Prof A Muthivhi

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Children and young people’s learning and development in rapidly changing sociocultural contexts of schooling. Prof Muthivhi's work is grounded on Vygotsky’s sociocultural and cultural-historical research framework, exploring the relevance and implications of the research methodologies emanating from this research tradition, as well as the implications of its conceptual framework for the specific and unique learning and developmental contexts of schooling and society in contemporary South Africa, and the African sub-continent more broadly. 

Prof K Bipath

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Early Childhood Care and Education, Professionalising Early Childhood Development Teachers, Policy Implementation and Leadership in ECD, Play and Transformational Pedagogy in the early years.

Dr NS Thuketana

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Inclusive education, learning difficulties and learning support.

Dr J West

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Language education; Reading assessment; Multilingualism in South African Foundation Phase classrooms; Translanguaging in South African Foundation Phase classrooms; Ethnocentrism within teacher education and Teacher education. 

Dr F Masola

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Childhood adversity and fear of young children. 

Dr N Swanepoel

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Early Mathematics, Foundation Phase, professional development and participatory action research (PAR). 

Dr K Willemse

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The teaching and learning of coding and robotics.