Dinner with First Lady Madame Bongi Ngema Zuma

Dinner with First Lady Madame Bongi Ngema Zuma
We had dinner with First Lady Madame Bongi Ngema Zuma at the State House--Genadendaal on Sunday evening! Our thanks to Dr. Lee and Gloria Monroe for connecting us with First Lady Zuma!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Teaching, teaching, teaching

Lindsey Deans does a game with her 3rd grade students.
Mary Fincannon passes out name cards to her 4th grade students.
Emily Farmer explains a concept to her 3rd grade students.
Ashley Flynn assists her 4th grade students.

This week is our first post-exam week. Some of the students did not come to school today and Mr. January says that others will not come next week because they think school is over after exams. This meant that the interns had smaller classes today (e.g. 30 instead of 40). The team teaching is going well since most students are still learning English. Our interns are learning how to explain and demonstrate in multiple ways so that the students understand what is being asked of them. Today Chris Blake and I met with representatives from the Calabash Trust. They do work with 10 schools in Port Elizabeth (Emafini is one of those schools). We discussed ways that we might be able to collaborate, particularly as it relates to my research on public education in democratic nations.

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