Life Orientation for South African teachers is a comprehensive textbook on the subject of Life Orientation, providing educators with in-depth knowledge as well as teaching skills to deal with the wide variety of themes within the subject. Besides the theoretical foundation, there are case studies, reflective questions and activity boxes to assist with practical application of the topics covered in each chapter.

Contents include the following:

•     The health promotion model
•    Self-care for teachers
•    The role of the school-based support team
• South African perspectives on lay counselling
•    The impact of Covid-19
•    Emotional intelligence
•    Gender-based violence
•    Developments in religion and worldviews

Chapter 1: Introduction

SECTION A PEDAGOGICS OF LIFE ORIENTATION
Chapter 2: Pedagogy of Life Skills/Life Orientation
Chapter 3: Cooperative learning in the Life Orientation classroom
Chapter 4: Assessment in Life Orientation

SECTION B HUMAN RIGHTS/DEMOCRACY/CITIZENSHIP
Chapter 5: Human rights
Chapter 6: An introduction to the history and nature of human rights and democracy in the South African curriculum
Chapter 7: Democratic citizenship education for participatory democracy
Chapter 8: Teaching–learning for democracy and human rights in the Life Orientation curriculum
Chapter 9: Teaching–learning for democracy and human rights in the Life Orientation curriculum: experiential and dialogical learning methodologies