CUS3701
Assignment 3: Detailed Answers
Due 4 August 2025
, CUS3701
Assignment 03: Detailed Answers
Due 4 August 2025
Enhancing Curriculum Delivery and Teamwork
Question 1: Strategies to Enhance Curriculum Delivery in South African
Classrooms
1.1 Critical Analysis of Strategies for Effective Curriculum Delivery
Improving curriculum delivery in South African classrooms requires a careful blending of
educational theory and real-world conditions. The strategies discussed below are based
on ideas of learner involvement, social justice, and fairness. However, challenges often
arise when these ideals meet limited resources and existing system problems.
a. Differentiated Instruction Differentiated instruction involves changing content,
teaching methods, or products to suit learners' readiness, interests, and learning styles
(Tomlinson, 2014). In South Africa, with its many languages and economic differences,
this strategy promotes fair access to knowledge and teaching fairness. However, its
success assumes that teachers have proper training and resources, which is often not
true. This gap between the ideal of differentiated instruction and the practical limits of
crowded classrooms creates problems in how it is put into practice.
b. Active Learning Pedagogies Methods like inquiry-based learning and cooperative
learning are built on the idea that learners actively build knowledge, rather than just
receiving it. Freire’s (1970) discussion-based model supports these practices, stating
that learners must engage critically with what they are learning. This approach helps
learners become independent and think critically. Yet, without ongoing support and
empowerment for teachers, these teaching methods risk becoming just for show rather
than truly changing how learning happens.
Assignment 3: Detailed Answers
Due 4 August 2025
, CUS3701
Assignment 03: Detailed Answers
Due 4 August 2025
Enhancing Curriculum Delivery and Teamwork
Question 1: Strategies to Enhance Curriculum Delivery in South African
Classrooms
1.1 Critical Analysis of Strategies for Effective Curriculum Delivery
Improving curriculum delivery in South African classrooms requires a careful blending of
educational theory and real-world conditions. The strategies discussed below are based
on ideas of learner involvement, social justice, and fairness. However, challenges often
arise when these ideals meet limited resources and existing system problems.
a. Differentiated Instruction Differentiated instruction involves changing content,
teaching methods, or products to suit learners' readiness, interests, and learning styles
(Tomlinson, 2014). In South Africa, with its many languages and economic differences,
this strategy promotes fair access to knowledge and teaching fairness. However, its
success assumes that teachers have proper training and resources, which is often not
true. This gap between the ideal of differentiated instruction and the practical limits of
crowded classrooms creates problems in how it is put into practice.
b. Active Learning Pedagogies Methods like inquiry-based learning and cooperative
learning are built on the idea that learners actively build knowledge, rather than just
receiving it. Freire’s (1970) discussion-based model supports these practices, stating
that learners must engage critically with what they are learning. This approach helps
learners become independent and think critically. Yet, without ongoing support and
empowerment for teachers, these teaching methods risk becoming just for show rather
than truly changing how learning happens.
