documentary films and case
studies, explain the concept of
13 March 2015
complexity and complex systems
Learners to think like a mountain and
draw the complexity of food chains on
the desks of classroom
14 March 2015
Take learners for site visits to Rondevlei,
Zeekoevlei,
Cape
Flats
Waste
Water
Treatment, Coastal Park Landfill and Philippi
Horticultural Area to immerse themselves
August 2015
21 May 2014
22 May 2015
15 August 2015
3 September 2015
1. What data will you collect and how will you do this?
The research approach is one of a qualitative, empirical study
(Mouton, 2011; Stringer, 2014) that will have various forms of
qualitative data, which we have broadly categorised into four main
levels:
1. Individual data from the learners
Questionnaires:
o Two questionnaires will be given to them at the
August 2015
on
each
of
the
workshops
and
meetings
3. Workshop data
Video reflections
o All workshops are being filmed by professional film
makers which will create a valuable source of qualitative
data.
Unstructured and semi-structured interviews
o General feedback from the participants will be taken at
the end of each workshop, which will help inform the
August 2015