Celebrating International Literacy Day with community outreach project

Posted on September 27, 2013

International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8 September annually, after being declared by Unesco in 1965. Dr Nkidi Phatudi, lecturer in the Department of Early Childhood Education, helped arrange a literacy day at Itireleng Primary School in Temba, Hamman

Lecturers invited to Italy for conference and graduation

Posted on September 26, 2013

Dr Ina Joubert and Ms Annalie Botha, lecturers in the Department of Early Childhood Education, were recently invited to present papers at the International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE), which was held at the Mercure West Rome Hotel in Ro

Teaching literacy under the magnifying glass at Kenya conference

Posted on September 10, 2013

Dr Ina Joubert and Mrs Gloria Ledwaba, lecturers in die Department of Early Childhood Education, presented a paper at the recent Distance Education and Teachers' Training in Africa (DETA) conference, held at the Nairobi University in Kenya.

Building the Africa-Asia dialogue: Academics from Japan visit Early Childhood Education

Posted on August 27, 2013

The Department of Early Childhood Education is hosting two academics from Japan. Prof Hideaki Shibuya from Tokyo Gakugei University and Prof Kazuto Kogawa from Tokyo Women

DRC child soldier motivates Education students

Posted on March 18, 2013

Mr Joshua Sadike from the Democratic Republic of Congo visited the Faculty of Education on 13 March 2013 to share his motivational life story with the Life Orientation students.

UP lecturer involved in brand new series for Foundation Phase

Posted on February 06, 2013

Dr Ina Joubert from the Department of Early Childhood Education was involved in a new Afrikaans series for the Foundation Phase. The goal of this

Early Childhood Education student to visit James Madison

Posted on March 20, 2012

Salmita Madingoaneng will be visiting James Madison University in the United States for several months - starting next week. Salmita has been a star student in the Department of Early Childhood Education's B Ed-degree in Early Childhood Development and F

Students from the James Madison University, Virginia, USA, and TUKS ECE students in conversation

Posted on October 20, 2011

When Kayleigh Anderson, Donve Deacon, Megan Lones, Salmita Madingoaneng and Thakgalo Moagi all ECD 3rd year students met 14 American students from James Madison University, Virginia, they were all strangers.