The realisation that the traditional school classroom, curriculum content, and exam style are not perfectly suited to real-life learning and the acquisition of skills is not a new one.
Many schools recognise this, but may not have the flexibility, time, energy or resources to do something about it. The pressure to teach to the exam and prepare students for the end goal of the matric exams places a significant pressure on schools to stick to more “traditional” ways of teaching.
The basic way in which education takes place has been the same since the Industrial Revolution. Despite significant changes to society and an increased understanding of how we learn best, the way that teaching and learning takes place in most schools remains the same year
