Department of Inclusive Education

Prof MG Clasquin-Johnson

College of Education
School of Educational Studies
Department: Inclusive Education
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 481 2783
E-mail: clasqmg@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Autism spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Early identification and learning support
  • Education Policy

Qualifications

  • PhD (Education Policy Studies), University of Pretoria
    Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. 2011. Responses of early childhood teachers to curriculum change in South Africa. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Pretoria: University of Pretoria.

Currently teaching

  • EDS4803 Effective Strategies for Inclusion
  • HED4810 Putting Inclusive Education into context
  • CSUAS16 Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • CSUAS17 Inclusion Strategies for Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • MPEDU & DPEDU Masters and PhD Students working on Autism and Inclusive Education

Fields of academic interests

  • Autism and Inclusion
  • Early identification and learning support for learners with autism

Field of Specialisation

  • Inclusive education for learners with autism
  • Early Childhood Education

Books

Chapters in Books

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. & Phala, T. (in press). Promoting inclusive pedagogies by embracing cultural and linguistic diversity. In Ebrahim, H., Waniganayake, M., Hannaway, D. & Modise, M. Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment: A Handbook for Early Childhood Education. Midrand: Pearson.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (in press). Working with support services to enhance children’s learning and development.  In Ebrahim, H., Waniganayake, M., Hannaway, D. & Modise, M. Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment: A Handbook for Early Childhood Education. Midrand: Pearson.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2020). Framing Autism in Clasquin-Johnson, M.G., Mahlo, F.D. & Clasquin-Johnson, M. Autism: African perspectives, Vol I. Pretoria: UNISA Press.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2017). Who is the Young Child? in Evans, R., Joubert, J.C. & Meier, C. (Eds.) Introducing Children’s Literature: A Guide to the South African Classroom. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2011) Programmes and Institutions for Early Childhood Development, in Meyer, C. & Marais, P. (Eds.) Management of Early Childhood Development Programmes. 2nd edition. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Van Staden, C.J.S., Clasquin-Johnson, M.G., Johnson, F. & Marais, P. (2011). Managing Staff, in Meyer, C. & Marais, P. (Eds.) The Education of Young Children. Management of Early Childhood Development Programmes. 2ND Edition. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2011). Managing Learners in Early Childhood Development in in Meyer, C. & Marais, P. (Eds.) Management of Early Childhood Development Programmes. 2nd Edition. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Journal articles

Pillay, P.P. & Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2019). Focus on Play. A South African Community-Initiated Opportunity for Quality Early Learning through Play. Exchange May/June 2019. Dimensions Educational Research Foundation. ExchangePress.com

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. & Clasquin-Johnson, M. (2018). “How deep are your pockets?” Autoethnographic reflections on the cost of raising a child with autism. African Journal of Disability, 7(1). ISSN: 2223-9170 online ISSN: 2226-7220.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2016). Now and then: Revisiting early childhood teachers’ reactions to curriculum change, South African Journal of Childhood Education, 6(1), a408. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v6i1.408

ISSN: (Online) 2223-7682, (Print) 2223-7674

Paper presentations

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. 2009. Preschool Teachers as Curriculum Developers in their Responses to Curriculum Change – paper presented at the 3rd Triennial Conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies 7-10 September 2009, Somerset West. Rethinking

Curriculum Studies; Sub-theme: Teachers as Curriculum Developers.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G., Joubert, I. & Hartell, C. (2010). Hassling about Homework? Here’s the Answer. http://mg.co.za/article/2010-10-13-hassling-about-homework-heres-the-answer Accessed from the World Wide Web 2014/09/18. Originally printed in the Mail & Guardian.

Clasquin-Johnson, M.G. (2007). Municipal pre-reception year (birth to four) early childhood development programmes in South Africa: research undertaken by the Department of Early Childhood Development, University of Pretoria, Paper prepared for the Development Bank of South Africa, 24 October 2007, DBSA conference Midrand.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Women in Research Award, UNISA 2016: Curriculum adaptation for learners with autism spectrum disorder

Projects

  • Women in Research Award, UNISA 2016-2018: Curriculum adaptation for learners with autism spectrum disorder.
  • PIEECCE (Project on Inclusive Early Childhood Care and Education) 2017-2019 to develop a Diploma in Early Care and Education or Dip (ECCE) and a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Care and Education Degree or BEd (ECCE) to professionalise the ECD field.

Other

Supervised to completion:

  • Langa, S. M Ed, 2020
  • Kondjela, A. M Ed, 2020
  • Boda, S. PhD, 2021