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Name	Faculty of Education Affiliation (Dept./Centre/ Chair)	Fields of specialisation in relation to supervision of student research	Email address
Prof Piet Ankiewicz	Department of Science and Technology Education	Technology Education	pieta@uj.ac.za
Dr Jacqueline Batchelor	Dean’s office Learning Technologies Unit	Digital learning & Mobile and blended learning environments Learning design, Learning analytics Artificial intelligence in education.	jbatchelor@uj.ac.za
Ms Taryn Bennet	Department of Childhood Education	History Social Science Primary school social science curriculum	taryn@uj.ac.za
Prof Anthony Brown	Department of Educational Psychology	Critical inclusivity sexual and gender diversities critical pedagogy	abrown@uj.ac.za
Prof Linda Chisholm	Centre for Education Rights and Transformation	History and comparative education in relation to education policy and curriculum	lchisholm@uj.ac.za
Dr Nazreen Dasoo	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Values and Human Rights in Education Teacher Education Assessment and Learning	ndasoo@uj.ac.za
Dr Thasmai Dhurumraj	Department of Science and Technology Education	Pedagogical content knowledge Professional development Teacher beliefs	tdhurumraj@uj.ac.za
Dr Tumi Diale	Department of Educational Psychology	Career development Gender and violence African Psychology	tumid@uj.ac.za
Dr Rabaitse Diseko	Department of Science and Technology Education	Learning technologies ICT’s in education	rdiseko@uj.ac.za
Prof Joseph Divala	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Higher Education Studies and Philosophy of Education Ethics and Governance in Higher Education Social Justice and Education	jdivala@uj.ac.za
Prof Pierre du Plessis	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Education Leadership, Education Law and Policy Education Finance	pierredp@uj.ac.za
Dr Veronica Dwarika	Department of Educational Psychology	Behaviour Support, Trauma and Trauma Informed Care	veronicam@uj.ac.za
Mr Werner Engelbrecht	Department of Science and Technology Education	Technology Education	wernere@uj.ac.za
Dr Moegamat Yusuf Feltman	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Teaching and Learning English as a Second or Foreign Language Language and Identity Language Learning Motivation	yfeltman@uj.ac.za
Ms Kathleen Fonseca	Department of Childhood Education	Teaching and learning of mathematics Mathematics Teacher Education	kfonseca@uj.ac.za
Dr Jean Fourie	Department of Educational Psychology	Special needs education Inclusive education	jeanf@uj.ac.za
Prof Sarah Gravett	Dean’s office	Teacher education and development 21st century education (drawing on the learning sciences)	sgravett@uj.ac.za
Prof Elizabeth Henning	Centre for Education Practice Research	Mathematical concept development in childhood Language and literacy learning in the primary school Reading STEM texts in the primary school	ehenning@uj.ac.za
Prof Leila Kajee	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Language and Literacies Transformation and Social Justice Refugee and immigrant education	lkajee@uj.ac.za
Prof Geoff Lautenbach	Department of Science and Technology Education	Digital learning, Design-based research Educational technologies	geoffl@uj.ac.za
Prof Caroline Long	Department of Childhood Education	Mathematics Education Assessment & Rasch Measurement Theory Teacher Education	clong@uj.ac.za
Prof Kakoma Luneta	Department of Childhood Education	Mathematics Mathematics Teacher Education and Training Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education	kluneta@uj.ac.za
Dr Valencia Mabalane	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	History and Social science teaching and the curriculum changes Teacher Professional identity Adult Education and Learning	valenciam@uj.ac.za
Mrs Abelwe Maluleka	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Economics Business Accounting	amaluleka@uj.ac.za
Dr Nonhlanhla Maseko	Department of Educational Psychology	Learner support Parental involvement Learning Disabilities	nonhlanhlam@uj.ac.za
Dr Lydia Mavuru	Department of Science and Technology Education	Socio-cultural perspectives (Indigenous Knowledge) in science education Language issues in science education Life Sciences pedagogical practices	lydiam@uj.ac.za
Prof Maropeng Modiba	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Teacher education Curriculum Studies Sociology of Education and History of Education	mmodiba@uj.ac.za
Dr Mothofela Msimanga	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Teaching, learning and assessment Business, Commerce and Management Studies teaching Multi-grade teaching	mmsimanga@uj.ac.za
Mrs Nontsikelelo Msimango	Department of Childhood Education Centre for African Languages Teaching	Language and Literacy in Sesotho General African language teaching.	nkhasu@uj.ac.za
Dr Suraiya Naicker	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Instructional leadership Distributive leadership Education change	snaicker@uj.ac.za
Prof Devika Naidoo	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Curriculum content in a networked society Deep learning and 21st century skills Knowledge in pedagogy and textbook analysis	devikan@uj.ac.za
Dr Parvathy Naidoo	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Organisation Leadership and Management School Turnaround Strategies Leadership in Special Education and School leadership	pnaidoo@uj.ac.za
Ms Lerato Ndabezitha	Department of Childhood Education	Early numeracy development in the foundation phase Early Literacy development in the foundation phase The pedagogy of play in the Grade R	lndabezitha@uj.ac.za
Prof Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu	Vice Dean: Research and Postgraduate	Teaching mathematics with technology and blended learning Problem Based Learning In – service Mathematics Teacher Education	mndlovu@uj.ac.za
Dr Amasa Ndofirepi	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Social justice in African Higher Education Epistemologies in the African university African Philosophy and higher education and Critical thinking in education	andofirepi@uj.ac.za
Dr Sonkanise Nkosi	Department of Childhood Education	Arts Education Ethnomusicology Arts Project Management	adnkosi@uj.ac.za
Ms Mafor Penn	Department of Science and Technology Education	Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) in science education Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) Improvisation and the use of low cost resources in Science teaching and learning	mpenn@uj.ac.za
Prof Juliet Perumal	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Social justice Diversity and critical pedagogy Critical conceptions of education leadership and qualitative research	julietp@uj.ac.za
Prof Nadine Petersen	Vice Dean: Teaching and Learning	Teacher education Scholarship of teaching Community engagement and service learning in higher/ teacher education	nadinep@uj.ac.za
Prof Jace Pillay	SARChI Chair: Education and Care in Childhood	Child and Youth Mental Health Orphans and Vulnerable Children HIV Prevention in Girls and Young Women	jacep@uj.ac.za
Dr Viren Ramdhany	Department of Science and Technology Education	Sociology of Education Mathematics education Pre-service Mathematics teacher education	virenr@uj.ac.za
Prof Umesh Ramnarain	Department of Science and Technology Education	Inquiry-based science education Nature of Science and Science textbook analysis ICT integration in science education	uramnarain@uj.ac.za
Dr Sarita Ramsaroop	Department of Childhood Education	Teacher Education Social Science teaching and assessment (History and Geography) Work-integrated learning	saritaram@uj.ac.za
Prof Nicky Roberts	Centre for Education Practice Research	Early Childhood Education (Children age 0-9 and their carers) Mathematics Education Technology enhanced learning/mobile learning/ ICTs/4IR	nroberts@uj.ac.za
Dr David Robinson	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Teaching of English Literature in South African schools Research in the field of writing Teaching and learning processes through issues such as social justice and eco-critical thinking.	davidr@uj.ac.za
Dr Mabatho Sedibe	Department of Educational Psychology	Diversity in Teacher Education	mabathos@uj.ac.za
Prof Maximus Sefotho	Department of Educational Psychology	Inclusive Education Career Transition Philosophy of Research	msefotho@uj.ac.za
Dr Rubina Setlhare-Kajee	Department of Educational Psychology	Supporting teachers in poverty contexts Career psychology and life design in the 21st century Psychological assessment	rubinask@uj.ac.za
Dr Clive Smith	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Organisation / group change / development Organisation change leadership Organisation behaviour	csmith@uj.ac.za
Mr Aviwe Sondlo	Department of Science and Technology Education	Pre-service and in-service teacher’s Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Integration of Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) in 4th Industrial Revolution.	asondlo@uj.ac.za
Dr Erica Spangenberg	Department of Science and Technology Education	Mathematics Education(Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning, Affective constructs, ICTs, Ethno-Mathematics)	ericas@uj.ac.za
Dr Karen Steenekamp	Department of Education and Curriculum Studies	Higher Education Teaching Learning and assessment	karens@uj.ac.za
Prof Salim Vally	Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, SARChI Chair in Community, Adult and Worker Education	Social Justice and Education Worker Education Community Education	svally@uj.ac.za
Dr Francois van As	Department of Science and Technology Education	Technology Education	fvanas@uj.ac.za
Mr Dean van der Merwe	Department of Childhood Education	Academic language Teacher education	deanvdm@uj.ac.za
Dr Martyn van der Merwe	Department of Educational Psychology	Inclusive pedagogy Teacher development	martynvdm@uj.ac.za
Prof Kathija Yassim	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Leading Learning School Culture and Transformation Leadership and 4IR	kyassim@uj.ac.za
Prof Yu Ke	Department of Education Leadership and Management	Multi-disciplinary research areas in education and humanities	kyu@uj.ac.za

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