Dr JMC Motitswe

Qualifications

• DEd. Doctor of Education Degree: Specialisation in Inclusive Education
• MEd. Magister of Educationis Degree: Specialisation in Inclusive Education  
• BEd. Honors Degree: Specialisation in Special Needs Education
• BA. Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education
• ACE: Advanced Certificate in Education: Specialisation in Curriculum studies and Management.
• University Diploma in Education (Primary)

Currently teaching

B.Ed. Undergraduate Programme

• Inclusive Education on the Foundation phase: IFP3701

Postgraduate Diploma in Disability Studies

• Facts and Insight into Disabilities: EDS4801

Short Learning Programmes

• Understanding Disabilities: CSIIED1
• Inclusive Teaching and Learning: CSIIED2

Fields of academic interests

• Inclusive pedagogies
• Productive pedagogies for inclusivity in education
• Teaching and learning strategies for inclusive classrooms
• Addressing barriers to learning
• Intervention strategies/approaches for supporting learners who experience barriers to learning and development
• The role of School-based support teams and District-based support teams.

Field of Specialisation

• Inclusive education for Multigrade classrooms
• Disabilities issues in education
• Care and Support: Inclusivity in education
• Productive pedagogies for inclusivity in education

Books

• Motitswe JMC (2018). Approaches to embedding multiculturalism into the curriculum. In Integrating multicultural education into the curriculum for decolonisation, Tlale, L D and Makhalemela, T (Eds). Nova Science Publishers, New York.
• Motitswe, JMC, (2015) Disability in Context: A Socio-Educational Perspective in South Africa, Edition: 1st, Chapter 6:Inclusion and Access, Publisher: Cengage Learning, Editors: Maguvhe Obert, Magano Meahabo Dinah.
• Motitswe, JMC, Phajane MH and Senosi S (2015). Including the Excluded: Educating the vulnerable for the 21^st Century. Editors: Magano MD and Ramnarain, U.
• Motitswe, JMC and Taole MJ (2015) Inclusive Education: An African Perspective, Edition: 1st, Chapter 3:, Flexibility of the curriculum in inclusive schools. Publisher: Oxford University Press SA, Editors: N Condy and N Phasha.
• Tlale LDN and Motitswe JMC (2015) Inclusive Education: An African Perspective, Edition: 1st, Chapter 2: Inclusivity in different contexts, Publisher: Oxford University Press SA, Editors: N Condy and N Phasha.

Journal articles

• Teaching and learning in inclusive Classrooms: What foundation phase teacher do? Mediterranean Journal of Social Science Vol 4, (6), July 2013
• The role of institute level support teams in inclusive schools. Are they functional? Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. Volume 5, (2 ), May 2014.
• Furthering inclusive education through full-service schools. A workable strategy? Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. Volume 5, (2 ), May 2014.

Paper presentations

Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference. 2018. Drakensburg,-South Africa. Mapping the Dynamics of space and place in South African schools: The use of Information and communication technological (ICT) space on addressing teaching and learning needs in Tshwane South District schools

1^st International Conference on teaching and Learning through languages in the 21^st century. 2018.  Skhukhuza.

 “Exclusion within an inclusive education system: Teachers’ experiences in a selected district in the North West Province”.

The 26^th ICDE World Conference. 2015. “Breaking the Digital divide in Open Distance Learning using Onscreen marking”. Sun City, South Africa

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Member of the International Society for the study of behavioural Development
• Member of the IfSTE

Projects

• Teaching Mathematics and Science for Learners with visual impairment
• Assessment in Multigrade classrooms
• The Dynamics of space and place in South African schools
• Tubatse District Education Community Engagement schools project: making schools better