News

  • One new NRF rating as well as two re-ratings

    Posted on January 20, 2015

    The Faculty of Education has recently received two NRF re-ratings and one brand-new rating.

  • Two new professors in the Faculty

    Posted on January 20, 2015

    From 1 January 2015 onwards Dr Ina Joubert and Dr Pieter du Toit are promoted to the level of associate professor.

  • Honorary membership of Golden Key awarded to Prof Kobus Maree

    Posted on January 20, 2015

    Prof Kobus Maree was awarded honorary membership of the Golden Key International Honour Society.

  • An exploration of education

    Posted on May 15, 2014

    Students studying for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in UP’s Faculty of Education were taken on a two-week educational adventure in April 2014. The students, specialising in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) phase, discovered t

  • Spotlight on role of language in educational development

    Posted on October 24, 2013

    Dr Alta Engelbrecht from the Department of Humanities Education represented the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof Irma Eloff, at the 10th International Language and Development Conference that took place at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Cape Town from 1

  • Music lecturer continuously motivates students

    Posted on February 08, 2013

    Ms Ronel de Villiers, Music Lecturer in the Department of Humanities Education, has this year once again been recognised for her outstanding work when she received the Unisa Prestige Award for Teaching Music Theory during 2012 .

  • New signatures in the spotlight

    Posted on August 29, 2012

    The Sasol New Signatures National Art Competition, of which Mr Peter Binsbergen of the Department of Humanities Education is the National Chair, won the Business and Arts South Africa award in the Category: Increasing access to the arts award.

  • Lecturers from the Department of Humanities Education visit Lebone College

    Posted on August 15, 2012

    On Friday, 27 July 2012, a delegation of the Department of Humanities Education visited Lebone College close to Rustenburg in order to forge links with the colleagues with the eye on possible collaboration in future.

  • Humanities Education welcomes new Head of Department

    Posted on July 11, 2012

    The Department of Humanities Education is pleased to announce that Prof Saloshna Vandeyar is instated as acting Head of Department as from 1 July 2012. She takes over the reigns from Prof Adelia Carstens.

  • Humanities Education staff member contributes to publication and conference

    Posted on June 19, 2012

    Lizette de Jager contributed a chapter to the recently published 3rd edition of 'Getting Practical: A guide to teaching and learning', a joint South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) and Oxford University Press publication.

  • Methodologies workshop held

    Posted on February 28, 2012

    The lecturers for the subject Languages Methodologies, Ms Dina Cloete (Afrikaans) and Ms Lizette de Jager (English) organised a very successful Microsoft workshop for 4th year pre-service teachers on 22 February 2012.

  • Lecturer awarded for teaching excellence

    Posted on October 14, 2011

    Dr Hanlie Dippenaar, from the Department of Humanities Education, has recently been informed that she will be awarded a commendation award at the National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards 2011.

  • Faculty trains top teachers through PGCE

    Posted on March 29, 2011

    The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) programme has opened doors to many students with a Bachelor's degree, such as a BA, a BCom or a BSc degree, who wish to teach.

  • The Pretoria Children's Choir Reunion

    Posted on March 29, 2011

    The Pretoria Children's Choir functioned under the auspices of the University of Pretoria for 32 years. The first conductor was Barbara Veenemans [1967]; in 1968 she was succeeded by Petru Gr

  • Education Professor internationally recognized for her research on diversity

    Posted on February 18, 2011

    Prof Saloshna Vandeyar of the Department of Humanities Education in the Faculty of Education, was selected as the recipient of the Mid-Career Award for 2011, which was made by the Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Education Resea

  • 'Lost Boy' speaks at Groenkloof Campus

    Posted on July 28, 2010

    Aher Arop Bol, or also known as Santino, a refugee from the Sudanese war and writer of 'The Lost Boy', was the guest speaker to the PGCE Language Didactics students on Thursday 22 July 2010.

  • New name for our choir

    Posted on July 09, 2010

    The Groenkloof Student Choir will now be known as the Edu-Cantare choir.

  • Science Review Session Held at Mae Jemison

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    On Monday, May 17 at the Mae Jemison U.S. Science Reading Room, students gathered for extra help to prepare for upcoming exams in Life Sciences.

  • Staff members distribute books in Malelane

    Posted on February 02, 2010

    Members of the Department of Humanities Education and the Faculty of Education spent a weekend distributing books in the Malelane district in November 2009.

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