
Subject Advisors’ Understanding of their Curriculum Leadership Roles for Mathematics Improvement in South African Schools
Issue: Vol.5 No.13 Issue Article 23 pp.2296-2312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451323 | Published online 25th October, 2024
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Curriculum Leadership, Subject Advisors, Mathematics, Curriculum, Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), Cognitive Theory
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Dr. Thabo France Sithole is also the principal of a school in Free State and completed his PhD in Mathematics Education in 2021.
Dr. Simon Adjei Tachie is a senior lecturer in mathematics education at the School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom campus. He is a member of the Research Ethics Committee (NWU) and part of the North-West University supervisory team, overseeing Honours, Master’s, and Doctorate projects. Dr. Tachie has successfully graduated five Master’s students and two PhD students. He has served as an external examiner for various universities within the country and as an ad-hoc manuscript reviewer for many accredited journals. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed accredited journals and contributed to scholarly book chapters. Additionally, he has presented research papers at international, national, and local conferences and attended many workshops for personal growth and development.
Dr. Tafirenyika Mafugu has been a science education lecturer in South Africa’s higher education sector for the past five years. He has authored over 20 publications in peer-reviewed, accredited journals and conference proceedings, and has successfully supervised several postgraduate students. He has presented research papers at international, national, and local conferences and attended many workshops for personal growth and development.
Sithole, Thabo France, Simon Adjei Tachie & Tafirenyika Mafugu. “Subject Advisors’ Understanding of their Curriculum Leadership Roles for Mathematics Improvement in South African Schools,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 5, no.13 (2024): 2296-2312. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451323
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