INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2-4 APRIL 2007 THEME: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNER CONDUCT 1
2 MONDAY APRIL 2 08:00-08:10 OPTIONAL: Dedication Venue: (Building E8) 08:30-10:00 Registration Venue: Foyer of Building E8 10:00-10:30 Opening of Conference Prof Annette Combrink (Campus Rector of North-West University, Potchefstroom) Introduction: Prof Petra Engelbrecht (Dean of the Faculty of Education Sciences) 10:30-12:00 PLENARY SESSION 1 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr Arnold Mol (Management Consultant Johannesburg; South Africa) Motivating the Learner in the classroom (Introduction by Prof Charl Wolhuter North-West University) LUNCH (12:00-13:00) 13:00-13:35 PARALLEL SESSION 1 Venue in Building E8 Dr P du Plessis Prof C Loock Chair: Prof JL Geldenhuys Dr C Samuel Prof R Mestry Chair: Prof JP Rossouw Ms A. Hough Ms V O Neill Ms C Matross Dr B Killian Ms M Van der Riet (University of KwaZulu-Natal) Chair: Mr MJ Mugabe Prof JL van der Walt Prof IJ Oosthuizen Ms M Fryer Chair: Prof JG Van Staden Mrs L van der Merwe Chair: Dr Elda de Waal Ms A Knott-Craig (Quaker Peace Centre, Cape Town) Chair: Ms CH Eloff Learner discipline in crisis Can schools overcome the problem? Cyber Bullying: A new virus for discipline. Every educator s worst nightmare Trying to understand corporal punishment: A sociohistorical reflection on the experiences of learners in and around a small town in KZN The nature and frequency of the discipline problems with which educators have to cope in a region of the North- West Province of South Africa Perspectives on the effect of music on learner discipline Positive about discipline: A system of discipline that can work in South African schools
3 13:40-14:15 PARALLEL SESSION 2 Venue Prof CC Wolhuter Mr J Middleton (University of London, United Kingdom) Corporal punishment in schools: A historico-educational perspective Chair: Prof C Russo Prof F Louw Prof R van der Merwe Chair: Dr J De Klerk-Luttig Ms M Gobagoba Chair: Dr L Conley Mr A Majuta Chair: Dr L van Zyl Mr J Araujo Mrs M Balazi (Girls and Boys Town SA) Chair: Prof A Lessing Put the blame on me! Teachers perspectives on their contribution to disciplinary problems in South African schools Trends in student misconduct in Botswana schools: no smoke without fire! An investigation of teachers knowledge of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Implications for counselling in junior high schools Alternatives to student discipline 14:20-15:00 PARALLEL SESSION 3 Venue Dr G Masitsa Discipline and punishment in township schools: unresolved problems Chair: Prof G Lotter Ms E Küng Dr Elda de Waal Vaal Triangle campus) Chair: Ms K Dixon Ms A Ferreira Dr MG Badenhorst Prof A Wilkenson Chair: Mr M Smit Dr B Moswela Chair: Prof JL van der Walt Ms A de Wet Chair: Ms V Mabalane A Swiss-South African perspective on the fundamental human rights of educators Teacher values and the use of punishment in behaviour management: an interpretative perspective School vandalism in Botswana Peer sexual harassment in secondary schools
4 Extended session: 14:20 - Ms C Hutton (Central Primary School, Potchefstroom) Ms S Coetzer (Laerskool Mooirivier, Potchefstroom) Ms Z Dlutu (Seiphemelo Secondary School, Potchefstroom) PARALLEL SESSION 3 (cont) Practical session for educators on learner discipline (Chair: Dr SH Mvula Executive Regional Manager: NW Department of Education) Venue AFTERNOON COFFEE/TEA BREAK (15:00-15:20) 15:20-17:20 PLENARY SESSION 2 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Mr William Thro (State Solicitor General of the State of Virginia USA) The duty to discipline: The obligation of American and South African schools to maintain order (Introduction by Prof Charles Russo, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA.) 19:00 for 19:30 SPITBRAAI: Crista Galli Dress: Informal
5 TUESDAY APRIL 3 08:00-08:10 OPTIONAL: Dedication Venue: (Building E8) 08:30-10:00 PLENARY SESSION 3 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr Dereck Jackson (Pretoria, South Africa) Discipline without anger or tears handling disruptive behaviour in the class room (Introduction by Prof Izak Oosthuizen North-West University) MORNING COFFEE/TEA BREAK (10:00-10:20) 10:20-10:55 PARALLEL SESSION 4 Venue Dr KG Garegae Negligence or confusion: The role of parents in the teacherparent partnerships in disciplining their children Chair: Dr JA Rens Dr J De Klerk-Luttig Prof J Heystek (University of Stellenbosch) Chair: Prof F Louw Mr M Smit (North-West University Chair: Ms AE Ferreira Dr G Masitsa (University of the Free State) Chair: Dr DP van Vuuren Ms E Taljaard (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Support Centre of SA) Chair: Prof C Viljoen Discipline in schools: Are our student teachers ready for the challenge? Parental corporal punishment Should it be abolished in South Africa? Substance use among township secondary school students an emergent phenomenon. Practical session for educators on learner discipline Topic to be announced
6 11:00-11:35 PARALLEL SESSION 5 Venue Prof G Lotter (North-West University The influence on learner discipline by the values transmitted by parents Chair: Ms A de Wet Prof A Lessing Dr J Dreyer (UNISA) Chair: Ms J Dornbrack Mr MJ Mugabe (Zimbabwe Open University) Chair: Ms. A. Hough Ms V Mabalane Dr E Fritz Chair: Ms M Gobagoba Dr P du Plessis Dr L Conley Chair: Mr A Majuta Prof R Mestry Prof KC Moloi Mr AN Mahomed Chair: Prof C Russo Every teacher s dream: discipline is no longer a problem in South African schools Methods of curbing misconduct in Zimbabwean secondary schools Girl learners conceptualization of discipline in a secondary school in Soweto Bullying in schools: Can we turn the tide? The experiences of South African educators in managing learner discipline 11:40-12:15 PLENARY SESSION 4 Dr Leon Wessels (Human Rights Commission) SAHR Commission's perspectives on Education in SA Introduction: Mr Marius Smit North-West University LUNCH (12:00-13:00)
7 13:15 15:15 PLENARY SESSION 5 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr Chris Watkins (Reader in Education at the University of London Institute of Education, UK) Recurring problems with discipline and innovative solutions! (Introduction by Prof Charl Wolhuter) AFTERNOON COFFEE/TEA BREAK (15:15-15:35) 15:35-16:15 Mr Q Ludick Prof V Roos Chair: Ms L van der Merwe Ms K Dixon Ms J Dornbrack (University of the Witwatersrand) Chair: Dr G Masitsa Prof JG Van Staden Prof CC Wolhuter Chair: Dr KG Garegae Prof IJ Oosthuizen (North-West University Chair: Mr W Thro Prof JL Geldenhuys Ms LM Herholdt Ms D Stern Mrs H Doubell (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) Chair: Ms E Küng PARALLEL SESSION 6 A threat to enabling educational contexts: exploring adolescents experiences of aggression They said we were the impossibles : how regimes of disciplinary practice create resistance in a desegregated South African school An Education Law perspective on learner misconduct in the Free State, Eastern Cape and Vaal Triangle An Educational Law treatment for serious learner misconduct in South African schools: an outline Practical session GUIDED POSTER PRESENTATION Venue
8 16:15-17:00 PARALLEL SESSION 7 Venue Dr DP van Vuuren Mr P Gouws (University of Pretoria) The possible interaction between television viewing and problems with discipline at school Chair: Dr P du Plessis Prof F Louw Prof JG Van Staden Chair: Dr B Moswela Ms J Wylie (MSTP - Management Systems and Training Programme) Chair: Prof MJ Mosoge Prof JP Rossouw (North-West University Chair: Prof R Mestry Mr A Majuta Mrs S Molosiwa Chair: Dr E Fritz Dr L van Zyl (Paidion Children's Ministry) Chair: Prof G Lotter Learner perceptions on the discipline situation in a large combined school hostel The importance of school management in the implementation of an effective discipline strategy that involves all stakeholders The effect of learner discipline on educator security an international qualitative inquiry Positioning students discipline in special education and counselling Practical session The real discipline problem is not that big! 19:00 for 19:30 Dinner Function: BUILDING F10 ALUMNI HALL Our guest speaker for the evening: TO BE ANNOUNCED Dress: Semi-formal
9 WEDNESDAY APRIL 4 08:00-08:10 OPTIONAL: Dedication Venue: (Building E8) 08:30-10:00 PLENARY SESSION 6 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr Muavia Gallie (Director of South African Council for Educators) If you want to solve your discipline problems in schools, dare to fix-up the adults first! (Introduction by Prof Philip van der Westhuizen, North-West University) MORNING COFFEE/TEA BREAK (10:00-10:20) 10:20-12:20 PLENARY SESSION 7 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Prof Charles Russo (University of Dayton, Ohio, USA.) Wrap-up and reflection on the Conference on Learner Discipline (Introduction by Prof JP Rossouw, North-West University) 12:20-13:00 PLENARY SESSION 8 DISCUSSION Prof. Petra Engelbrecht (North-West University) The way ahead: How do we establish collaborative partnerships? (Introduction by Prof IJ Oosthuizen, North-West University)