Curriculum Studies

Curriculum Studies
Diversity and Inclusivity
Life Orientation
Religious Studies
Assessment and Research

CURRICULUM VITAE

16 Delhi Road .

Lansdowne, Cape Town,

South Africa

7800

Tel: +27 21 7613281

Cell: 0834074355

Fax: +27 21 8082295

E-mail:

Personal Information

Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

Identity No: 640609 5221 084

Driver’s License 60600013DSG2

Qualifications

Ph.D, M.Ed, B.Ed (Hons), BA, Dip. In Ed.

Education

2008 Ph.D. (Doctorate) Degree

Thesis / Dissertation:

“Breaking the Culture of Silence in Checkmating

HIV/AIDS as a Teacher Researcher”

Specialist area: Curriculum Development, Sport & Religious Ed.

University of the Western Cape

1996 T.E.F.L. Certificate.

Cape Town T.E.F.L Training Institute.

1994 M. Ed. (Masters) Degree

Thesis / Dissertation:

“Emancipatory Action and Reflection in a Primary School

Classroom: Addressing the Culture of Silence”

Specialist area: Curriculum Development

University of the Western Cape

1992 B. Ed. (Honours) Degree

University of the Western Cape

1990 B. A. Degree

University of the Western Cape

1984 Teacher’s Diploma in Education

HewatCollege of Education

1981 Matric

LivingstoneHigh School

Work Experience:

Involved in Teaching and Teacher Education for 25 years (1985 – 2009)

Lecturer – Curriculum Studies (StellenboschUniversity)

January 2009 – Present

Core Lecturing Duties:

Curriculum Studies (First year BEd’s, Fouth year BEd’s and PGCE students)

Diversity and Inclusivity – PGCE students

Life Orientation (Second year BEd’s and PGCE students)

Religious Studies – Third year and PGCE students)

Assessment and Research (Fourth Year BEd students)

Assist Postgraduate Master’s in Education students.

Supervise prospective Education students in Practice Teaching.

Deputy Principal/Acting Principal/HOD/Educator (WCED)

January 1997 – January 2009 Deputy Principal

January 2002 – July 2002 Acting Principal

January 1994 – December 1996 Head of Department

January 1985 – December 1993 Educator

Core Administration and Teaching Duties:

Administration included Management (Finance, Registration, Examination Moderation, PTA/Governing Body Management, Sport/Extra-Mural and Marketing) and Curriculum Development (Teacher Training and Learning Materials Development).

Teaching included Subjects English, Afrikaans, Arabic, History, Religious Education, Life Orientation, Physical Science, Mathematics, Biology, Geography and Arts and Culture.Taught and involved extensively in developing extra-mural sporting skills – chess, rugby, soccer, cricket, athletics, swimming and volleyball.

Education and Sport Community Involvement

Education

2002 – Present - Assist Doctoral and Masters Students with their dissertations.

1998 – Present - Sports and Education Journalist and Presenter at Radio 786.

1996 – 2002 - Co-ordinator of the Muhammadeyah -Vigilance Pre-School.

1997 – 1998 -Taught on a part-time basis at the Cape Town T.E.F.L. Institute.

1996 – 1998 - Tutored B.Ed students in the Education Faculty at U.W.C.

Sport

2006 – Present - National President of South African Schools Chess.

2004 – 2009 - National Development Director for Chess South Africa.

2001 – 2009 - Chairperson of Western Cape Schools Chess.

2001 – 2007 - Chairperson of USSASA Western Province Wynberg Zone.

1995 – 2010 - President of Western Province Schools Chess.

1998 – 2006 - National President of USSASA Chess.

1984 – 1996 – Primrose Cricket Club – Junior Supervisor and Senior M&R Secretary.

1984 - 1993 - Primrose Rugby – Secretary and Junior Assistant Coach.

Achievements

2012- Awarded Western Cape Award for Excellence in Research in Sport.

2011- Awarded WesternProvince Award for Excellence in Research in Sport.

2009 - International FIDE Executive Member for Strategic Development in Africa.

2008 – Awarded WesternProvince Chess Administrator of the Year.

2008 – South African Delegate to the FIDE Chess Olympiad in Dresden.

2008 – Awarded the Netherlands Fellowship for International Sports Journalism.

2007 – Awarded International FIDE Arbiter Status in Turkey by FIDE Chess.

2006 - Nominated as Western Cape Sports Administrator of the Year.

2005 – Winner of the Western CapeSports Journalist Award for the Year.

2004 – Co-ordinator of South African Schools Chess Tour to Greece.

2003 – Represented South Africa at the World Chess Olympiad in Spain.

2002 – Event Organiser for South African Chess All Ages Championships.

2001 – Event Organiser for South African Top Chess Schools Tournament.

2000 – Winner of the Western CapeSports Journalist Award for the Year.

1999 – Manager of South African Chess Team to All African Games.

Research and Academic Development

Research Focus Areas

My broader research interest lies in education, with a specific focus on the following topics:

Teachers as Researchers / Curriculum Development
Diversity and Inclusivity – Education for NationBuilding
Sports, Health and Community Education
Sociology of Religion
HIV/Aids Education

Publications

Book Publication

2011. Breaking the Culture of Silence in Checkmating HIV/AIDS as a Teacher-

Researcher. Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co.KG

Published Articles

2012. Shaping the knowledge society in the 21st century classroom: An HIV/AIDS action research project. South African Journal of Higher Education.(In Press).

2012. “Checkmating HIV/AIDS”: Using Chess to break the silence in the classroom. SAHARA. (In Press).

2010. Breaking the Culture of Silence in Checkmating HIV/AIDS as a Teacher-

Researcher. South African Journal of Higher Education. 24(1): (Mrt 2010)

Conference Proceedings

2012. HIV/AIDS Education as a Pedagogy of Hope and Possibility, EASA

Conference, PE.

Conference Presentations

2012 Cultivating Action Research in a Pre-service Teaching Program -5th Annual

Conference on Teaching and Learning, Lord Charles, Somerset West, 23-25 May

2012 Cultivating Action Research: Pre-service, In-Service, and Graduate Studies

AERA – Canada –VancouverFairmont Waterfront – 12 April – 18 April.

2012 Preparing Pre-service Teachers as Action Researchers for the 21st Century –

EASA – NelsonMandelaMetropolitanUniversity – 17 January – 20January.

2011 Preparing action research researchers – HELTASA – Nelson Mandela

MetropolitanUniversity – 28 November – 1 December.

2011 Teachers as action researchers -5th Annual Conference on Teaching and

Learning, Lord Charles, Somerset West, 16-17 May

2011 Research method and Pedagogy – Using Participatory Visual Methodologies

NelsonMandelaMetropolitanUniversity 4 – 5 April.

2011Preparing Pre-service as critical action researchers for the 21sr Century,

Cape Town, 28–31 March

2011 HIV/AIDS Education as a Pedagogy of Hope and Possibility, EASA

Conference, Sun City 10 – 13 January

2010 Hopeful Pedagogy – Implications for Academics, Stellenbosch (STIAS)

19 November.

2010 Checkmating HIV/AIDS as a Teacher Researcher, Nelson Mandela

MetropolitanUniversity 12 – 13 September.

2010Exploring the transformative potential of action research in an HIV/AIDS

environment, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 19 – 20 August

2009 Rethinking Curriculum Studies Today, Teachers as Curriculum Developers

IAACS Conference, Stellenbosch 7 -10 September 2009.

2008Developing Chess in Schools in South Africa. Paper presented at the Chess in

Schools Conference at the Dresden Olympiad 28 – 29 October.

2008 Developing Sport in a Post Apartheid Era. Paper presented at the National

Chess Development Conference at Kleinplasie in Gauteng 6 – 8 July.

2007 Chess can confront HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the Sport and Health

Symposium, University of the Western Cape 20 August.

2006 Teachers as Researchers. Paper presented at the Education Student’s Sixth

Regional Research Conference, University of the Western Cape 26-29

September.

2005 Emancipatory Action Research in a Primary School Classroom. The Education

Teachers Conference, University of the Western Cape 5 – 7 July.

2004 Sport and HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the Second African Conference on

Social aspects of HIV/AIDS Research,Cape Town 9 – 12 May

Research Projects

2006 – 2007 Checkmating HIV/AIDS. Research project as part of PhD research in

Cape Town.

Skills

Experienced Public Speaker and Presenter

Event Organiser

Competent in Interpreting and Analysing Crisis Situations

Qualitative and Quantitative Researcher and Designer

Computer Literate (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and Groupwise)

Referals:

Prof Yusef Waghid - Dean of Education (Stellenbosch) - Mobile: 0825543926,

Prof Dirk Meerkotter – PhD Supervisor (UWC) – Mobile: 0822023145,

Adv. Lyndon Bouah – Chief Director Western Cape Department of Culture of Sports and Recreation – Mobile: 0836438534, .