The focus area in which the Department works
is Educational Change.
| Name, Highest Qualification, Institution |
Brief Profile of Research Interest |
Amsterdam, Christina E (Dr)
PhD University of South Carolina, USA |
Christina Amsterdam’s research interests
include the following: education and human
rights, school integration/desegregation
and social cohesion, accountability, the
financing of education and the economics
of education. |
Beckmann, Johan L (Prof)
D Ed University of Pretoria |
Johan Beckmann’s research interests
include the following: education and human
rights, school integration/desegregation
and social cohesion, accountability, value-driven
schools, human rights and values, decentralisation
and centralisation (balancing rights). His
most recent books include Equal educational
opportunities: Comparative Education Law
perspectives (2005, co-editor), and Human
rights and living values (2006, forthcoming,
co-authored). |
Chalufu, Sibusiso (Mr)
M Ed State University of New York
M Ed University of Bristol, UK |
Sibusiso Chalufu’s research interests
include the following: the efficacy of school
leadership preparation programs; mergers
and institutional cultures in higher education;
change management; organizational development;
basic education: the development of high
capacity instruction for mathematics and
science. He contributed a chapter in a book:
Mergers in Higher Education (2002) and was
one of the researchers in the baseline study
in the Evaluation of School Management Development
and Governance Training in Gauteng (2004). |
Herman, Chaya (Dr)
PhD University of Pretoria |
Chaya Herman’s research interests
and activities include the following: restructuring
and change in education, education policy
research, globalization and education, new
managerialism, religious education, private
education, doctoral education in South Africa
and qualitative research with a special
focus on the role of emotions in research.
Her first book is Prophets and Profits,
Managerialism and the Restructuring of Jewish
Schools in SA (2005, forthcoming). |
Heystek, Jan (Dr)
PhD University of Pretoria |
Jan Heystek’s research interests
include school improvement, school culture
and climate studies; school governance and
management; principal leadership; and the
factors that motivate adults to study through
distance education. |
Jansen, Jonathan (Prof)
PhD Stanford University |
Jonathan Jansen’s research interests
concern mergers and institutional cultures
in higher education, racial integration
in former white schools, international targets
and benchmarking in developing countries,
and education policy reform in Southern
Africa with a specific focus on the school
curriculum. His most recent books include
Mergers in Higher Education (2002, co-authored),
Education and Equity (2005, co-authored),
Equal educational opportunities: Comparative
Education Law perspectives (2005, co-editor),
Authority and Pedagogy in Third World Classrooms
(2006, forthcoming). |
Joubert, Hendrika J (Dr)
PhD University of Pretoria |
Rika Joubert’s research foci include
studies in school governance, education
law, and school discipline. She co-authored
a book on Learner Discipline (2005). |
Mabe, Tshwene J (Mr)
MPA University of Pretoria |
Tshwene Mabe’s research interests
include staff development through collaboration,
staff retention and motivation. His other
broad interests are educational management
and educational psychology. |
Mampane, Sharon T(Ms)
M Ed University of Pretoria |
Sharon Mampane’s research interests
include leadership and management; the management
of change as a determinant of school climate;
school governance; school discipline and
pastoral care and education law. |
Nieuwenhuis, Frederik Johannes (Dr)
D Ed, University of South Africa
M Diac UNISA |
Jan Nieuwenhuis’ research interests
span a number of fields including values
and human rights in education, education
management theory and practice, as well
as research methodology and philosophy in
education. |
Nkomo, Mokubung (Prof)
PhD University of Massachusetts |
Mokubung Nkomo’s current research
interests are primarily in the following
areas: diversity in school environments
and how schools can promote social cohesion;
and equity and access in higher education.
His most recent books include Reflections
on School Integration (2004, co-authored);
and Within the Realm of Possibility: From
Disadvantage to Development at the University
of Fort Hare and University of the North
(2006, forthcoming). |
Phendla, Thidziambi (Dr)
PhD Michigan State University |
Thidziambi Phendla’s research interests
incorporate women in leadership with a specific
focus on the school principal, educational
change, educational leadership and social
justice, leadership and gender equality.
|
Prinsloo, I J (Sakkie) (Dr)
D Ed University of South Africa |
Sakkie Prinsloo’s research interests
include the following: education management
and leadership training programme, leadership
and management of learning in education,
education law, school safety; professional
and labour ethics; state interference in
the governance of public schools; sexual
harassment and violence in schools. |
Sehoole, Mollathegi Trevor (Dr)
PhD University of the Witwatersrand |
Chika Sehoole’s research interests
include higher education policy reforms,
mergers in higher education, restructuring
in higher education, transnational education
including GATS and higher education trade.
His new book (Longman 2005) is on the history
and politics of higher education policymaking
in South Africa. |
Sithole, Isaac Jabulani (Dr)
PhD University of Oklahoma |
Jabulani Sithole’s research interests
revolve around learner rights, the democratization
of the South African education system, the
racial desegregation of schools and the
legal aspects of teaching. He is currently
working on disciplinary and school safety
issues with the legal focus on ‘the
best interests of the child.’ |
Snyman, Sheryl Estelle (Dr)
PhD University of Pretoria |
Sheryl Snyman’s research activities
include the exploration of management models
for higher education, skills training integration
in former private schools, international
benchmarking of skills training in developing
countries, and quality management policy
structures in BEE companies in Southern
Africa. |
Van der Bank, Anna Johanna (Prof)
PhD University of Pretoria |
Anita van der Bank’s research interests
and activities include the following: quality
assurance in higher education, leadership
in relation to African philosophies of education;
managing quality student support in Distance
Education; and the management of change
in the educational environment. |
Van Rooyen, Jean W (Mr)
M Ed University of Pretoria |
Jean van Rooyen’s research interests
and activities include change management
and governance in educational institutions,
leadership and management styles and financial
management and entrepreneurship in education.
|
Van Vollenhoven, Willem (Mr)
MEd University of Pretoria |
Willem van Vollenhoven’s research
interests and activities include the study
of human rights in schools; and learner
understandings of the right to freedom of
expression. He trains in the area of education
law. |