Posted on February 22, 2023
UP faculties took stock of lessons learnt and what still needs to be done to recognise and embrace different forms of knowledge at the University’s Senate Conference on Curriculum Transformation.
Posted on January 18, 2023
Two staff members from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Mr Mishack Tshele and Mr Gabriel Mokoena, joined delegates at the national workshop on Improving the Quality of Assessment at School Level, organised by the Department of Basic Education at its offices in Pretoria. The purpose...
Posted on January 18, 2023
Prof. Funke Omidire attended the fifth RESEP Quantitative Education Research Conference at the STIAS Conference Centre in Stellenbosch on 12 and 13 September, 2022. There were a number of interesting and informative presentations.
Posted on January 18, 2023
The team of four colleagues, Prof. Rinelle Evans, Mr Hendrick De Kock, Mr Gabriel Mokoena and Ms Taslima Ahmed from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) met with the Directorate of Research, Western Cape Education Department (WCED), The School Development Unit (SDU) of the University of...
Posted on November 24, 2022
During two weeks in September, Dr West and other international experts served on an academic review panel for the Namibian National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) to review three programmes offered by the University of Namibia (UNAM).
Posted on November 24, 2022
In preparation for an exhibition at the UP Student Gallery, third-year art education students were expected to critically and creatively create a body of work in which they identified a challenge or issue dealt with in their daily lives.
Posted on November 24, 2022
Thinking Schools South Africa (TSSA) was privileged to present the TSSA Spring Roadshow in collaboration with Leslee Udwin, founder of Think Equal.
Posted on November 24, 2022
On 1 November 2022, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof Chika Sehoole, took time to congratulate education students who had won medals at the Commonwealth Games that were held in Birmingham in the United Kingdom from 28 July until 8 August 2022.
Posted on November 24, 2022
It was an honour to present the preliminary findings of my study at the 2022 WALS conference, which was held in Malaysia from 19 to 23 September 2022. This would not have happened if my supervisor, Dr Sekao, had not encouraged me to submit a paper. The conference was attended by approximately 800...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Faculty of Education’s Teaching and Learning Awards event, which is held annually to celebrate and thank outstanding academics from the various departments for their dedication, took place in the foyer of the Groenkloof Auditorium on 1 November 2022.
Posted on November 24, 2022
This article pays tribute to the role of played by teachers who sacrificed their time and lives during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that teaching and learning continued.
Posted on November 24, 2022
A symposium that involved teachers, academics, and researchers to explore Coding and Robotics implementation at school level.
Posted on November 24, 2022
After four years of collaboration with the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (SMTE), the interactive session on coding and robotics has become a much- anticipated annual event. This year Early Childhood Education (ECE) students were treated to coding and robotics with a...
Posted on November 24, 2022
Jovan van Vuuren, a master’s student in Humanities Education and Higher Certificate in Sport Sciences teaching assistant recently shared his remarkable journey—which led to winning a bronze medal in the long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games—with Sports Science students.
Posted on November 24, 2022
The University of Pretoria and the Zenex Foundation have taken hands in a groundbreaking project called ‘Ulwazi Lwethu’.
Posted on November 24, 2022
‘I feel honored to have been able to offer a helping hand. It is really gratifying to be part of a university that cares about the community.’ These were the words of Siyabonga Bukhali, a Higher Certificate in Sports Sciences student at the University of Pretoria who attended the...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Southern African Geography Teachers’ Association (SAGTA), in partnership and collaboration with the Independent Examinations Board (IEB), Kartoza (an open-source GIS service provider) and the University of Pretoria, has launched the online Geospatial Data Science Certificate (GDSC) for...
Posted on November 24, 2022
On 20 October 2022, Department of Human Movement and Higher Certificate in Sports Sciences students in the Faculty of Education hosted an athletics day for their students on the Groenkloof athletics field. The event included long jump, athletics and relay races.
Posted on November 24, 2022
The Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Gold Medal is awarded in recognition of meritorious contributions to Geography in Southern Africa. Recipients of the medal are granted honorary lifelong membership of the Society. This year, the SSAG awarded gold medals to Dr Clinton van der Merwe...
Posted on November 24, 2022
The University of Pretoria branch of the National Education Health Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) took a conscious decision when it was decided to elect Dr Xolani Khohliso, an academic staff member from the Groenkloof Constituency, Faculty of Education, as its Branch Deputy Secretary.
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