Education Scholars and Alumni

Gillian Attwood (21 May 2019)  One door of learning has opened, but the others are still firmly shut  in GroundUp & Daily Maverick

Sara Black (18 August 2021) UCT Online High School: Reproducing elites in a sea of inequality and ignoring the rest https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2021-08-18-uct-online-high-school-reproducing-elites-in-a-sea-of-inequality-and-ignoring-the-rest/

Sara Black (19 August 2021)  UCT has expanded to offer an online High School CapeTalk Radio https://www.capetalk.co.za/podcasts/144/afternoon-drive-with-john-maytham/542854/uct-has-expanded-to-offer-an-online-high-school

Ashley Visagie (17 March 2021) School ‘dropouts’ are not so much failures as victims of a hostile and skewed system https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-03-17-school-dropouts-are-not-so-much-failures-as-victims-of-a-hostile-and-skewed-system/

Jayden Matthews, Taahirah Hoosain and Sinolutho Silevu with Ashley Visagie (27 August 2020)  These matric exams are unfair: Listen to us, the students https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-27-these-matric-exams-are-unfair-listen-to-us-the-students/

Sara Black and Ashley Visagie (11 August 2020) Opening schools during Covid-19 is a pyrrhic victory – and teachers are the cannon fodder https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-11-opening-schools-during-covid-19-is-a-pyrrhic-victory-and-teachers-are-the-cannon-fodder/

Ashley Visagie, Sara Black and Xolisa Guzula (15 July 2020) Public schools are under siege: It’s time to drastically revise their funding model https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-15-public-schools-are-under-siege-its-time-to-drastically-revise-their-funding-model/

Leah Nasson (9 June 2020) #yousilenceweamplify has opened a vital space: But let’s talk about class, as well as race https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-06-09-yousilenceweamplify-has-opened-a-vital-space-but-lets-talk-about-class-as-well-as-race/

Leah Nasson (28 April 2020) Teach your children well, their father’s hell, did (maybe) slowly go by https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-04-28-teach-your-children-well-their-fathers-hell-did-maybe-slowly-go-by/

Sara Black and Ashley Visagie (30 January 2020) Skewed systems: The (un)reality of postgraduate student funding  https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-30-skewed-systems-the-unreality-of-postgraduate-student-funding/

Kaylianne Aploon-Zokufa: Locating the difference: A comparison of pedagogic strategies in high and low performing school (2013)

Gillian Attwood: Power and participation in and through service learning [with R. Osman] (2007)

Gillian Attwood: Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for access of credit? Problematic issues in a university adult education department in South Africa [with J. Castle] (2001)

Dixie Maluwa Banda: Knowledge, attitudes and practices about HIV testing and counselling among adolescent girls in some selected secondary schools in Malawi  (with A. Munthali & P. Mvula) (2013)

Dixie Maluwa Banda: Indigenous healing practices in Malawi (with A. Simwaka and K.Peltzer) (2007)

Anthony Brown: OMG how did a white girl get AIDS!!!: Shifting student perceptions on HIV through critical pedagogy at a historically White HEI in South Africa (2017)

Anthony Brown: School related gender based violence in Namibia: Causes and Manifestations (2016)

Thomas Edwin Buabeng Assan: Exploring Learner Understanding of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) Concepts through Variation of Learning Theory: Classroom Experiences (2011)

Thomas Edwin Buabeng Assan: Phenomenographic studies in variations of learning and teaching of economic and management sciences in secondary schools (2006)

Madalitso Chamba: An investigation of the availability and value of in-service education and training for secondary school physical science teachers in Malawi : A case of Blantyre city (2009)

Nellie Chiphwanya: Action competence and waste management : a case study of learner agency in two Grahamstown eco-schools (2011)

Grames Chirwa: Continuous assessment in Expressive Arts in Malawian primary schools (with N. Devika) (2015)

Grames Chirwa: Curriculum Change and Development in Malawi: A Historical Overview (2014)

Adelino Chissale: Education financing strategies and the neoliberal project in Mozambique (2014)

Adelino Chissale: The role of higher education for knowledge on and for Africa: A historical critique (2009)

Sturdy Paul Dangala: An investigation of the potential role of indigenous healers in life skills education in schools (2006)

Hemraj Dharampal: Incorporating indigenous knowledge into the school science curriculum (2006)

Sadrack Hangula: Social studies curriculum proposal for lower primary schools for an independent Namibia (1985)

Lunga Mantashe: Understanding the Transition and Implications of Merger in a Merged Multi-Campus University in South Africa: Human Resource Perspective [with E.O Adu] (2014)

Kgadi Mathabathe: An Inquiry-Based Practical Curriculum for Organic Chemistry as Preparation for Industry and Postgraduate Research [with L.A Pilcher, D. Riley, M. Potgieter] (2015)

Kgadi Mathabathe: Metacognitive monitoring and learning gain in foundation chemistry [with M. Potgieter] (2014)

Kavish Jawahar: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Analysis of the Utterances of Three South African Physical Sciences Teachers [with E. Dempster] (2013)

Solminic Joseph: Education that caters for disabled learners is attainable (2016)

Marius Kudumo: The participation and influence of teacher unions on education reforms in an independent Namibia (2011)

Fanny Malikebu: Exploring The Nature of the Roles and Challenges of Malawi Head Teachers as Instructional Leaders: A Case of Zomba Public Primary Schools in the South East Education Division (2014)

Fanny Malikebu: Sexual Harassment in schools: a needs assessment for a specific sexual harassment policy. A case of the Malawi education sector (2015)

Setseetso Matobako: A study of social solidarity and the constitution of school mathematics in five working class schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa (2013)

Macdelyn Mosalagae: Contextualised Inclusive Education: A Retrospective Look at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Botswana [with J.K Lukusa] (2016)

Hloniphani Ndebele: Defying ideological misconceptions through information and communication technology localisation in Higher Education [with N. Ndimande-Hlongwa] (2017)

Juliet Perumal: Critical pedagogies of place: Educators’ personal and professional experiences of social (in)justice (2015)

Juliet Perumal: Female principals leading at disadvantaged schools in Johannesburg, South Africa (2014)

Juliet Perumal: Enacting Critical Pedagogy in an Emerging South African Democracy: Narratives of Pleasure and Pain (2014)

Malonje Phiri: Challenges Faced by Deaf Children in Accessing Education in Malawi (2021)

Monwabisi Ralarala (co-editor): Knowledge beyond colour lines –  Towards repurposing knowledge generation in South African Higher Education (2021)

Sigrid Shaanika: Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre: an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity (2009)

Precious Simba: Quality elements of after-school programmes: A case study of two programmes in the Western Cape province of South Africa (2021)

Francis Simui: Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education: The English Approach (2013)

Francis Simui: An analysis of Attitudes, Policy and Practice towards inclusive schooling in Zambia (2008)

Francis Simui: Demystifying the process of ODL policy development in a dual-mode context: lessons from Zambia (2018)

Francis Simui: Unearthing Themes in ‘inclusive education’ Discourse to Inform Sustainable Development Agenda on Education: A Systematic Literature Review Approach. American Journal of Educational Research. (2022); 10(9):545-552

Ben Souza and Manoa Muchanga: Exploring Lives of the Excluded Youth amidst COVID-19 (2020)

Vuyi Thabisile Zondi: Mapping barriers to learning amongst Grade 6 and 9 learners in an HIV and AIDS context (2006)