Integrating foundation phase teacher education with a ‘teaching school’ at the University of Johannesburg

The Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa states as activity 4.5: “Strengthening the teaching practice/school experience component of teacher education programmes through the development of Teaching Schools” (TSs). Against this background the research focused on developing an understanding of the preconditions for establishing TSs, the nature of the relationship between higher education institutions and TSs, the status of these schools in terms of the education legislation framework, and how TSs could serve as “teaching laboratories”. The report on establishing teaching schools in South Africa consists of four sections. In Section 1 the background, motivation and aims of the research are stated. Thereafter the research methods used are indicated. Section 2 of the report consists of three research articles emanating from the research. These articles summarise the main strands of the research. Section 3 provides the detail of the article on possible governance and management models for teaching schools that would be appropriate for the South African context. Section 4 presents possible norms and standards for teaching schools