ABSTRACT
The institutionalization of apartheid in South Africa in 1948 and the subsequent passing of the Bantu Education law in 1953 led to the miseducation of Black children in that country over decades. In such oppressive system, Black teachers were only “trained” to perpetuate the ideology of educational inequality. This chapter discusses four interrelated themes: first, the history of education and teacher education in South Africa; second, teachers’ struggles for education as a common good under apartheid; third, uses of critical theory to analyze what it means to teach for common good; fourth, the new challenges as well and the vignettes of hope from teachers and parents who aspire for teaching for social transformation.
