full report - UCT - Research Report 2011

scHool of eDucation
(Including the Schools Development Unit (SDU) and the
Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Studies and
Services in Africa (CALLSSA))
hEAd of school: AssociAtE PRofEssoR
RüdigER lAugKsch
school PRofilE
The School of Education is a largely post-graduate
interdisciplinary department with research activity across
a number of important fields. These include studies
in knowledge development and transfer (curriculum
development, learning and acquisition, scientific literacy,
mathematics, science and technology education, primary
education, history education), policy and evaluation
(research into school reform evaluation studies), student
learning in higher education, and studies in race, culture,
identity and language. A number of members of staff lead
and participate in large collaborative research projects.
Significant numbers of staff act as consultants to local and
national government, to national commissions as well as
to important education NGOs. A number of staff members
are involved in materials development for a range of
school learning areas.
school stAtistics
permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors 3
Associate Professors 4
senior lecturers 8
lecturers 1
Administrative & clerical staff 2
technical support staff 1
total 19
honorary Research Associates 2
students
doctoral 23
master’s 86
Postgraduate diploma in Education 85
B.Ed. honours 57
Postgraduate certificate in Education 130
Advance certificate in Education 640
total 1021
FaCULTY oF hUMaNITIes
REsEARch fiElds And stAff
permanent staff
mR nigEl BAKKER
Senior lecturer; English education; teaching; creativity;
curriculum studies; humanities in the curriculum
dR zAin dAvis
Senior lecturer; language and mathematics; textual
analysis; the functioning of pleasure in the structuring of
pedagogic discourse; continuing professional development
of mathematics teachers
PRofEssoR PAulA EnsoR
Mathematics education; sociology of education, especially
with respect to curriculum and pedagogy; teacher education;
higher education studies; qualitative research methodology
mR dAvid gilmouR
Senior lecturer; economics of education; education and
the labour market; educational planning; educational
evaluation; social theory and education
dR joAnnE hARdmAn
Senior lecturer; learning; cognition; computer mediated
learning; neuroscience
dR uRsulA hoAdlEy
Senior lecturer; curriculum, teachers work and the
sociological study of pedagogy.
AssociAtE PRofEssoR AnnEmARiE hAttingh
Physical science teacher education, with a special focus on
curriculum design for authentic learning in problem-based
learning environments; teacher effectiveness in constraining
contexts; doctoral learning communities of practice.
ms shAhEEdA jAffER
Lecturer; mathematics education, sociology of curriculum
and pedagogy, teacher education
dR hEAthER jAcKlin
Senior lecturer; sociology of education; education policy;
education and space/locality; education and gender;
learner progress and achievement
AssociAtE PRofEssoR RüdigER lAugKsch
Scientific literacy or public understanding of science;
professional development of science teachers; policy
issues related to the provision of teaching and learning
in the natural sciences; teaching and learning in biology
dR cARolyn mcKinnEy
Senior lecturer; language and literacy in education,
multilingualism in education,
Identity/subjectivity and learning
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