Life Orientation in the Senior and Further Education and Training phases (called Life Skills in the Intermediate Phase) is a compulsory school subject. The purpose of this subject is to empower learners to achieve their full physical, intellectual, personal, emotional and social potential. Life Orientation for South African teachers will guide educators in helping their learners to become fully functional individuals and responsible citizens of a democratic society, able to cope with life and all the challenges it presents.
Life Orientation for South African teachers is a comprehensive textbook on the subject of Life Orientation, providing educators with in-depth knowledge as well as teaching skills to deal with the wide variety of themes within the subject. Besides the theoretical foundation, there are case studies, reflective questions and activity boxes to assist with practical application of the topics covered in each chapter.
Contents include the following:
Life orientation for South African teachers is aimed at pre-service teachers as well as those already in service in South African schools.
Chapter 1: Introduction
SECTION A PEDAGOGICS OF LIFE ORIENTATION
Chapter 2: Pedagogy of Life Skills/Life Orientation
Chapter 3: Cooperative learning in the Life Orientation classroom
Chapter 4: Assessment in Life Orientation
SECTION B HUMAN RIGHTS/DEMOCRACY/CITIZENSHIP
Chapter 5: Human rights
Chapter 6: An introduction to the history and nature of human rights and democracy in the South African curriculum
Chapter 7: Democratic citizenship education for participatory democracy
Chapter 8: Teaching–learning for democracy and human rights in the Life Orientation curriculum
Chapter 9: Teaching–learning for democracy and human rights in the Life Orientation curriculum: experiential and dialogical learning methodologies
SECTION C DIVERSITY
Chapter 10: Religion in education: Life Orientation and Religion Studies
Chapter 11: Cultural diversity
SECTION D HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Chapter 12: Personal life skills
Chapter 13: Health promotion in South African schools
Chapter 14: Healthy living
Chapter 15: Physical education
Chapter 16: Relationships
Chapter 17: Sexuality education
Chapter 18: Promoting wellness through indigenous ways
Chapter 19: Behavioural issues impacting health and safety: aggression, violence and bullying
Chapter 20: Child abuse
Chapter 21: Lay counselling
Chapter 22: Being a “turnaround teacher”: teacher-learner partnerships towards resilience
SECTION E CAREERS/STUDY SKILLS
Chapter 23: Careers and the world of work
Chapter 24: Study skills
