2019-07-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Education, Featured, Corporate
Help deprived learners
With extra coaching supplemented by a study camp event a fortnight before the final examination, matrics can receive guidance through cognitive engagement with subject content, supplemented by physical and emotional support, says Unisa's Prof Hettie van der Merwe.
2019-04-01 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Education, Featured, Corporate
Re-centring African languages
In her inaugural lecture, Prof Vivian Manyike argues for the equalisation and shared use of languages in higher education in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning in South Africa.
2019-03-13 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Education, Featured, Corporate
Unisa to tutor 72 000 teachers in new school subject
The university will partner with the DBE by making available its 24 ICT laboratories throughout the country to train educators in coding.
2019-02-27 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Education, Featured, Corporate
Unisa Giyani Service Centre open day a hit with locals
"The opportunity to speak to someone face-to-face about the different academic programmes and what they involve is absolutely vital to making the best study choices."
2019-01-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Education, Featured, Corporate
Tateni success story continues
Tateni, a community engagement project in the Department of Psychology of Education, recently hosted an out-of-school youth and new matric student workshop at the Vlakfontein Secondary School in Mamelodi.
2018-10-31 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Featured, Corporate
The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher
“I am where I am because I had good teachers.” Buti Manamela, the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, was speaking at a Unisa celebration to mark annual UN World Teachers’ Day.
2018-10-10 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Education, Corporate
Project reflects true convergence and collaboration
CEDU’s Classroom interaction pedagogy team is raising the reading literacy skills levels of grades 4 to 6 teachers and learners at 14 public primary schools in the Mogodumo Circuit, Lebowakgomo, Limpopo.
2018-10-10 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept Mathematical education
A learner is like a maize field
CEDU Together Making Schools Better project members told staff and governing body members at Mnxe Primary School in the Eastern Cape that teachers and parents need to work together to sustain development through activities such as preparing the soil, planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting.
2018-05-03 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Inclusive Education, Featured, Corporate
Make school management more integrated and inclusive
“Every primary school should strive to build a sustainable relationship with parents in order to achieve quality education, especially for developing countries,” said newly capped PhD Wakjira Gorman Mekonnen, Ethiopian MP, at his graduation at Unisa.