College of Education
Make school management more integrated and inclusive
“Every primary school should strive to build a sustainable relationship with parents in order to achieve quality education, especially for developing countries,” said newly capped PhD Wakjira Gorman Mekonnen, Ethiopian MP, at his graduation at Unisa. Read more
Unisa academic develops new theory to teach technology education
CEDU’s Prof Tomé Mapotse’s Technology Education Cascading Theory has been published on the global information systems Springer Technology Education publications domain. Read more
Some grade threes have it—most don’t
Dr Donna Hannaway of the Department of Early Childhood Education and Development says not all learners have access to the technology-based learning they need in order to thrive in a modern, technology-driven world. Read more
CEDU committed to transformation
Speaking at the latest Leading Change round-table discussion, Prof Veronica McKay said that in higher education the equity of access and the equity of success were still unanswered questions. Read more
Included in every facet of education and life
CEDU's Dr Jacomina Motitswe is determined not to allow learners with disabilities to be marginalised through the lack of practical implementation at schools. Read more
Embracing open distance e-learning and multiple discourses
Prof Narend Baijnath, CHE CEO, spoke at CEDU’s seventh annual Teacher Education at a Distance Conference about the challenges faced by ODeL institutions when managing the task of educating teachers in an ever-changing, digitising world. Read more
Finding a new voice in a new culture
Dr Loyiso Luvalo, from the Department of Educational Foundations in the College of Education, completed his PhD this year with a focus on the institutional culture of a post-merger institution of higher education. Read more
Caring for vulnerable children
A CEDU community project supports and assists the Bramley Child and Youth Care Centre in Groenkloof. Read more
Restoring the balance
CEDU’s Prof Phillip Higgs told the fifth World Congress on Education Research in Russia that it was necessary to reassert the significance of indigenous African knowledge in the face of hegemonic Western forms of knowledge. Read more
Unisa to establish UNESCO Chair on ODL
CEDU’s Prof Moeketsi Letseka says this initiative will go a long way to support sustainable development goals through distance learning. Read more