Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies

Dr TB Maphumulo

College of Education
School of Teacher Education
Department: Curriculum and Instructional Studies
Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 4550
E-mail: emaphutb@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Curriculum differentiation
  • Teacher development & support

Qualifications

  • DPTD
  • BA (Education)
  • BED
  • ACE
  • ABET
  • B.Tech
  • MED

  • Philosophy of Education -PhD Curriculum Studies

Currently teaching

  • TPS3705

Fields of academic interests

  • Inclusive Teaching
  • Curriculum differentiation, Curriculum development
  • Mathematics education
  • Curriculum and assessment policy statements (CAPS)

Field of Specialisation

  • Teacher Professional Development, Mentorship
  • Inclusivity
  • Quality assurance
  • Education, pedagogy and practice

Journal articles

  • Maphumulo T. & Biccard P. (2024). “Teachers Identified Challenges to Implement Differentiated Instruction in Mainstream Primary School Mathematics Classrooms". Unnes Journal of Mathematics Education,13(1) 55-65.
  • Meyiwa, T., Cekiso, M., Maphumulo, T. & Mashudu C. Mashige, M.C. (2024). Black women’s lived experiences of informal street trading in East London, South Africa. Journal of Intercultural Communication (24) 2.
  • Taole, M., Naidu, K., Gcabashe, N., & Maphumulo, T. (2024). Supervisors' challenges with online supervision using Microsoft Teams in supervising open distance and e-learning (ODeL) pre-service teachers.  Teacher Education through Flexible Learning in Africa (TETFLE)

Paper presentations

  • The 12th Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR) held at Happy Valley Hotel, Ezulwini, Eswatini from 08 - 12 April 2024: Challenges encountered by the teachers when mentoring pre-service teachers during teaching practice.
  • 20 -21 October 2023 WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING CONFERENCE (WIL). Mentor teachers’ perceptions towards pre-service teachers’ readiness to teach Mathematics in selected primary schools in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Maphumulo, T. & Gcabashe, N.B.: UNISA.
  • CEDU Research and Innovation week: 01- 03 June 2022: Primary school mathematics teachers’ experiences of differentiated teaching in selected rural and peri-urban schools.
  • The 10th Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR) held at The Ranch Resort, Polokwane from 04 - 07 April 2022.: The role of the school-based support team in supporting teachers to cope with learners’ needs in a rural primary school
  • SAAMRTE online conference: The 19th Annual, (2nd Virtual), SAARMSTE Research School for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Hosted by Walter Sisulu University, Eastern Cape 5th – 30th July 2021
  • 9th Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR) that was held at Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 07-10 October 2019
  • International Conference on Education and Learning, 4-7 July 2018, Cape Town. Co- Co-presenter: Patricia Sibisi
  • “Possibilities of online education in South African TVET institutions”. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on E-Learning in Cape Town, July 2018.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Departmental quality assurance

  • SAARMSTE membership

Projects

  • Gratitude in Education Project – Mbhudula High School, Mpumalanga Province
  • Teaching for robust understandings in mathematics – Pretoria Primary School
  • CIS Project - Teaching for Robust Understanding in Mathematics: resources, contexts and opportunities