This Education Conversations deliberate the theme ‘Education Post the Covid-19 Pandemic’ where experts on the ground and learner/s will be invited to share their experiences and plans. The topic will be focusing on three key questions:
- Are we getting back to the old normal or has the teachings of the pandemic guided us towards a new normal and the possibilities it offers?
- How has the lockdown changed the dynamics of teaching & learning?
- Are we any closer towards transforming education for a constantly changing world?
Event details
Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022
Time: 14h00 – 15h30
Official Hashtag: #educationconversations
Official Accounts: Facebook: Kagiso Trust; University of Johannesburg
Twitter: @Kagiso_Trust; @EduFacultyUJ; @YassimKat
About Speakers
Dr Abdel Aziz Az-Zohri
Dr Abdel Aziz Az-Zohri has a doctorate in Education and social psychology. He is an associate professor at ENCG Settat, University Hassan First of Settat in Morocco. His research interests include education leadership and social change, applied linguistics, learning theories, thinking skills and organizational behavior. His comparative research on exploring teacher professional agency within shifting educational contexts will be the focus of conversation for this seminar.
Presentation: Policy making in Turbulent Times
Mr Lotus Phukhubje
Mr Lotus Phukhubje is the District Director of the Maleboho West circuit in Limpopo Province. He is also a PhD student whose research relates to the learning agility of school principals in the Sandbox Project. His experience and expertise as a former school principal and his current leadership of 33 schools will guide the conversation together with his on-going research of the learning agility needed by South African school principals
Presentation: Learning Post COVID-19
Ms Khomotso Ramagolo
Ms Khomotso Ramagolo is an Honours student at the University of Johannesburg and a life science teacher at a Quintile 5 school. She is currently engaged with a self-study research project entitled: “Leading Learning Post-Lockdown: A Self-Study of Transitioning Learners from Online to Contact Modes of Learning” as she discovered challenges with engaging with learners, and their social learning after learners returned to school. Together with one of her learners she will hold the conversation on education post the pandemic from a classroom teacher perspective.
Presentation: Transitioning form online to face-to face learning
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