Experts directory

Prof VA Nkonyane

College of Education
School of Teacher Education
Department: Curriculum and Instructional Studies
Associate Professor
Tel: 012 429 6210
E-mail: nkonyva@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Curriculum studies
  • Decolonisation pedagogy
  • Gratitude in Education (GiE)
  • Rural education
  • Teacher development

Qualifications

  • DTech
  • MEd
  • Bed
  • BA Ed
  • PGDE in EdPsy
  • PTC

Currently teaching

  • TPN3703

Fields of academic interests

Research interest:

  • Decolonization Pedagogy; Ubuntu as a research theory; Africanization of curriculum; poverty, socio-economic class and race issues and how these manifest themselves in education (academic performance), especially of the rural communities

Field of Specialisation

  • Curriculum Studies 

Projects

  • Vhembe District Project on improving performance in Maths and Science; The 500 schools Project on improvement of learner performance in South African underperforming schools.

Other

Postgraduate Supervision:

  • Supervising 10 MEd students