Quality Talk South Africa (A collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Resilience, UP and the Pennsylvania State University was launched at a ceremony held at Badplaas, Mpumalanga on the 28th of July 2018.

Posted on July 31, 2018

Inkulumo: Quality Talk South Africa (A collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Resilience, UP and the Pennsylvania State University was launched at a ceremony held at Badplaas, Mpumalanga on the 28th of July 2018. The ceremony was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria Professor Chika Sehoole, 18 teachers from the partner school, Chief Jerry Nkosi School, a representative from the Department of Basic Education and the Quality Talk South Africa teams from University of Pretoria and the Pennsylvania State University.

The project which has been running since 2016, saw the adaptation of the Quality Talk model for use in South African classrooms. QTSA is an evidence based approach that acknowledges the role authentic type of questions can play in creating dialogical space in developing critical and analytical thinking skills in students as they co-construct knowledge in small student-led group discussions.

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