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  • Academics from SMTE in London

    Posted on February 12, 2018

    Mr Niekie Blom, a lecturer in the Department of Science, Mathematics and Techology Education (SMTE) and his PhD supervisor, Dr Grietjie Haupt, were recently invited to visit the internationally acclaimed Goldsmith’s University of London.

  • Two National Research Foundation ratings in the Department

    Posted on February 12, 2018

    Prof Estelle Gaigher received a C2 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF). Dr Marien Graham received a Y1 rating from the NRF.

  • Dr Marien Graham in Greece

    Posted on February 12, 2018

    Dr Marien Graham recently visited Professor Sakis Rakitzis at the University of the Aegean in Samos, Greece, in November 2017.

  • South Africa must do more to keep teachers from seeking 'greener pastures'

    Posted on November 16, 2017

    Around the world, many teachers are choosing to leave their home countries once they've qualified. It's a global phenomenon, and one that impacts both developed and developing nations.

  • Mathematics Education professor develops apps

    Posted on August 30, 2017

    Prof Gerrit Stols, Head of the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education at the University of Pretoria, has been responsible for the development of five apps for Android tablets and mobile phones.

  • Focus on discourse analysis

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    ‘Language is connected with other elements of social life, so that social analysis and research always have to take account of language’, said Dr Louise Vincent from Rhodes University, who delivered a seminar in the Postgraduate Research Commons in June 2017.

  • Chemistry paper presented

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    Dr Kagadi Mathabate from the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education presented a short paper in April at the international 253rd American Chemical Society conference at San Francisco, USA.

  • Genetics – a new view

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    In May 2017, twenty-four Agricultural Science teachers and three subject advisors from Gauteng and the North West provinces, met at Bekker High School in Magaliesburg for a genetics workshop.

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