Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies

Prof M Tshelane

College of Education
School of Teacher Education
Department: Curriculum and Instructional Studies
Associate Professor
Tel: 012 429 4444
E-mail: tshelamd@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD Education (Curriculum Studies) (UFS)

Currently teaching

  • CUS3701

Fields of academic interests

  • Sustainable Curriculum Practice
  • Participatory Action Research
  • M&D Cohort Supervisory Pedagogies

Field of Specialisation

  • Postgraduate Studies
  • integration of Information and Communication Technology in teaching
  • Teaching Economics

Books

  • Tshelane, M.D., 2021.School leadership and teacher appraisal, performance and professional development in South African schools. In School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa Perspectives, Achievements and Future Challenges Post-Apartheid Edited By Tsediso Michael Makoelle, Thabo Makhalemele., Pierre du Plessis ISBN 9780367639327. Publisher. Routledge

  • Tshelane M.D., 2020.Chapter 14 Sustainable Professional Curriculum Practice for School Leadership Capacity Building. Curriculum Theory, Curriculum Theorising, and the Theoriser: The African Theorising Perspective, Editors: Kehdinga George Fomunyam and Simon Bheki Khoza. ISBN: 978-90-04-44793-6 Publisher: Brill | Sense

  • Tshelane MD.2016. Chapter 6 Developing and using teaching resources in EMS and Chapter 7 Using social media as an information and communication technology tool in EMS classrooms co- Teaching EMS in the Senior Phase edited by Micheal van Wyk and Karen Dos Reis, ISBN 9780190407346, published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa in Cape Town.

  • Tshelane, M.D. 2014.Social networking for School Management Teams, A communicative strategy for a sustainable learning environment. In Wolhuter, C.C. (Ed) Education and Societal Dynamics: Possibility for Educational Change In the Southern African Region. Proceedings of 2012 of SACHES Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society conference. Summerstrand Hotel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 30 October 2012 to 1 November 2012. (ISBN :978-1-86822-648-1)

Journal articles

  • Tshelane, M.2024.Assessing the Scholarship of Curriculum Practices and the Lived Experiences of Postgraduate Students in a Higher Learning Space. E-journal of humanities, arts, and social Sciences (EHASS)-ISSN 2720-7722.Issue. Vol.4 No.12 Special Issue article 19 pp.230-241

  • Mphatsoane, L. and Tshelane, M., 2023. Lived Experiences of Accounting Teachers in Selected Motheo District Schools in the Covid-19 Era: A Sustainable Curriculum Practice Approach. Journal of Educational Studies, 22(2), pp.24-39.

  • Mphuthi, M and Tshelane, M.2022.Online educational technologies as a curriculum approach in teaching and learning for first year pre-service teachers. EDULEARN23. Proceedings.ISSN2340-1117.15th international conference of education and new learning technologies.Palma.Spain.

  • Mphuthi, M and Tshelane, M.2022. Reflections by pre-service economic and management science teachers on their experiences of remote learning in curriculum practice. Proceedings of the international conference on education and new developments. World institute for advanced research and Science (WIARS), Portugal.

  • Louw, J and Tshelane, M.2022. Teacher-gender: Experiences of male teachers in the foundation phase in South African schools. Proceedings of the international conference on education and new developments. World institute for advanced research and Science (WIARS), Portugal.

  • Mphuti, M and Tshelane. M. 2022. Pre-Service Teachers’ Academic Identity and their Lived Experiences in Remote Learning: The New Normal in Curriculum Practice, E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS) - ISSN 2720-7722, Issue: Vol.3 11 October 2022 Post COVID-19 Special Issue  Article 12 pp.158-170

  • Tshelane, M.D., 2022. Reimagining Responsible Research Innovations Regarding Professional Teaching Standards for Curriculum Practice. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 5(1), pp.92-105.

  • Tshelane, M, 2022. Dismantling the silo-thinking towards improved curriculum practice in a Rural school. INTED2022, Proceedings at the 16th international Technology, education, and development conference. 7th -8th of March 2022.iated

  • Tshelane, M, 2021.Conceptualisation of active teaching and learning: A curriculum practice approach. Srisawasdi, N. et al. (Eds.) (2021). Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Educational Research. Thailand: Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University.

  • Tshelane M, 2021.Improving the Teaching of Business Studies Using Web 2.0 Technologies in Curriculum Practice. Srisawasdi, N. et al. (Eds.) (2021). Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Educational Research. Thailand: Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University.

  • Tshelane, E. and Tshelane, M., 2021. Cultural and Religious Influences on Adolescent Sexual Behaviour and the use of Participatory Visual Methodology by Basotho Learners in South Africa. African Journal of Religion, Philosophy and Culture, 2(1), pp.39-56.

  • Dube and Tshelane, M.D. 2017.The conundrum of the Public Service Commission in Zimbabwean school supervision: Foucauldian view of power dynamics. Journal of Contemporary Management, Vol.17,ppX1-X2.

  • Tshelane, M.D. Using information communication technologies for teaching and learning in a South African secondary school: A participatory Action Research study. ALARA, Vol. 2,2017, pp 80-97

  • Tshelane, M. and Mahlomaholo, S., 2015. Creating Sustainable Learning Environments for Professional Curriculum Leadership through Information and Communication Technologies. Journal of Higher Education in Africa/Revue de l’enseignement supèrieur en Afrique, 13(1-2), pp.193-212.

  • Tshelane, M.D., 2014. Democratic postgraduate student leadership for a sustainable learning environment: Part 1: exploration of the critical relationship between higher education and the development of democracy in South Africa. South African Journal of Higher Education, 28(3), pp.717-732.

  • Tshelane, E. and Tshelane, M., 2014. Enhancing Teachers’ Professional Curriculum Practice in Sex Education in a Grade Ten Life Orientation Class. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 4(6), p.287.

  • Tshelane, M.D., 2013. Participatory action research and the construction of academic identity among postgraduate research students. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 9(3), pp.401-429.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • NRF Part-Time PhD Grand Holder
  • Founder President of National Commerce Teachers Development Association
  • Associate Editor of Action Learning and Action Research Journal

Projects

  • Scholarship of Sustainable Curriculum Practice
  • Sustainable Learning Environments
  • integration of information and Communication technologies