Department of Psychology of Education

Prof MF Mavuso

College of Education
School of Educational Studies
Department: Psychology of Education
Associate Professor
Tel: 012 429 8635
E-mail: mavusmf@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD

Currently teaching

  • Theoretical framework and legislation underpinning psychosocial well-being in teaching and learning environments.
  • B Ed (Hons): Research Project in Education (Psychology of Education)

Fields of academic interests

  • Learning support
  • Inclusive Education
  • Parental involvement

Field of Specialisation

  • Educational Psychology

Books

  • Tlale LDN; Mavuso MF and Nel, M (2014) Child Abuse in Nel, M. Life Orientation for South African teachers (1st Ed): Van Schaick
  • Mavuso, MF. (2015) Identification of specific learning difficulties in the classroom and assessment adaptation in Dunbar-Krige, H (2015) Guidelines for assessment adaptation. Van Schaik. ISBN  978 0 627
  • Mavuso MF, Maseko ND & Tabane RJ, (2017) Parent engagement in Primary and secondary schools. In Magano MD, Robinson, D &  Mohapi, S (2017) Realigning Teacher Training in the 21st Century. Cengage Learning (Emea) Ltd. ISBN:978-1-4737-3351-0
  • Mavuso, MF. (2018). Multicultural Education in Empowering school culture and social structure in Tlale, LDN & Makhalemele, T (2018) integrating Multicultural Education into curriculum for decolonization: Benefits and challenges. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-53613-583-1

Textbooks

  • Mavuso, MF. (2015) Identification of specific learning difficulties in the classroom and assessment adaptation in Dunbar-Krige, H (2015) Guidelines for assessment adaptation. Van Schaik. ISBN  978 0 627
  • Mavuso, MF. (2021) Identification of specific learning difficulties in the classroom and assessment adaptation in Dunbar-Krige, H (2015) Guidelines for assessment adaptation. Van Schaik. ISBN  978 0 627

Journal articles

  • Strategies for Facilitating Learning Support Processes. What can Teachers do Support Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties? E-ISSN 2039-2117 ISSN 2039-9340 Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy Vol 5 No 2 January 2015
  • Mavuso, M. (2020). BARRIERS TO LEARNING IN DIVERSE CLASSROOMS: TEACHERS 'VOICES. e-BANGI, 17(3), 187-200.
  • Mavuso, M. F. (2022). Exploring Senior Phase teachers’ competencies in supporting learners with specific learning difficulties: Implications for inclusive education. African Journal of Disability, 11, 901.

Paper presentations

National Conferences

2023: The 11th Annual Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR)
Challenges experienced by teachers in supporting grade 7 learners with reading difficulties (Co-presentation).
The 11th Annual Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR)
Maximizing student support within an Open Distance Learning institution

2019:

First International Conference on teaching and learning through languages in the 21st Century

Challenges experienced by senior teachers in facilitating learning support: What can teachers do?

2018:

The 8th Annual Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR)

Individual poster interactive presentation: Autism and support: What can teachers do to support learners?

Group/Team presentation: School space and social problems: teachers’ voices

2017:

PAPU Pan-African Psychology Congress

AUTISM AND SUPPORT: WHAT CAN TEACHERS DO TO PROMOTE LEARNING?

A Teacher Driven Learning Support Framework for supporting learners with Specific Learning difficulties in Schools.

The 7th Teacher Education at a distance

Co-interaction poster presentation:

  • Supporting TVET lecturers in inclusive practices
  • Maximizing student support in the OD-eL context

2015:

AEDA

Topic: “Invisible leaner”: marginalized by the education system. Whose problem is it anyway?

 

2014:

Education Association of South Africa (EASA)

Topic: When all that matters is: “One Child a Day”. An Educational- Psychological intervention to place a child diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfector (Brittle Bone  Syndrome)

2013:

SALLED Conference

Topic: Using an Asset Based approach to establish an institution-level Support Team at an Early Childhood Centre of Excellence. (Co-presentation)

 

International Conferences

2019:

First International Conference on teaching and learning through languages in the 21st Century.

  • Topic: Challenges experienced by senior teachers in facilitating learning support: What can teachers do?

2018:

38 Annual international seminar-Japan

Challenges and prospects of supporting learners with specific learning difficulties in the mainstream school

2016:

6th International Conference on Community Psychology 27 – 31 May 2016

  • Collaborative community intervention to place a learner with osteogenesis imperfector in one secondary school

2015:

26th World Conference of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • HPCSA : Member
  • IsFTE

Projects

  • WIR: The dynamics of space and place in South African schools

    500 SCHOOLS

Other

  • MEd student supervision to completion
  • PhD student to completion