At the heart of the transformatron process lie's a need for technoiogy-,enhanced learning, Therefore, resource-based teaming is of vital importance in any education and training institution, Empowering teachers, leamers,sehoot management teams, and school governing bodies in using various resources in any teachin9anct 'Ieamingeontext, wittass'istinimproving the quatityof tearnrng process in a variety of learning context.
This chapter evaluates the summary of the report in order to help readers who do not have time to read the whole report It also includes specific and practical suggestions of what can be done to improve the use of resources in Outcomes
Based Education,
6.2 RECOMMEN'DATIONS
6.2.1 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Provrsion of resources and faciHtiesin schools shouldbetaken into consideration in order to deliver quality life-long learning to an learners. A variety of resources and facilities for basfe education toallleamers within educationatinstitutions should be made available and accessible. The users of resources should be rnvolved 'in the planning and allocation of resources and have the authority to manage and re-atlocate resources. This wilt improve access to higher levels of
education, facilitate job creation and wilt ensure that larger numbers of people are skiltedin relation to the development of the economy.
6.2.2 TO THE MAJOR PHYSICAL iNFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS
As thereisa need for the development of appropriate -infrastructurat networks in schools such as telecommunications systems, electricity, technological hardware and others, the major phys1calinfrastructure providers must ensure that every teaching and learning site should be able to enhance its work with the advantage made possible by electricity. Thereforeeiectrificatron of altschools by non- governmental organizations such as Escomand Telkom must be met as a
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prerequisite in education and training, befo-re technology--enhance I'eamingcan
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play a useful role in solving the country's educational problems. Therefore, structured refation-ship must be established between the Department of Education and major physical infrastructure providers in order to focus on providing physical infrastructure to alt site of learning.
6.2.3 TO THE GOVERNMENT TRAINING INITIATIVES
They must ensure that workshops and seminars areorganizect to assists teachers in accurate and relevant6 ways of using resources in outcomes educations. This wilt stimulate both teachers, teamers, school management teams, and schoofgovernment bodies in taking greater responsibitities in devetoping teaching and/eaming contexts which are flutdand dynamic changing spheres of life.
6.2.4 TO THE TEACHERS
Teach-ers must upgrade themselves in vartouseducatronatinstitut1'onssuch as colleges, universities and others with various skills necessary to maximize the use of various resource-sin OBE. Teachers musty be able to respondftexible and sensitively to the needs of their learners and to deploy various resources which -are ftexib'le
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use in the ctassroom context. Teachers must not use resourcesto update their method to entertain,to
keep learners occupied or because re-sources -seems to -apply to a certain topic in the curriculum. Teachers should aim to understand the nature of their learners experiences in using the sourcesrather than assume that they atre-ady know about it.
6.2.5 TO THE EDUCATIONAL INSTiTUTiONS
Educational -institutions must help teachers develop theirown -ability to learn. It must help them develop higher-order skills such as how to manage resources for -Ieamrng,how to pose questions to theleamers, and how tomeet special -Ieaming needs. Therefore teachers need intensive exposure to resource based learning -and the integration of technology into theleaming processin various educationat institutions. Teachers must have interest in using a wider range of resources to design I-eaming activities. They need to -improve their pedagogical skills fro exampie, they need to be aware of what is required in creating a learner-centred environment in terms of related activities.
6.2.6 TO THE PRINCIPALS, SCHOOLS GOVERNING BODIES AND THE DEPARTMENTOFEDUCATfON
As schools have a major probtem of security like fencing the school to safeguard their least resources, this makes things difficult when this schools go out to ask for sponsors. -Even the employed security in schoots are not fUlty anned, this makes the conditions in schools to become worse. Therefore strong links between the depaftmentofeducation principal and a school governing bodies ·is of vital importance to ensure strong security in schools. They must interact with
·some non-govemmental organizations like Telkom for sponsors -in paying the security in schools.
6.3CONCLUSrON
This study took about twetve (12) months. It involved three hundred and fo-rty three (343) learners and eleven (11) teachers in three different schools namely Hlengisizwe, Masuku and Mktometo.
The results of the questionnaires, observations and interviews indicated that schools lack -basic resources and facilities. Teachers use available resources such as waste, environment, community, textbooks and chalkboards as resources to enhance Outcomes Based -Education. This led to some teachers not developing effective skills and confidence of integrating other resources in their teaching and -teaming contexts which leads to some teachers not developing their fun range of communication, thinking, and problem sotving skills.
As resources play a vital role in enhancing Outcomes Based Education in any . teaching and learning context, teachers must be equipped with the necessary and relevant skills of using vanous resources in outcomes based education.
Now,itis possible to say that, using resources in OBE exposes learners to multiple context as wett as stimulating a vanety of cognitive processes.
Resources help teamersin developing a positiveattitucte for their teaming and enables them to discover ways in which they can improve their performances.
As we have moved from the post-apartheid system of education to a process of change which is democracy where education should be equal to alt learning context,therefore equal education should mean equal resources, facilities, 'and equal infrastructural networks to alt learners of vanous or different backgrounds.
Therefore this topic is important for aHeducatron and training institutions in order to be in fine with the new system of using resources in Outcomes Based Educatron.