Department Adult Community and Continuing Education

Dr Van der Nest

College of Education
School of Educational Studies
Department: Adult Basic Education
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 484 1162
E-mail: evdnesa@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD (UP)
  • MEd (UNISA)
  • B. Ed (Hons) (UNISA)
  • BSc (HED) (UP)

Currently teaching

ABT 3724 Curriculum Development in 

Fields of academic interests

  • Teacher Professional Development
  • Formative Assessment practices in Mathematics Education
  • Mathematics and Numeracy  skills

Field of Specialisation

  • Mathematics, Life Science Education
  • Teacher Professional Development
  • Adult Learning, curriculum development

Books

Book chapters:

  • A. van der Nest, C.Long & J. Engelbrecht (2017). The Impact of Formative assessment activities on the development of teacher agency in mathematics teachers  in  Book of Abstracts, 25th Annual Meeting of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science & Technology Education (SAARMSTE), Sun Media, Bloemfontein.

Journal articles

  • Conference:  SAARMSTE, 2017, The impact of formative assessment activities on the development of teacher agency in mathematics teachers
  • Van der Nest A.,Long C., Engelbrecht J.(2018). The impact of formative assessment activities on the development of teacher agency in mathematics teachers. SAJE (to be published in February 2018.

Projects

  • Assessment Enhanced Teaching and Learning (AETL)