Prof PR Machaisa

Expertise

• Educational Law
• Educational Leadership and School Governance

Qualifications

• BA (Education)
• BEd Honours (Education Management)
• MEd (Education Management)
• DPhil (Education)

Currently teaching

• Education Management in South African Context (MEDEM7W)

Fields of academic interests

• Education Law
• School Governance
• Multiracialism in schools

Field of Specialisation

• Education Leadership and Management

Journal articles

• Pitsoe, VJ and Machaisa, PR. 2023. Foucault and Althusser on alternative methods of discipline and positive reinforcement techniques policy: reflections on South African education practice. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development. Vol.16, no. 5. December 2023. 
• Netshitangani, T and Machaisa, PR. 2021. Supervision experiences of postgraduate students at an ODL institution in South Africa. Congent Social Sciences. Vol.2. August 2021
• Machaisa, PR and Mulaudzi, L. 2018. Understanding integration and policy challenges facing selected multicultural schools in South Africa. Africa Education Review, Vol. 2, No. 2. March 2018
• Lebeloane, LDM and Machaisa, PR. 2018. Persistent racial challenges: a case study of South African public schools. Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 1, No.1, May 2018
• Mokoena, SP and Machaisa, PR. 2018. More heads than one: school-based decision-making in varied school environments. Africa Education Review. Vol. 4, No. 4. November 2017
• Ntuli LT and Machaisa, PR. 2014. Effects of banning corporal punishment on discipline in South African Schools: A case study of secondary schools in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo Province. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 22, November 2014, (Accepted for publication)
• Machaisa, PR. 2014. School integration in South African multicultural schools: Policy challenges. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 22, November 2014 (Accepted for publication)
• Mokoena, SP and Machaisa, PR. 2013. Assessing pre-service teachers’ perceptions towards practice in an open and distance learning context. Pensee Journal, Vol. 75, No. 12, December 2013
• Pitsoe, VJ and Machaisa, PR. 2012. Teacher attrition catastrophe in Sub-Saharan Africa: A hurdle in the achievement of UPE, EFA policy goals and MDGS. Science Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. ISSN: 2276-6359 (International open Access Publisher). August 2012

Paper presentations

Peer-Reviewed conference proceedings

• ‘The perceptions of principals on implementation of transformative leadership strategy: a case study of South African primary schools. Barcelona Conference in Education. Hotel Barcelona Condal mar affiliated by Melia’, Barcelona, Spain, 19 – 23 September 2023. 
• ‘Understanding integration in South African multicultural schools’. Clute International Conference in Education. Clute International Conference. NH Collections Hotel, Barcelona, Spain, 3 – 7 June 2018
• ‘Effects of banning corporal punishment on discipline in South African school’.  International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS), American University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 28 - 31 October 2014.
• ‘Educating Learners in South African Multicultural Schools: Employment of Intergroup contact theory’. International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) Conference 2013. Paper presented at the conference held at the University of London, 05 - 09 November 2013.
• ‘Safety and Security in South African Schools: Rights and Responsibilities of Educators towards Learners’. Hawaii International Conference in 
• Education, Waikiki Marriot Resort and Spa, Honolulu, USA. 05 – 08 January 2012.
• ‘Challenges and Benefits of School Integration in South African Multicultural Schools’: Policy Implications Post -1994. EASA 2011 Conference, Sun City Hotel North West Province, 11-13 January 2011.
• ‘Violence against women: an oral history rendition’. 7^th National Oral History Conference, The Winkler Protea Hotel, Mpumalanga, 12-15 October 2010.
• ‘The Relevancy of Diversity Teaching in Higher Education for Curriculum and Teaching in Schools: The Preparedness of South African Teachers’. A paper presented at Teacher Education Conference, Valverde Country Hotel, Muldersdrift, 05 - 07 October 2010.
• Gasa, VG & Machaisa, PR. Family as a Determinant of Learners’ Aggressive Behaviour in Secondary Schools’. Canada International Conference on Education. A paper presented at the Canadian International Conference on Education, Bond Place Toronto, Canada, 24 – 26 May 2010.
• Machaisa, PR. Practicing and Teaching Oral History in School. Oral History Association of South Africa. A paper presented at 6th National Oral History Conference, The River Club Cape Town, 13 – 16 October 2009.
• Machaisa, PR. Educators’ Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Safety and Security in Schools. South African Education Law Association. A paper presented at the twelfth International Education Law Conference, St. Georges Hotel, 24 – 26 August 2008.

Conference Presentation

• ‘Family as a Determinant of Learners’ Aggressive Behaviour in Secondary Schools’. Canada International Conference on Education. Paper presented at the Canadian International Conference on Education, Bond Place Toronto, Canada, 24 – 26 May 2010.
• ‘Practicing and Teaching Oral history in School’. Oral History Association of South Africa. A paper presented at 6^th National Oral History Conference, The River Club Cape Town, 13 – 16 October 2009.
• ‘Educators’ Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Safety and Security in Schools’. South African Education Law Association. A paper presented at the twelfth International Education Law Conference, St. Georges Hotel, 24 – 26 August 2008.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Committee member of Departmental Higher Degrees
• Post Graduate Bursary awarded by the University of Pretoria (2001 and 2003)
• Porticus Scholarship for Doctoral Degree (2005)
• Reviewer of the book: Phiri, I. A, Sarojini, N. 2006. African women, religion and health: Essays in honour of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa. Review published in Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae,
  Volume XXXIII, September 2007.
• Member of Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society, South African Education Law Association, American Educational Research Association
• Review of African Education Review (AER), Perspectives in Education (PIE) and International journal of Educational Development in Africa (IJEDA)
• External examiner for Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), University of Free State (UFS) and University of Johannesburg (UJ)
• Reviewer of Understanding issues in Southern Africa: an interdisciplinary approach book

Projects

• Tateni school project (SMT training)
• 500 schools Project
• Majuba College Project (TVET training project)
• Women empowerment management skills in Tshwane West school district project

Other

Rebotile Machaisa is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Leadership and Management in the College of Education. Her main academic and research interests are in education law and policy, education leadership and management and multicultural education. She is a member of the South African Education Law Association (SAELA) and the Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES). She has presented a number of papers in national and international conferences on education.

Responsibilities:

• Departmental Institutional Training and Skills Facilitator
• BEd (Hons) Programme Manager