Department of Early Childhood Education

Dr MJ Sethusha

College of Education
School of Teacher Education
Department: Early Childhood Education
Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 2258
E-mail: sethumj@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Classroom Assessment
  • Early Childhood Teaching & Learning
  • Life Skills Teaching
  • Teacher education
  • Teaching Practice and Student Teacher Placement

Qualifications

  • DEd

Fields of academic interests

  • Early Childhood Teaching & Learning
  • Classroom Assessment
  • Life Skills Teaching
  • Teaching Practice

Field of Specialisation

  • Teacher Education
  • Early Childhood Education

Books

  • Davin R & Sethusha J (2012). Assessment: Getting to know the Grade R learner, In Davin R & Van Staden C (eds). Handbook for Grade R Teaching: Pearson: p57-88
  • Sethusha MJ (2014). Teaching Grade R. Juta Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa ISBN 9780702197994
  • Duku NS, Mdaka NV & Sethusha MJ (2016) in Learn To Teach: A Handbook for Teaching Practice; The teaching practice approach and models used in South Africa, Edited by Okeke J, Abongdia A, Olusula Adu E, van Wyk M, Wolhuter C; Oxford University Press, South Africa ISBN 978 0 19 041179 4

Journal articles

  • Sethusha, MJ (2013). A vision of improvement of learning: South African teachers’ conceptions of classroom assessment. Perspectives in Education. ISSN 0258-2236, 31 (2): p14-21.
  • Sethusha, MJ & Lumadi, MW. (2013). Grade Six Learners’ Perceptions of Environmental Awareness: A Human Ecological Support Programme. Journal of Human Ecology, 42 (2): 113-123. 2013
  • Lumadi, MW & Sethusha, MJ. (2013). Child Support Grant: A Dangling Carrot In Curriculum Development. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. Special Edition Vol 4 (14). 669 - 675. 2013
  • Makeleni TN & Sethusha, MJ. (2014). The experiences of foundation phase teachers in implementing the curriculum. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 5 No 2, E-ISSN 2039-2117, ISSN 2039-9340
  • Sethusha MJ (2014). Communicating assessment results: Teachers views of recording and reporting classroom assessment. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 5 No 2, E-ISSN 2039-2117, ISSN 2039-9340
  • Sethusha MJ (2014).Teachers’ experiences regarding parental involvement in classroom assessment. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol  5, No 10, ISSN 2039-2117 (online), ISSN 2039-9340 (print), MCSER Publishing, Rome, Italy
  • Sethusha MJ (2014). Challenges experienced by teaching practice supervisors in an Open and Distance Learning Environment. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 5 No 15 , ISSN 2039-2117 (online), ISSN 2039-9340 (print), MCSER Publishing, Rome, Italy
  • Dentith AM, Sailors M & Sethusha M (2016). “What does it mean to be a girl? Teachers’ Representations of Gender in Supplementary Reading Materials for South African Schools”. Journal of Literacy Research. Vol. 48 (4) 394-422. SAGE
  • Sethusha MJ (2015). An exploration of the challenges facing underperforming schools in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Journal of Educational Studies, (JES), ISSN1680-7456 University of Venda.

Paper presentations

International

  • London International Conference on Education (LICE) 7–10 November 2011, London (UK)
  • Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE) 3–5 October 2011, London (UK)
  • Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society (HKICEPS) 19-21 December 2013
  • Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society (HKICEPS) 14-16 December 2014
  • 9th International Conference  on Teaching, Education and Learning (ICTEL), Bangkok, Thailand  19-20 December 2015
  • Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society (HKICEPS) 14-16 December 2016

Domestic

  • Early Childhood Education International Conference, 10-12 October 2012: UNISA
  • The 3rd International Conference on Teaching Practice in Education (ICTPED) 14-15 March 2017

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • SARAECE member
  • SACE (educator)

Fellowship Awards

  • UNISA - Research Support for Young and Developing Scholars - Vision keepers Award, June 2013-July 2016.

 

Projects

  • Vhembe School Improvement Strategies: Limpopo, South Africa
  • Dynamics of Space in South African Schools
  • Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership B.Ed Foundation Phase Project

Other

  • Ministerial Appointee for Vuselela TVET council