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Dr. Matshidiso Mirriam Moleko is a Senior Lecturer at the University of South Africa in the College of Education. She is a member of AMESA, SAARMSTE and SAERA.

Prof. Mncedisi Maphalala is a Full-Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies at Unisa (College of Education). He is a former Director: of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at the Durban University of Technology and a former Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand. He holds a D.Ed in curriculum studies from the University of Zululand.  His career in Higher Education spans over 19 years as a Research Professor (North-West University), Professor at the University of Zululand and UNISA and Institutional researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has also previously worked for the KZN Department of Education (as a teacher, HOD and Deputy Principal); between May and August 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of North Dakota (USA).   Prof Maphalala is an established researcher who holds an NRF C2 rating. He has edited books and special journal issues and published a number of book chapters and research articles in peer-reviewed journals. Prof Maphalala has presented research papers at various local and international conferences. As a postgraduate supervisor and mentor, Prof Maphalala has supervised to completion several Masters and doctoral candidates. He has conducted a number of large-scale commissioned research projects by external organisations such as the South African Institute of Distance Education (SAIDE), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and Council on Higher Education (CHE). He has served on the Umalusi Research Forum, a sub-committee of the Umalusi Council, for a four-year term. His research interests are teacher education, self-directed learning, blended learning, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and Curriculum studies.

Moleko, Matshidiso Mirriam and Mncedisi Christian Maphalala. “Assessing the Transformative Potential of Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a Catalyst for Empowering Mathematics Educators.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 6, no.1 (2025): 26-42.  https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2025613