Quality education and partnerships: Challenges and opportunities in

teacher education in Norway – South Africa collaborations

Prof. Sylvan BlignautDirector of School, Faculty of Education, Nelson Mandela UniversityProf. Tove Leming Social Sciences and Education, The Arctic University of NorwayProf. Vuyokazi NomlomoDean, Faculty of Education, University of Western CapeProf. Halle Bjørk Holmarsdottir Vice-Dean, Faculty of Education and International Studies, OsloMetRolf Martin Aspenes, Leader for the Student Advisory Board, Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan UniversityDr Sadhana ManikSchool of Education, University of KwaZulu-NatalAssoc. Prof. Erlend EidsvikFaculty of Education, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Teacher education for sustainabledevelopment: reflections on 20+ years ofresearch collaboration

University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)

STUDENT EXCHANGES

Student exchange is one part of the collaboration between Norway and South AfricaBetween 2011-2018 OsloMet has had had 133 students on exchange from 1 month to 9 months ECEC exchange program with South Africa 2013-2014 with 20 students going to South Africa for 6 weeksNOMA-joint master with South Africa, Zambia and Sudan 2007-2009 (11 students per year for 1 semester)Student exchange to Norway from South Africa is challenging (various reasons)

RESEARCH COLLABORATION

•Schooling, Cultural Values and HIV/AIDS in South Africa – Anders Breidlid(OsloMet/HiO) and Jean Baxen (UCT) funded by Norwegian Research Council (2002-2006)

New media practices in a changing Africa – Jo Helle-Valle (OsloMet), LSE, Harvard, UCT, University of Botswana & University of Birmingham Funded by Norwegian Research Council (FriPro-program) (2015-2019)

Exploring the intergration of indigenous and Western knowledges in South Africanscience classrooms (PhD project) Maren Seehawer (OsloMet) and Kenneth Ngcoza (Rhodes University) (2014-2018)

Teacher Well-Being and Diversity: Managing language and social diversity in classrooms – Sissel Tove Olsen (OsloMet) and Karen Collett (UWC), University of Limerick, Erasmus+ strategic partnership – KA201 School Education (2016-2019)

RESEARCH COLLABORATION•High End Vocational Education (HIVE) – Trine Deichman-Sørensen(OsloMet) and Linda Cooper/Jeanne Gamble (UCT) funded by SIU UTFORSK program (2013-2015)

•Gender Equality, Educatino and Poverty (GEEP) Halla B. Holmarsdottir(OsloMet/HiO/HiOA), Vuyokazi Nomlomo (UWC) and Alawia Farag (AhfadUniversity for Women, Sudan) funded by NORAD (2008-2013)

•Application but not approved: Youth in Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rural-Urban Linkages (YOULINK), EU 7th Framework Programme (FP7-SSH.2011.4.1-2 Connections between rural areas and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa) Halla B. Holmarsdottir (OsloMet/HiO/HiOA) and Zubeida Desai/Vuyokazi Nomlomo (UWC) (Score 12.0)

Prof. Sylvan BlignautDirector of School, Faculty of Education, Nelson Mandela UniversityProf. Tove Leming Social Sciences and Education, The Arctic University of NorwayProf. Vuyokazi NomlomoDean, Faculty of Education, University of Western CapeProf. Halle Bjørk Holmarsdottir Vice-Dean, Faculty of Education and International Studies, OsloMetRolf Martin Aspenes, Leader for the Student Advisory Board, Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan UniversityDr Sadhana ManikSchool of Education, University of KwaZulu-NatalAssoc. Prof. Erlend EidsvikFaculty of Education, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

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STUDENT EXCHANGES

Student exchange is one part of the collaboration between Norway and South AfricaBetween 2011-2018 OsloMet has had had 133 students on exchange from 1 month to 9 months ECEC exchange program with South Africa 2013-2014 with 20 students going to South Africa for 6 weeksNOMA-joint master with South Africa, Zambia and Sudan 2007-2009 (11 students per year for 1 semester)Student exchange to Norway from South Africa is challenging (various reasons)

RESEARCH COLLABORATION •Schooling, Cultural Values and HIV/AIDS in South Africa – Anders Breidlid(OsloMet/HiO) and Jean Baxen (UCT) funded by Norwegian Research Council (2002-2006)

•Language of Instruction in South Africa – Birgit Brock-Utne (UiO) and Zubeida Desai (UWC), members Vuyokazi Nomlomo and Halla B. Holmarsdottir funded by Norwegian Research Council (2003-2006)New media practices in a changing Africa – Jo Helle-Valle (OsloMet), LSE, Harvard, UCT, University of Botswana & University of Birmingham Funded by Norwegian Research Council (FriPro-program) (2015-2019)Exploring the intergration of indigenous and Western knowledges in South African science classrooms (PhD project) Maren Seehawer (OsloMet) and Kenneth Ngcoza (Rhodes University) (2014-2018)

RESEARCH COLLABORATION•High End Vocational Education (HIVE) – Trine Deichman-Sørensen(OsloMet) and Linda Cooper/Jeanne Gamble (UCT) funded by SIU UTFORSK program (2013-2015)

•Gender Equality, Educatino and Poverty (GEEP) Halla B. Holmarsdottir(OsloMet/HiO/HiOA), Vuyokazi Nomlomo (UWC) and Alawia Farag(Ahfad University for Women, Sudan) funded by NORAD (2008-2013)

•Application but not approved: Youth in Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rural-Urban Linkages (YOULINK), EU 7th Framework Programme (FP7-SSH.2011.4.1-2 Connections between rural areas and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa) Halla B. Holmarsdottir (OsloMet/HiO/HiOA) and Zubeida Desai/Vuyokazi Nomlomo (UWC) (Score 12.0)

FROM STUDENT EXCHANGE AND RESEARCH COLLABORATION TO ESD “Sustainable development is a central concept for our age. It is both a way of understanding the world and a method for solving global problems” (Sachs, 2015 p. 2)

ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) looks atHow can teaching and learning be organized to promote the skills that students will need to contribute to sustainable development In an education for sustainable development it is important that the theory learners acquire is in proportion to the practice they experience (Sinnes, 2015). It needs to be context related.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTNorway

Bærekraftig utviktling: utdanning for bærekraftig utviktling (Udir, 2006)

Kunnskap for en felles framtidRevidert strategi for utdanning for bærekraftig utvikling (2012-2015)

Meld. St. 28 (2015–2016) Fag –Fordypning – Forståelse — En fornyelse av Kunnskapsløftet

NOU 2015: 8: Fremtidens skole -Fornyelse av fag og kompetanser

South Africa

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (RSA, 1996)

White paper on Education and Training (DoE, 1995)

National Education Policy Act (DoE, 1996)

The Norms and Standards for Educators (Doe, 2000)

Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy (DoE, 2001)

People-planet-prosperity: A national framework for sustainable development in South Africa (DoEAT, 2008)

ESD IN NORWAY AND SOUTH AFRICA

Norway 3 interdisciplinary & crosscutting themes (2012)

•Democracy and citizenship

•Sustainable development

•Public health and life skills

•ESD involves providing knowledge, skills and attitudes to preserve a common ground, make informed choices and participate in democratic debate

South Africa New Growth Path (2010)•Lifelong learning

•Addressing poverty through educational access

• ESD activities focus on developing a democratic education with access to quality learning

•ESD in school and curriculum change (the integral role of ESD in teaching, learning and education support structures)

ELEMENTS IN THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL

Sustainable development rests on 3 pillars:

•Society, Economy and Environment (all 3 need to be see in context)

•Giving future generations the knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieve sustainable development.

HOW CAN WE USE SDG 17 TO SUPPORT SDG 4?How can we collaborate?

•Curriculum (explore global realities, understand SDG, future perspectives, reorient education, accept the challenge)

•Contemporary issues (culture & religion for a sustainable future, indigenous knowledge & sustainability, population & development, women & sustainable development, understanding hunger & poverty/agriculture, sustainable tourism, sustainable communities, globalization, climate change)

•Sustainable development across the curriculum (sustainable futures across the curriculum, citizenship education/democracy, health education, consumer education)

TEACHING & LEARNING STRATEGIESExperiential learningStory tellingValues educationEnquiry learningAppropriate assessmentFuture problem solvingLearning outside the classroomCommunity Problem solving

THANK YOU!