Prof FM Teane

Qualifications

• University Diploma (UDES)
• BA
• BED  (Educational Management)
• BA Hons (Psychology)
• Masters (Curriculum Studies)
• PhD Curriculum Studies

Fields of academic interests

• Curriculum issues
• Teaching and learning
• Literacy campaigns
• Education
• Teachers

Field of Specialisation

• Curriculum studies
• Teaching and learning
• Psychology
• Education

Books

Book Chapters

• Teane, F. M. (2022). Open Distance Learning Resources in Correctional Education. In L. R. Johnson & K. P. Quan-Baffour, (Eds.), Correctional (prison) education: An African panopticon. (pp. 85 - 99). Unisa Press
• Teane, FM. 2019. The use of employability skills development as a panacea for the economic problems in Africa. In Arko –Achemfuor, Quan- Baffour and Addae, Adult Continuing and Lifelong Education and Development in Africa: Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World, pp145-158. New York: Nova publishers.                                                                 
• Teane FM. 2019. Professional Development as a Panacea for Lively Classrooms in South Africa: Experiences of Life Sciences teachers in the Bojanala District (North West Province).  In Monyai RB, Teacher Education In the 21^st Century, pp 153-166. London: Intechopen. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.83471

• Teane, FM. 2021.Teachers’ Views on Knowledge Progression in the Development of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Life Sciences. In Sosibo, Z. L., & Ivala, E. (Eds.). (2021). Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Spaces: Shaping Futures and Envisioning Unity in Diversity and Transformation, pp229-242. Wilmington, United States: Vernon Press.SBN: 978-1-62273-830-4

Journal articles

• Teane, F.M  & Gombwe, R.  (2022) Self-Efficacy as a Tool to Enhance Students’ Classroom Participation: TVET/FET College’s Student Views on the Causes of Student Passivity, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2022.2056775
• Teane FM: Language of learning and teaching as a barrier to effective implementation of caps: narratives of grade 10 life sciences teachers in the Northwest Province. 
• Teane FM: The value of the Kha Ri Gude literacy campaign in attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. A case study of rural communities in three South African provinces.
• Teane FM: What We Assess Is What We Produce: Moving Towards the Development of Skills in South African FET Colleges.
• Teane FM: Environmental awareness- Using non-formal education to impart skills and knowledge to improve crop yield: The Case of Manyeledi Community, South Africa.
• Teane, FM & Arko- Achemfuor, A. Learner support through a supplementary learner support programme for marginalised rural learners in South Africa.

Conference Proceedings

• Teane F.M. 2017. Teachers’ Perceptions on Curriculum Change and Implementation of Life Sciences in the Bojanala District of the Northwest Province. South Africa International Conference of Education, pp 144-155. (18.09.2017)
• Teane FM. 2018. Adopting a blended learning approach in CAPS curriculum: Challenges encountered by Life Sciences educators in the Northwest Province. South Africa International Conference of Education, pp 94-103. (23. 04. 2018)
• Teane, F. M. 2018.  Cognitive Organisation of the Grade 10 Life Sciences Content to create a meaningful Learning: Exploring views of Bojanala East Teachers ( Northwest Province) (NORTH WEST PROVINCE). Rethinking Teaching and learning in the 21st Century, pp 162-176, (18. 09. 2018)
• Teane, FM.  2019. Students’ views on the effectiveness of formative assessment in preparing them for summative assessment: The experiences of Unisa Students, pp 316-327, (18. 09. 2019)

Paper presentations

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Diploma Programme Manager within the department
• Departmental member of the research committee
• Engaged scholarship leader of the project about empowerment of Life Sciences teachers in two provinces (Northwest and Mpumalanga)
• Member of the professional bodies (SAICED, ISFTE, EASA, UNESWA)

Projects

• Engaged Scholarship project: Empowering teachers on Curriculum implementation

Other

Dr FM Teane holds a Doctor of Education Degree in Curriculum studies. The focus of her doctoral studies was on Curriculum development and implementation. As a PL1 Life Sciences teacher and Unisa student she served as a mentor for her colleagues and her guidance had helped them navigate their role as teachers during the issuing of a plethora of educational policies in South Africa for an example, she assisted teachers with the development of formative assessment tasks in line with the new educational policy (Outcomes-Based Education). The Curriculum leadership role was enhanced by the knowledge and skills she acquired during her masters’ degree study in curriculum studies. She was appointed as a marker and a senior marker of Grade 12 Life Sciences end of the year National papers for many years and that sharpened her knowledge, skills, and teaching methodology of the subject Life Sciences.

 Embarking on the doctoral study deepened her knowledge about Curriculum issues and since then she has been sharing her acquired knowledge with teachers in the Northwest and Mpumalanga provinces. A partnership was forged between Unisa (Dr Teane) and the Life Sciences teachers in the above two provinces through an engaged scholarship titled: Institutions of higher learning’s interventions to enhance Curriculum Implementation by teachers in schools.

Dr Teane’s achieved expertise in Life Sciences earned her a position as a Life sciences subject advisor. She is currently a senior lecturer at Unisa in the Department of Adult Basic Education and Youth Development. Apart from being a Diploma Programme Manager in the department she coordinates a masters’ degree module. She has published book chapters, conference proceedings and journal articles locally and internationally. She has supervised students to completion and has reviewed papers from other journals. With her honors degree in psychology as well as her certificate in Trauma counselling and trauma management she offered free and voluntary counselling services  in the community at large.