Teachers' views on the core-plus curriculum

M.Ed.This study dealt with teachers views on the core-plus curriculum. The core-plus curriculum is sensitive to the needs of the individual communities, and looks into the role that schools and teachers can play in addressing these needs. Its important role is to bridge the gap between what happens at home and what is happening in schools. It aims at fostering and promoting this relationship in a mutual way, i.e. the school should benefit the community and the community should benefit from the school as well. This kind of curriculum in fact enables the school to operate beyond its physical boundaries. New insights were gained into teachers' perceptions about the community and the parents of the learners. An insight into the roles that the teachers, the parents, and the learners can play in closing the gap between the school and home was gained. An important contribution of the study is that, it gives an insight into the teachers' sources of frustration and it gives more information on what are teachers' views about themselves, and their work