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SAERA Conference 2022: Education in Transition – Challenges and Opportunities
This year’s conference was SAERA’s 9th annual conference. It was hosted by the Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape (UWC), and was held at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. Many congratulations to the 2022 UWC Local Organising Committee and to all who attended and helped make SAERA’s first hybrid conference a success! We’ve …
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Webinar Nelson Mandela Legacy Lecture: SAERA 2022
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE WEBINAR Nelson Mandela Legacy LectureSAERA 2022 Prof Salim VallyMandela, Education and the Indignity of These Times Date: 22 September 2022 Time: 17h00 – 18h30 Zoom URL: https://bit.ly/3NzGNRo Purpose of webinar The lecture will critically engage with Mandela’s celebrated statement that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use …
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We congratulate Dr Mphoentle Modise, SAERA executive member representing early career researchers, who recently graduated with her PhD at UNISA. Well done!
Dr Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise is a lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, College of Education at the University of South Africa. Her research areas include student support in open distance and e-learning (ODeL), academic professional development, technology adoption, and educational technology. She also has an interest in OERs and MOOCs. Dr Modise …
Supporting early career scholars (ECRs) within SAERA
The South African Education Research Association (SAERA) held its 8th annual conference virtually organised by the University of Witwatersrand which focused on the theme of ‘Education for Inclusivity and Sustainability in Times of Increasing Inequalities’. As a national academic organisation that started in 2013 SAERA has progressively sought to professionalise, cohere and improve educational research …
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Special Issue of the Journal of Education – The complexity of learning to teach
Guest editors: Maureen Robinson, Lee Rusznyak, Melanie Luckay, Heloise Sathorar Much of the policy discourse on teacher education in South Africa today is informed by ‘size and shape’ concerns such as teacher supply and demand, graduation and attrition rates, or the need for teachers in particular subjects. What is often lacking, however, is a deep …
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2021 Lecture by Prof. Jill Adler
Professor Jill Adler presented the 2021 annual SAERA Nelson Mandela Legacy Lecture, entitled “Thinking-with-Mandela on levering educational change”. The event was held on Zoom online due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, and was hosted by the WITS School of Education. In her presentation, Prof Jill Adler asked us to reflect on Mandela’s Legacy, …
SAERA Awards 2021
SAERA Honours Award Congratulations to Professor Crain Soudien – Awarded The SAERA Honours Award for 2021 for making an outstanding contribution to education research in South Africa. SAERA Doctoral Thesis Award 2021 Congratulations to Dr Ingrid Mostert – Awarded The SAERA Doctoral Thesis Award 2021
Prof. Michael Cross
SAERA expresses our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Prof Michael Cross on his untimely death. He has made a huge contribution to Education in South Africa and will forever be missed. SAERA recognises his valuable contribution to Education and do believe that his works will continue to influence the field of …
Congratulations to Professor Soudien For Achieving an “A” NRF Rating
SAERA Executive and Members Congratulate Professor Crain Soudien for achieving an “A” NRF rating.