Reginald Monyai

University of South Africa

Reginald Botshabeng Monyai is a senior lecturer in the Department of Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) and Youth Development at the University of South Africa. He holds the following qualifications: BA, BA (Hons), MA (cum laude), and PhD. He had a stint as a senior education specialist (English) and deputy chief education specialist before joining higher education as a theory of education lecturer. He is a co-editor of an education textbook: The Educator as Mediator of Learning and has published articles and book chapters in local and international publication houses. Reginald has been involved with Quality Assurance in the General and Training Band at Umalusi (Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training in South Africa), and has quality assured English and Life Orientation since 2005.

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A learner-centred curriculum provides space for the learner to be actively involved in knowledge production and learning. Such can only happen if the learner's confidence is boosted by a feeling of control and ability to manage his or her progress towards acquiring a qualification. The twenty-first century teacher must create an environment that not only supports the Four Pillars of Learning but also leads to learners being allowed a voice to ask pertinent questions. The teacher should be able to guide the student to full physical and mental maturity and should help to develop critical thinking, and the students should be encouraged to practice the truth and have self-respect and respect for other people. This can happen if the learner is afforded the opportunity to self-accept. If the learners fail to do so, they are likely to have lack of confidence, which will lead to lack of independence.

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Teacher Education in the 21st Century

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The Proverb manong a ja ka ditshika as an Embodiment of the Principle of Unity

By Reginald B. Monyai

The proverb, manong a ja ka ditshika (birds of a feather flock together), has a unifying element among the Batswana because it contains principles that meaningfully guide, counsel and also influence their behaviour. This chapter aims to explore the relationship between proverbs, identity and culture, and how proverbs impact one’s identity. It will first define three concepts – proverb, culture and identity. This will be followed by a discussion of the theory of structuralism, which best explains the use of proverbs among communities. The theory is grounded on the idea that the community produces literature and an author is a product of society. Therefore, society determines ways of survival that should be transferred to posterity to ensure social control, group thinking and continuity. The chapter will then present a catalogue of proverbs that support the notion of unity in the proverb under discussion.

Part of the book: Culture and Identity

The Significance Attached to Education and Youth Development in Rural South Africa

By Reginald Botshabeng Monyai

Education plays a significant role in improving the socioeconomic conditions of individuals and communities. Given that the youth make up the largest proportion of the population in the rural areas, it is important to understand the social and economic dynamics that affect their ability to develop as individuals and members of society. To put it another way, the significance attached to education will play an important role in the development of young people in the rural areas. This can be attributed to the fact that these young people have to contend with the difficulties posed by resource mobilization when it comes to accessing education or, in some cases, the social and cultural constraints that they face. This chapter shows that the significance attached to the education of the youth in the rural areas of South Africa is a reflection of a myriad of challenges presented by cultural and social expectations and is compounded by the bottlenecks in educational resource mobilization.

Part of the book: Culture and Identity

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Teacher Education in the 21st Century

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