Maritzburg College Is Proud to Host the 27Th Annual Conference of the South African Society for History Teaching on 27 – 28 September 2013
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SASHT Conference 2013 Maritzburg College is proud to host the 27th annual conference of the South African Society for History Teaching on 27 – 28 September 2013 Introduction The conference organisers are delighted to announce that Prof Jonathan Jansen (pictured), the much-admired Rector of the University of the Free State, has agreed to deliver the conference’s keynote address on Saturday, 28 September, on “Why the first year university students dread talking about the past – and what schools can do about it.” About the conference The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) is the official mouthpiece of history teachers in South Africa, especially those at secondary schools and tertiary institutions. It is anticipated that about 150 – 200 teachers and lecturers will attend the conference, many from beyond KwaZulu-Natal. Conference theme: Teaching and Learning History in a 21st Century African Classroom The sub-themes of the conference are: • Disseminating research by historians in GET, FET and HET History curricula • Disseminating indigenous knowledge/local history/regional History in the classroom for a better understanding/complementing of curriculum themes • Bridging teaching, curriculum and examination constraints • Ways of overcoming the generational disconnect • Modern media: threats and opportunities • Keeping History alive and relevant in a 21st century classroom 139 Yesterday&Today, No. 9, July 2013 SASHT Conference 2013 Overview The year 2013 marks the 150th celebration of Maritzburg College (right), KwaZulu- Natal’s oldest boys’ school. In a busy year, the school is hosting numerous sports and cultural festivals, tournaments and other events, and it is especially proud to host the 27th annual conference of the SASHT as part of those festivities. Programme The organisers have received over 30 excellent abstracts for papers and workshops, and have been able to put together a stimulating, interesting and varied schedule. The provisional schedule (as at 16 August), subject to final changes, is as follows: Thursday, September 26 16:00 – Yesterday & Today editorial meeting 18:00 18:00 – SASHT executive meeting and business dinner 21:00 Braai for early arrivals Friday, September 27 08:00 – Registration 08:35 08:35 – Welcome, opening address, orientation 09:00 Venue A Venue B 09:00 – Start of session Start of session 09:05 From Curriculum 2005 What should history to the Curriculum and P. Warnich teachers know? Assessment Policy Statement R. Siebörger 09:05 – (North West Assessing history (CAPS): Assessing history (University of Cape 09:25 University, students at the teachers’ assessment practices Town) Potchefstroom) conclusion of the within a constructivist PGCE year learning paradigm An analysis of the Using the “thinking application of indigenous M. Maposa S. Glanvill and reading like a 09:25 – knowledge on themes (Edgewood (University of the historian”1 approach 09:45 on postcolonial Africa in Campus, UKZN) Witwatersrand) with pre-service social selected South African science educators history textbooks 140 Yesterday&Today, No. 9, July 2013 SASHT Conference 2013 “Doing history” as portrayed in The role of Open Distance assessment tasks found P. Modisakeng Learning (ODL) in in the Early Expansion B. Mackenzie 09:45 – (North West addressing issues and and Conquest units (Dominican Convent 10:05 University, challenges experienced by contained in a sample School) Potchefstroom) history teachers in the North of Grade 10 South West province African CAPS- compliant history textbooks F. Cleophas H. Ludlow Using local history to 10:05 – Come to the classroom and (University of the (University of the engage students in the 10:25 listen to the flowers Western Cape) Witwatersrand) practices of history 10:25 – Question Time Question Time 10:40 10:40 – Tea Time 11:00 11:00 – Start of session Start of session 11.05 Short workshop: P. Nel Short workshop: Leafing E-ducational E 11:05 – (Pietermaritzburg D. Gillespie (Jeppe out your family tree @ the -xcursions – Planning 11:40 Archives Girls’ High) Archives successful day Repository) excursions and tours How South African history J. Seroto M. Friedman Teaching African 11:40 – is dealt with in selected (University of (University of the Studies for the 21st 12:00 Grade 12 history textbooks: South Africa) Witwatersrand) century: A case study A preliminary reflection Disseminating indigenous knowledge/ Holocaust Education – local history/ M. Koekemoer enriching Grade 9 learners 12:00 – regional history in (CTI Education socially or educationally? S. Singh (NARISEC) 12:20 the classroom for a Group) Analysing the discourse better understanding/ within textbooks complementing of the curricula themes Post-conflict history teaching – the critical issues of understanding E. Marmer and P. G. Weldon (retired personal legacies and African history teaching 12:20 – Sow (Universities Chief History identities of the past on in contemporary German 12:40 of Hamburg and Curriculum Planner, all of us and the way in textbooks Bonn) WCED) which this influences the teaching of history, particularly resistance history and the TRC 12:40 – Question time Question time 12:55 141 Yesterday&Today, No. 9, July 2013 SASHT Conference 2013 12:55 – Lunch and tour of the school, including visit to the school museum 13:50 13:50 – Start of session Start of session 13:55 M. Ndlovu Why indigenous 13:55 – P. Murray (Diocesan The role of fiction in (University of knowledge in the 21st 14:15 College, Cape Town) history teaching South Africa) century? A de-colonial turn Post-colonial discourse: An J. Engelbrecht Heritage to History: A 14:15 – B. Moreeng (Free option for post-apartheid (Thomas More, take on Grade 10 local 14:35 State University) history teaching in South Kloof) History documentaries Africa? The challenges in using and integrating multimedia by Understanding the Grade 4, 5 and 6 history impact of resistance S. Bester (North 14:35 – teachers of the schools in N. Sibawu songs in debunking West University, 14:55 the townships and rural (University of Venda) the stigma attached to Vaal Triangle) areas in and around the history during the 21st Klerksdorp, Rustenburg Century and Vryburg districts 14:55 – Question time Question time 15:10 15:10 – Tea Time 15:30 Two-hour Workshop: One-hour workshop: Designing source-based 15:30 – P. Denis and Voices from the past: The C. Bertram (UKZN, questions: Thinking 16:30 P. Dlamini practice of oral history Pietermaritzburg about cognitive (Sinomlando campus) demand and difficulty oral history unit, UKZN) One-hour workshop: 16:30 – K.A. Garcia (Brescia Protest music of the 17:30 House School, 1960s in the classroom Johannesburg) 17:30 – SASHT AGM 18:30 18:30 for Cocktail Party 19:00 Saturday, September 28 07:45 – Start of session Start of Session 07:50 “An all too familiar Responding to the challenges R. van Diemel voice” – Re-examining M.J. Mthethwa of transition into the 07:50 – (Faculty of Military Josiah T Gumede’s (Free State intermediate phase – A case 08:10 Science, University contribution to colonial University) study of the teaching and of Stellenbosch) and post Union history learning of history in Grade 4 in Natal, 1904 – 1946 142 Yesterday&Today, No. 9, July 2013 SASHT Conference 2013 Assessing the colonial E. van Eeden historiography of South K.A. Garcia The US sixties in historical 08:10 – (North West Africa and its presence in (Brescia perspective – new 08:30 University, Vaal the Further and Higher House School, interpretations of major Triangle) Education and Training Johannesburg) events in the era. environment The usable past: Teaching M.C. Kgari- socio-environmental 08:30 – What are we ashamed about Masondo (UKZN, history in South African E. Goring 08:50 in our history? Edgewood campus) high schools from an indigenous perspective Connecting the dots: History Young African women P. Haupt teaching in the 21st century and the umhlanga 08:50 – G. Nxumalo (Settlers High classroom – juggling reason, ceremony: A case 09:10 (Edgewood) School, Cape technology and multi-media study in historical Town) in the world of the young consciousness. technophile. C. Gordon Views held by future and J. Cloete 09:10 – The use of cell phones in the L. le Roux history educators on (North West 09:30 teaching of history. “historical pride”. University, Potchefstroom) K. Morgan Learning empathy J. Grobler 09:30 – Using historical Facebook (University of the through school history (University of 09:50 pages to teach history. Witwatersrand) textbooks? A case study Pretoria) 09:50 – Question time Question time 10:10 10:10 – Comfort break 10:20 10:20 – Guest Speaker: Dan Wylie (Dean of English, Rhodes University) – Shaka: Teaching a history of 11:20 uncertainties 11:20 – Tea time 11:35 11:35 – Guest Speaker: Jonathan D. Jansen (Rector: Free State University) – Why first year university 12:20 students dread talking about the past – and what schools can do about it. 12:20 – Wrap up of Conference, farewells and official photograph taken 13:10 13:10 – Lunch 13:30 13:30 – Guided tour of historic Pietermaritzburg: “Pietermaritzburg: trekker dorp, outpost of empire and 16:00 struggle centre” Conference registration Lecturers and teachers of History, researchers, and any other academics from the GET, FET and HET levels are invited to register for the 2013 SASHT conference, which (as indicated in the table below) this year will offer various registration options, to cater for the needs of locally-based delegates (Standard / Day Visitor), attendees 143 Yesterday&Today, No. 9, July 2013