Education researcher awarded NRF grant
TOP RESEARCHER: Faculty of Education and Social Sciences’ Dr Lungile Sosibo has been awarded a research grant by the National Research Foundation
Friday, 07 March 2014
Dr Lungile Sosibo, from the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, has been awarded a National Research Foundation (NRF) grant to conduct an inter-varsity research project.
Sosibo will collaborate with researchers from CPUT, University of South Africa and the University of Venda to run training programs in Maths, Science, languages and ICT for senior phase teachers in South African schools.
Language experts from these universities will team up with Maths, Science and ICT experts to develop terminology glossaries in isiXhosa, isiZulu and tshiVenda for senior phase teachers.
“The project will focus on high schools in the Vhembe District of Limpopo,” says Sosibo who is the study’s principal investigator.
“We chose this district due to its rural nature as we assumed that its teachers may be incapacitated and lack teaching resources.”
The three-year-long project includes funding for a Masters or Doctoral student who will commence studies next year.
Sosibo says the project will yield many research outputs such as articles in accredited journals.
“The Department of Basic Education has developed glossaries for the intermediate phase, so by developing the same for the senior phase we are taking up from where it left off.”
Under the title, “Rethinking the teaching of Mathematics and Sciences in South African schools”, the project involves a team of 11 researchers, five of which come from CPUT.
The NRF has funded the project to the tune of almost R1million.
Written by Kwanele Butana
Email: butanak@cput.ac.za
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