Department of Inclusive Education
College of Education |
School of Educational Studies |
Department: Inclusive Education |
Senior Lecturer
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Tel: |
012 484 1034
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E-mail: |
mkhumi@unisa.ac.za
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Expertise
- Disability and Post-school learning
- Quadriplegic learners
Qualifications
- PhD, Inclusive Education
- Med in Inclusive Education
- Honours Bed in Inclusive education
- Secondary Teachers’ Diploma (STD)
Fields of academic interests
- Disability in Higher education
- School-to-work transitional programmes for learners with intellectual impairments
- Inclusive Education and social transformation
Journal articles
Mkhuma, I. L., Maseko, N. & Tlale, L. D. K. (2014) Challenges Teachers Face in Identifying Learners Who Experience Barriers to Learning: Reflection on Essential Support Structures. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 5(27). DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n27p444
Paper presentations
- 2019 - 4th Open Distance Learning Conference in Namibia: oral presentation, Research Paper presentation
- 2019 - African Regional ISSBD Workshop in Harare, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Poster presentation
- 2019 - UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning, UNISA conference in Pretoria,
- 2014 - University of Shanghai, Modern City of China, 23rd Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Poster Presentation
- The disability conference hosted by the Department of Inclusive Education on the 18th March 2015 in UNISA, Pretoria.
- 2013 -The 10th African Regional Conference held in UNISA, Pretoria
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Member of the International Society for the study of behavioral Development (since 2013)
- Winner of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial National Teachers’ Awards in section of Inclusive Education (2015)
Projects
Initiator and Coordinator of the Transition of learners with intellectual and learning impairments from a special school to the world of work project ( project code:CN5800, College of Education)
Other
Former teacher in Primary schools, Secondary, High schools, Full-Service School, face-to-face contract tutor (UNISA) and a Departmental Head in a Special School