2011-NMMU-Research-Report - Research Management - Nelson ...

International Visitors to the Faculty
Date of visit Name(s) of visitors and contact
staff member in Faculty
January - December 2011 Dr Carol Rodgers (guest of Prof Denise
Zinn).
14 - 18 February 2011 Prof Goran Lassbo and Dr Frank Bach
(Gothenburg University, Sweden)
visited Prof Paul Webb and Dr Raj
Kurup.
21 February - 3 March 2011 Prof Lars Gunnarsson and Dr Kerstin
von Brommsen (Gothenburg
University, Sweden) visited Prof
Nonnie Botha.
19 - 23 September 2011 Ms Nokhanyo Mayaba hosted Dr
Torre Otterup (Gothenburg University,
Sweden).
12 - 27 August 2011 Ms Ann-Charlotte Lindgren
(Gothenburg University, Sweden) was
hosted by Dr Laetitia Greyling.
9 - 11 May 2011 Dr E Kujawa (Dean of Education), Dr R
Webster (DUC Project Leader) and Dr D
Gosh (Assistant Dean of Science) from
the Dominican University College, USA,
were hosted by Prof Hugh Glover.
4 - 6 April 2011 Prof Naydene de Lange hosted
Prof Claudia Mitchell from McGill
University, Canada.
February - April 2011 Dr Berit Lundgren (Umea University,
Sweden) was hosted by Prof Denise
Zinn.
24 October - 4 November
2011
Prof Anne Hickling-Hudson
(Queensland University of Technology,
Australia) and Ms Sheila Lowe-
Graham (Jamaica) were hosted by
Prof Denise Zinn.
Nature of
involvement/visit
Visited the Faculty as a Fulbright
Scholar. She worked with the Faculty
to explore and integrate their
understanding of the concept of
humanising pedagogies.
They are involved in the joint research
project on Scientific Literacy.
They had discussions on the Global
University Research Project with the
Faculty of Education.
Part of the activities in the SA -
Swedish Links Project coordinated by
Prof Paul Webb.
They worked on joint research about
VIG.
They held discussions on the joint DUC
- NMMU project plan and planned for
the envisaged follow-up visit in July
2011.
She engaged in the HIV and AIDS
community of practice and worked
with a toolkit that uses a different lens
for HIV and AIDS education.
She carried out joint research with
members of the Literature Hub and
presented three papers at the RASA
Conference.
Their visit was funded by an NRF Ad
Hoc Short Research Visit for Eminent
Scientists Grant. Their work was in
decolonising the teacher education
curriculum, transformation and artsbased
pedagogical projects.
Outcome of visit
Facilitated the
establishment of the
Humanising Pedagogy
Hub and assisted with
the unfolding process of
curriculum renewal in the
Faculty.
An agreement was
reached on the nature
and management of this
joint research project.
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