
Examining the Professional Excellence Programme: Inducting University Teachers into the Higher Education System in South Africa
Issue: Vol.4 No.9 Article 11 pp.1147-1160
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20234911 | Published online 28th September, 2023
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Professional excellence, Induction, University teacher, Transformative pedagogy, Academic developer
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Dr. Samson Matope is an Academic Developer working as Teaching Development Specialist in the Academic Staff Development Unit, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. He is passionate about academic staff development in higher education. He has presented and published on curriculum transformation, academics staff development and student engagement in higher education. He is currently involved in the institutional research niche area on curriculum development and sustainable development in higher education.
Dr. Zwelijongile Gaylard Baleni is the Manager, Academic Staff Development Unit, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. He has presented in a lot of workshops on Learning and Teaching areas, he is a member of the WSU PQM viability team, member of IA task team as well as the UCDG Project manager. He has also presented and published in local and international conferences on e-assessment and academic staff development.
Matope, Samson and Baleni, Zwelijongile.“Examining the Professional Excellence Programme: Inducting University Teachers into the Higher Education System in South Africa.” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 4, no.9 (2023): 1147-1160. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20234911
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