Learning Academy Worldwide 

Projects in South Africa and Sweden include online classes, instructional plan  and design, research,  and teacher development.

Current

12 January 2010 - 30 May 2010

• Student Online Classes

- Grade 7

Nicole Österberg (Sweden) Grade 12

Louise Österberg (Sweden) - Grade 9

Theo van Rensburg Lindzter (US) - Moderator

Lucy Haagen -Duke University - Moderator

• Teacher Coaching Workshops

De Rust Primary, Grabouw, SOUTH AFRICA

• Project Leadership and Implementation Support
  

 M-Ubuntu Project

South African teachers and educators visit US for teacher development and presentations at

 Paideia Center National Conference

 and

 M-Learning summit

3-14 March 2009

Previous Readings Completed:

The Legend of the Christmas Rose (Swedish)

Journey to Joburg (South African)

When She was White (South African)

Instructional Plans

• Studying the Paideia Active Learning Workbook
• Liaising with the National Paideia Center, North Carolina, US
• Writing instructional plan of excerpts from When She was White by Judith Stone and other South African texts.

Research

• Identifying criteria for text selection
• Reading South African and Swedish texts
• Identifying ideas in texts

Teacher Development

On-site work at Spectrum Primary School, Ennerdale, SOUTH AFRICA focus on: 

• Needs Analysis
• Dealing with reading deificiencies
• How to use discussions in class
• Supplying resources and textbooks.

Teacher Discussion

May-June 2008 (Completed)

Text:     When she was White - Judith Stone

Ideas:   Education, Emotion, Equality, Family, Love, Pain

Participants:  Naomi Tempies (SA)

                          Barbara van Vught (SA)

                          Theo van Rensburg Lindzter (US)