• Inclusive Education in ECD & Foundation Phase
• Learner and Teacher Support
• Human Rights & Social Justice

• Curriculum Differentiation
• Inclusion and early learning
• Inclusive Education policy

Books edited:

• Mary Clasquin- Johnson, Dikeledi Mahlo & Michel Clasquin-Johnson. (Eds). 2020. Autism- Perspectives from Africa. UNISA PRESS, Pretoria.
• Nareadi Phasha, Dikeledi Mahlo & George J Sefa Dei (Eds). 2017. Inclusive Education in African Context, A critical reader. Sense Publishers, The Netherlands.

Book chapters:

• Dikeledi Mahlo, Kenneth Kapalu Muzata & Kalisto Kalimposo. 2021. Effective strategies to combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices in different sectors of the society on inclusive education in Maguvhe, Maapola-Thobejane & Malahlela, (Eds). Strengthening inclusive education from ECD to post-school education, Van Schaik Publishers.
• Kenneth Kapalu Muzata & Dikeledi Mahlo. 2021. Empowering students and ensuring inclusiveness, equity and equality through ICT  in Maguvhe, Maapola-Thobejane & Malahlela, (Eds). Strengthening inclusive education from ECD to post-school education, Van Schaik Publishers.
• Dikeledi Mahlo & Hlabathi Maapola- Thobejane. 2020. Early identification and Differentiation for learners with Autism in Autism, Perspectives from Africa Clasquin- Johnson, Mahlo & Clasquin- Johnson (Eds). UNISA PRESS.
• Nareadi Phasha & Dikeledi Mahlo. 2020. Developing inclusive Grade R classrooms in Davin. R & Van Staden, (Eds). Handbook for Grade R: Pearson(2^nd edition), Pearson Publishers.
• Mahlo, D. 2019. Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Early Childhood Education (South Africa). In Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury Academic. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350995932.0007.
• TM Makoelle & D Mahlo . 2019. Action Research and student learning in Action Research in South Africa: A critical Praxis, Towards a critical emancipatory discourse.  T Makoelle (Ed). Sun Media, Bloemfontein.
• Dikeledi Mahlo. 2017. Rethinking Inclusive Education in Africa in Inclusive in African Contexts, a critical reader, TN Phasha, FD Mahlo, G Dei (Eds). Sense Publishers, The Netherlands.
• Dikeledi Mahlo. 2016. Defining Inclusive Education, Inclusive Teaching and Inclusive classroom: In T Makoelle, MP Van der Merwe (Eds) Inclusive Teaching in South Africa. Sun Media, Bloemfontein. Pp.3-20.
• D Tlale & Dikeledi Mahlo. 2016. Inclusive Education and Ubuntu in an Open Distance Learning context in Letseka M (Ed) Open Distance Learning (ODL) through the philosophy of Ubuntu . Nova Science Publishers: New York. Pp .163-179.
• Francina Mahlo & Janet Condy. 2016. Learning support in inclusive settings in Inclusive education, an African perspective. Nareadi Phasha & Janet Condy (Eds). Oxford University Press, Southern Africa.

Dikeledi Mahlo. 2017. Teaching learners with diverse needs in the Foundation Phase in Gauteng Province, South Africa. SAGE OPEN, Special Issue-Student Diversity, January-March 2017, 1-9.

P Subban & D Mahlo. 2017. “My attitude, my responsibility” Investigating the attitudes and intentions of pre-service teachers toward inclusive education between teacher preparation cohorts in Melbourne and Pretoria, (International Journal of Inclusive Education). International Journal of Inclusive Education (IJES) 21 (4) 441-461.

M Marishane, NM Marishane & D Mahlo. 2015. Teacher Capacity for Curriculum Differentiation in teaching Foundation Phase Mathematics. International Journal of Educational Sciences. (Int J Edu Sci), 11 (3) 253-265.

L.S.T. Maphoso and D. Mahlo. 2015. Teacher’s Qualifications and Academic Achievement: A comparative study among Boarding and Non- Boarding schools. Journal of Social Sciences (JSS), 42 (1 ,2) 51-58.

Pitsoane, E, Mahlo, D, Lethole, P. 2015. UNISA E-tutors’ Perception, Experiences and Views of Active Learning. International Journal of Education Sciences. (Int J Edu Sci) 9 (1) 29-36.

Dikeledi Mahlo. 2015. Class size and Academic Achievement between Boarding and Non-Boarding Schools: A comparative Study. International Journal of Educational Sciences (IJES

International:

• Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA) Conference. Inclusive Classrooms and Teacher Education. University of Lagos, Nigeria, 22 -26 July 2019.
• 44^th SASE Annual International Conference 2017. Special Education Teachers Involvement in Curriculum Development in Zambia: Implications for implementation. K Muzata, D Mahlo & PL Mabunda. Phakalane Golf Estate , Botswana, 4-6 October 2017.
• 8^th Annual International Conference on education and new learning Technologies. EDULEARN16. Barcelona, Spain. 4-6 July 2016.
• International Society for Teacher Education (isfte).  Where to from now? The future Learners with intellectual impairments. Kruger National Park. 17-22 April 2016.

National:

• Every teacher is capable of teaching all students. NWU Optentia Research Focus, Teacher Education Conference, 7-8 June 2017.
  • Inclusive Education is everyone’s business. Inclusive Education Workshop. Intundla Lodge, Pretoria, 14-15 April 2016.

• 8^th Annual International Conference on education and new learning Technologies. EDULEARN16. Barcelona, Spain. 4-6 July 2016.

• Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke Institute Bring Her Up Women of Firsts Award in the category Education and Research Award, 2019.
• Developing Researcher Women’s Award, 2015
• Emerging Researcher Grant (UNISA Research & Innovation), 2015-2016
• NRF (National Research Foundation) Knowledge Interchange    Collaboration (KIC), 2013.
• Young Academics Award-2009

• DHET Developing capacity for academic and non-academic staff to support students with disabilities at UNISA.
• Developing Grade R teachers for Inclusion in rural areas.
• Curriculum adaptation for learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Co-Investigator)
• Teaching for All -European Union Funded Project