GGH2601: The African Challenge: People and Environment (second examiner)
GGH4805: The Geography of people-resource interaction in the global South
HRGGH82: The Geographer as a researcher
MPGGR90: Master Proposal - Department of Geography
DFGGR91: MSc (Geography Dissertation)
TFGGR01: PhD - Geography
Fields of academic interests
Urban development
Sense of place
Employability of Geography graduates
Field of Specialisation
Environmental geography;
Urban green space, conservation, and sense of place;
Quality of life in human settlements;
Tourism geography
Teaching and learning in an ODeL context
Books
Nicolau MD.Pretorius, RW, de Jager AE. Lombard, A. 2018. Empowerment for sustainability in a community context. Lifelong learning and the story of the Big5 Community Tourism Forum. Koffiekraa/lBrakkuil (South Africa). In. Handbook of lifelong learning for sustainable development, 29-44.
Pretorius, RW, Coetzee, R, de Jager AE, van Niekerk, HJ. Vlok AC, Hendrick JRM Potgieter CE 2015. From correspondence to online provisioning in open and distance learning: greening implications versus practical and organisational imperatives. In. Leal Filho, W.Muthu, N., Edwin, G. and Sima, M. (Eds.) Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives. Springer: Hamburg. (4th volume of "World Sustainability Series")
Pretorius RW. Nicolau MD, Immelman J, de Jager AE. Nothling, M, du Plessis, A. 2015. Virtual Learning enviornments for transformation to sustainability: A case study from the South, in Chapter in Leal Filho, W., Azeiteiro, U.M., Caeiro, S. and Alves, F. (Eds.) Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula. Springer: Hamburg. (1st volume of "World Sustainability Series")(pp 335-348).
De Jager AE. 2014. The importance of visual literacy for a changing Geography in Valanides, N (Ed). 2014. Reconceptualising Visual Literacy: Describing Reality, Creating Imagery and Deciphering Visuals. (Selected readings). Loretto: IVLA.
Arnolds HH & de Jager AE. 2013. Lifeworld of the Karoo people expressed in the riel dance- a geographical perspective. Proceedings of Confluences 7:Dance Religion and Spirituality. School of Dance, University of Cape Town.
Journal articles
Arnolds, H.H. and de Jager, A.E. 2022. Exploring geo-literacy in museum educational programmes at the Iziko Museums in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Geography Education in Africa (JoGEA), 5: 26 - 48.
De Jager, A.E. & Nicolau, M.D. 2020. Opening the Door for Wider Application of the Tourism Area Life Cycle Model with Application to the Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Tshwane, South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 9(6):912-929.
De Jager AE. 2010. How dull is Dullstroom? Exploring the tourism destination image of Dullstroom. Tourism Geographies 12 (3), 349-370.
Olivier J. and de Jager AE. 2005. ‘n Ethnobotaniese opname van Athrixia Phylicoides en sy gebruike. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie. 24(4), 139-147.Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie. 24(4), 139-147.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
Member of SSAG
Member of the Earth & Environmental Sciences judging panel of the 2022 Global Undergraduate Awards (UA)
The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Tuition Award in 2011
