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Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future
Delivering her address at the Unisa College of Education World Teachers' Day 2020 celebration, CEO of the South African Council of Educators, Ella Mokgalane, said that to empower and capacitate a teacher is to invest in the future of the profession and the nation. Read more
Unbroken and unbowed
"Mine is a story of entry into mining slave labour and slave wages," says Prof Moeketsi Letseka, incumbent of the UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa, "but it's a positive story, a story of triumph." He was speaking to Tumelo Motaung on her Facebook blog, A Read Black Girl.
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Encouraging women in the STEM academic space
Unisa's Prof Zingiswa Jojo from the College of Education is leading the charge to increase the number of girls studying mathematics in high school so they can pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related courses at tertiary level.
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Refining a career in open, distance and e-learning
As a postdoctoral fellow in the UNESCO Chair on ODL at Unisa, Dr Mmabaledi Kefilwe Seeletso says you cannot practise something that you have not learnt. You have to adopt a tendency of earning while learning, so that you can appreciate the uniqueness of this philosophy.”
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Invisible women, invisible problems
Unisa's Dr Sizakele Matlabe drew attention to her latest research findings on the plight of widows when she was interviewed on The Kings Suite by Metro FM.
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Rattling the innovative space in ODeL
Professors Moeketsi Letseka, Mpine Makoe and Sindile Ngubane-Mokiwa have set up a doctoral consortium that aims to create a cohort of specialists that will boost and advance the whole agenda of Unisa being a leading open, distance and e-learning institution. Read more
Education in SA is yearning for change
Dr Motladi Setlhako of Unisa's College of Education says Covid-19 has given the nation a wake-up call. 4IR will bring with it a new world of work and today's teachers have to prepare our youth for this environment. This means an accelerated programme of professional development for educators has to be introduced. Read more
Keeping alive conversations on critical issues
The outbreak of Covid-19 has created serious challenges for education and we need to resort to new ways of thinking and engaging, said Prof Moeketsi Letseka, incumbent of the UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa, at the opening of a new webinar series. Read more
ODeL as a career path is challenging, yet satisfying
Open, distance and e-learning is a niche area that has not been well researched and therefore offers many unique opportunities for Unisans, says Geesje van den Berg, Professor of Curriculum and Instructional Studies in the College of Education. Read more
Unisa committed to developing young academics
Newly NRF-rated Prof Lindelani Mnguni believes that research should not be 'a job' but a passion, something that keeps you awake through the night. "When the playing ground is level, there is so much more that young African scholars can achieve." Read more
