Department of ECE

Department of ECE

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Title, Name and Surname / Mrs. Melanie Moen
Department / Centre / Unit / Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education
Building and office number / Aldoel 2 Building, Level 3 Room 3-72
Contact number / 012 4205632
Email address /
Position / Lecturer
Qualification/s / MEd Educational Psychology
Research Area / Early Childhood Education, Educational Psychology
Field of expertise / Youth violence, prison studies, Life orientation
Academic background / MEd (UP), BEd Hons (UP), BEd Hons (UP), BPrimED (UP)
Achievements/Awards / PhD bursary, NRF KIC Funding, Association of Common Wealth Universities Grant.
Publications / Moen, M.C. & Bezuidenhout, C. (2016). When children kill. Servamus. August: 20-21.
Moen, M.C. & Joubert, J.C. (2015). Uncovering young children’s emerging identities related to their literacy experiences: Suggestions to strengthen language education. Perlinguam, 31 (3): 20-31.
Eberlein, E. & Moen, M.C. (Accepted September 2015). “Incidents and accidents”: How are schools implementing the safety regulations prescribed by the South African Schools Act? Journal of Social Sciences.
Dladla, T.A., Hartell, C. & Moen, M.C. (Accepted July 2015). Principals’ perceptions and experiences of the role parents play in school governing bodies in rural areas. Africa Education Review.
Grobler, A., Ebersöhn, L., Eloff, I., Finestone, M., & Moen, M. (2015). Telling stories and adding scores: Measuring resilience in young children affected by maternal HIV and AIDS. African Journal of Aids Research. 1608-5906.
Coetzee, S., Ebersöhn, L., Ferreira, R., & Moen, M. (2015). Disquiet voices foretelling hope: Rural teachers’ resilience experiences of past and present chronic adversity. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 0021-9096. Doi:10.1177/0021909615570955.
Faber, H., Joubert, I., Vermeulen, D., & Moen, M. (2015). Die integrasie van musieken stories as ʼn effektiewebenadering tot die ontwikkeling van fonologiesebewuswordingvirAfrikaanssprekendeGraad 1-leerders. LitNet.
Nieuwenhuys, E., Eloff, I. & Moen, M. (2014). Rethinking early school transitions. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 4 (2): 73-89.2223-7674.
Du Toit, N., Eloff, I. & Moen, M. (2014). Die doeltreffendheid van die skoolondersteuningspanbinne die Suid-Afrikaanseinklusieweonderwysstelsel. Geesteswetenskappe, 54(2): 341-364. 0041-475. 0041-475.
Mampane, R.; Ebersöhn, L.; Cherrington, A.; & Moen, M. (2014). Adolescent’s views on the power of violence in a rural school. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 49 (6). 733-745. 0021-9096. Doi:10.1177/0021909613510134
Joubert, I.; Phatudi, N.; Harris, T & Moen, M. (2014), Education for democratic citizenship through a literacy-based approach: A case of South African township children. Children and Society, 29: 421-432. doi: 10.1111/chso.1207.
Joubert, I.; Du Plessis, L.; Ebersöhn, L.; Fereira, R. & Moen, M. (2013) Establishing a reading culture in a rural secondary school: A literacy intervention with teachers. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 49 (4) 399-412. 1608-5506. Doi:117/0021909613487676.
Gouws J., Eloff, I. & Moen, M. (2013), How inclusive education is understood by principals of independent schools. International Journal of Inclusive Education. 18 (5): 535-552. 1360-3116.
Koekemoer, T.; Ebersöhn, L.; Joubert, I.; & Moen, M. (2013), Die ontwikkeling van teoreties-begrondekriteriavir die evaluering van Afrikaansegrondslagfaseleesreekse. LitNetAkademiesJaargang 10(3): 488-506. 1995-5928.
Moen, M. and Eloff, I. (2003), An analysis of mother-child interaction patterns in prison. Early Child Development and Care. 173(6): 711-720.
Chapter in Scholarly book / Ebersöhn, L.; Ferreira, R.; Van der Walt, A. & Moen, M. 2016. Body mapping to step into your future: life design in a context of high risk and high diversity. In Ferreira, R. (ed.) Psychological Assessment.