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Table 2.

Proposed research action points and timeline


Date

Action
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

into socio-ecological systems:


Learners to meet up with Joanne
Jackson from the City of Cape Town
Environmental
Management
Department
Learners to engage in Goethean
Observation and rapid sensing at the
Rondevlei Nature Reserve
Learners to draw the big picture of
what they have seen emphasising
complexity where possible
Reflections
through
free
writing
exercise
Collaborative workshop with participating
teachers
to
discuss
process-driven
evaluation/assessment of projects
Biomimicry workshop
Learners to begin thinking of how to
find solutions to complex problems by
learning from nature
Workshop on presentations (communication
phase)
Tips and tools to help learners with
their group presentations
Final presentations are given by each group
to a wider audience including all participating
students, teachers, parents, and invited
guests from the City of Cape Town.
Assessment and evaluation of content and
group are done

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

beginning and at the end of the project.


Free-writing:

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o This is a form of journaling data that will be done to


reflect

on

each

of

the

workshops

and

meetings

throughout the project.


Video reflections
o These will be done at the beginning and at the end of
the project in front of a laptop that will record the

learners reflecting for 2 5 minutes.


Photographs
o These will be taken throughout the project.
2. Group data
Appreciative inquiry
o This will be done by the learners in their groups as they

progress through their projects.


Group activities
o These will be mainly artefacts (posters, drawings, mind
maps), generated from various types of activities that

will be done throughout the project.


Photographs
o These will be taken throughout the project.

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

direction of the next workshop.


Final presentations
o The final project presentation by the learners will be
filmed and evaluated.

4. Researcher observation data


Researcher notes will be take and a narrative (Stringer, 2014)
will be developed on analysis of these notes.

August 2015

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