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Mark Potterton is currently the primary school principal of Sacred Heart College, Observatory. He has taught in schools, a teachers’ training college and in universities. He served as National Director of the Catholic Institute of Education and worked at Umalusi as the Chief Operating Officer. He was part of the Ministerial Committee that looked at schools that work well in township and rural areas; as well as on a committee investigating teacher absenteeism in South Africa.
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The state of education one year into the pandemic

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Kids are back at school in South Africa and many other parts of the world. According to the United Nations, however, 168 million children...
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Back to School: Stop or go?

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The new school year in South Africa coincided with a spike in COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Education announced that the start of the...
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The Wise men, shepherds and the Judge: the story of the Class of 2020

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Controversy has raged over two leaked Matric exams. The Department of Education called for a rewrite, but the High Court have ruled against this....
Opinion

Class of 2020: Matric exams in a pandemic are unfair

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The Class of 2020 began their Matric exams on 5 November. This year's Matrics have weathered a pandemic, disrupted schooling, and for many, the...
Youth

School culture at the heart of shaping new education futures

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In a previous article, Mark Potterton described the educational potential of technology but cautioned against reducing learning to an online experience. In this piece,...
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Can online teaching make for better education?

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Mark Potterton describes the online teaching experience of teachers at Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg during the COVID-19 lockdown. His observations form the basis...
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Breaking the silence of abuse in schools

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The horrific account of sexual abuse at Parktown Boys is the subject of veteran journalist Sam Cowen's new book. Mark Potterton examines the merits...
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Preventing US-style mass shootings in South African schools

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Statistics show that mass shootings in the United States have already killed 344 people so far this year. South Africa's context of violence provides...
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Can computers really save our schools?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has showed the vast chasm in the access to education during the lockdown, mainly because students from poor communities lacked access...
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The balance between mission and market in Catholic schools

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Increasingly, independent schools are run as businesses. Mark Potterton draws on some of the ideas by John Sullivan in his book "Catholic Schools in...
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Tackling racism in South African schools

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On 16 June every year, South Africa remembers the high school learners in Soweto who faced off against the apartheid security forces to demand...
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Will we still need school uniforms after COVID-19?

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Sometimes we do things in a particular way because that is how we have always done them. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to...
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School culture at the heart of shaping new education futures

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In a previous article, Mark Potterton described the educational potential of technology but cautioned against reducing learning to an online experience. In this piece,...
Opinion

Class of 2020: Matric exams in a pandemic are unfair

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The Class of 2020 began their Matric exams on 5 November. This year's Matrics have weathered a pandemic, disrupted schooling, and for many, the...

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