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An ideal teacher for Ibhongo High School
Education in South Africa has community and with experts in the field
continued to progress along the years- both physically and through technology.
from its initial traditional approach
where learners would typically carry After considering this statement and
heavy bags filled with thick books to reflecting on our videos, we have
school, to the more current nature of learned that such factors which may
education where in the really fortunate pertain to Ibhongo High school are that,
parts of South Africa; learners no longer the school is situated in the outskirts of
carry heavy bags, but a mere device a well-known township, Soweto, in
that easily fits in their blazer pockets Dlamini ext.1 number 575 Dinizulu and
and just like that, they are good to go. Chris Hani road.
In this report, we will discuss the
importance of incorporating the use of The South Western township,
technology at Ibhongo High school and commonly referred to as Soweto, is a
after considering the context of the township in the City of Johannesburg
school and reflecting on the videos we Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng,
had complied’ we will henceforth South Africa, bordering the city's mining
suggest an ideal teacher for Ibhongo belt in the south and consisting of the
High School. highest population from one particular
area in Johannesburg. Alongside many
As per one of the fifteen statements other aspects which are impacted by
from part A, we learnt that an Ideal this staggering statistic; Soweto’s 1.3
teacher knows that the work of learning million population has a great impact on
extends outside of the classroom, that the nature of schools and the quality of
learners can deepen their education taking place at these
understanding through peer sharing, schools, and Ibhongo High School is no
engaging exemption.
with
members Therefore, an ideal teacher for Ibhongo
of the High School is one who will
acknowledge this factor and outdo
Figure 1:learner showing some
insights to peers themselves to overcome this challenge,
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