Volksdans as komponent van die liggaamlike opvoedingprogram binne 'n multikulturele Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:South African education is facing a big dilemma. Teachers, curriculators andstudents are confronted with the issue of multiculturalism because of theestablishment of one education department. Equality in education has to oeoffered to all citizens and implemented by all teachers.In moving from a monocultural to a multicultural approach, all teaching sphereswould necessarily be affected. Re-evaluation, change and an improvementclrerequired and these reconstructive measures be geared towards breaking downisolation, fragmentation and mistrust within the diverse South African society.Through a literature study, some perspectives on the problematic nature of thecurrent teaching program will be addressed. Various perspectives onmulticulturalism serves as a framework for argumentation about the viability ofsuch an approach. The contribution of the school subject, Physical Education,towards harmony and solidarity, will be established. The focus will be on one ofthe dance components, Folk Dancing, and in what way it can assist the process ofsocialization for the creation of a sense of national unity.The orientation to this study will be done in chapter one. In chapter two thecurrent problematic conditions within education serve as a background for thetotal dilemma in which the South African teaching profession are outlined. Thedifferent problems surrounding the school sUbject, Physical Education, arediscussed, which were a direct result of the fragmentation of the previouseducation system. The needs of the multicultural community are not met entirelyin the current Physical Education syllabi.In chapter three the different perspectives on multicultural education are given andthe experiences that countries like Australia, Britain, the United States of Americaand Namibia had with the implementation of multicultural education to serve theirmulticultural societies.The school needs to serve the community. That is why the process of planningthe total educational practice needs to be reviewed as to the relevancy of theschool curriculum in order to serve the needs of the community.In chapter four the place of Physical Education in the school curriculum isestablished and the role that Folk Dancing has to play in order to serve as meansto foster social harmony, respect and tolerance.In chapter five a cultural composition needs to be done in order to establish whatthe multicultural community in South Africa consists of, what the different majoritycultural groups are and what research already has been attempted in thedocumentation of the different South African cultural folkdances. The need is thento develop a program which will cover the twelve years of schooling in order to,serve as an interim program to create a bettfJr understanding between the differ']ntcultural groups of the country.In the final chapter conclusions and recommendations will be put forward toenable future study.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University