Programme and Subject Group Leaders

  Dr Adri du Toit

  Programme Leader: MEd & PhD : Technology Education
  +27 (0)18 299 4320
  dutoit.adri@nwu.ac.za
  Building B10, Office G18, Potchefstroom Campus
  BSc (Home Economics), HED, MEd, PhD
  Curriculum & Pedagogy of Consumer Studies entrepreneurship education and Technology Education

  Dr Albert Kemp

  Subject Group Leader and Lecturer: Technology Education
  +27 (0)18 299 4234
  albert.kemp@nwu.ac.za
  Building B9, Office G05, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  BEd, BEd Hons, MA, PhD
  Engineering Graphics and Design; 2D/3D CAD; 3D Printing/Scanning

  Dr Anitha Jansen van Vuuren

  Programme Leader: ECCE and Lecturer
  +27 18 299 4598
  12575410@nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G46, Potchefstroom Campus


  Mr Arno Combrinck

  Programme Leader: PGCE and Lecturer
  +27 18 285 2714
  arno.combrinck@nwu.ac.za
  Building B9, Office G04, Potchefstroom Campus
  BSc, HED (Tech) (NWU), BEd Hons (NWU)

  Dr Branwen Challens

  Subject Group Leader & Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 4754
  Branwen.Challens@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Office 211, Potchefstroom Campus.
  BA, HDE, BEd, Business Management, MEd, Certificate in Human Resource Management, Diploma in School Management, Phd.
  Financial Leadership / Moral Leadership / Collective Efficacy / Ethics and Care / Classroom Management

  Dr Chantelle Bosch

  Programme Leader: Advanced Diploma in Education (ADE): Computer Science Education (Subject Group Leader)
  +27 18 299 4768
  chantelle.bosch@nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G58, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  BEd (Natural Science Education), BEd Hons (Computer Science Education), MEd (Computer Science Education), PhD (Computer Science Education)
  Computer Science, Blended learning, Self-directed learning, Cooperative learning, Assessment

  Mr Cobus Olivier

  Subject Group Leader and Lecturer: Geography and Environmental Education
  +27 16 910 3572
  cobus.olivier@nwu.ac.za
  Building 11B, Office 106, Vanderbijlpark Campus
  BA, HDE, Hons, MSc

  Prof Deon Vos

  Subject Group Leader and Associate Professor
  +27 18 299 4743
  deon.vos@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Office 142, Potchefstroom Campus
  BA, BEdHons, Med, PhD
  Education management and leadership; Comparative education

  Prof Dorothy Laubscher

  UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER; Associate Professor
  +27 18 299 4585
  dorothy.laubsher@nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G56, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  BA (Hons), HDE, MEd and PhD
   Mathematics Education, Technology-enhanced education, Blended Learning, Self-Directed Learning, Cooperative Learning

   Dr Corlia Twine

  Programme Leader: BEd Honours and Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 2149
  Corlia.Twine@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Office G127, Potchefstroom
  BEd, BEdHons, MEd, PhD
  Aggression, Violence, Residence traditions, Cultural agility; Learning Agility; inclusive student culture

  Dr Hantie Theron

  Lecturer
  +27 18 285 2091
  Hantie.Theron@nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G33, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  PhD Curriculum Studies, MEd Learner Support, BEd Hons Learner support, Pre-Primary Diploma, Junior Primary Diploma
  Sustainable development in early childhood education & Autism

   Dr Lettie Botha

  Subject Group Leader and Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 4462
  Lettie.Botha@nwu.ac.za
  Building B10, Office G40, Potchefstroom Campus
  BEd, BEd(Hons), MEd
  Life orientation

  Prof Elma Marais

  Subject Group Leader and Associate Professor: Afrikaans for Education
  +27 018 299 4725
  elma.marais@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Office 229, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  PhD, MA, BAHons, BEd, PGDIP
  Children and Youth Literature, Integration of technology in the Classroom, Teaching Practice, Play pedagogy in the Language Classroom

  Dr James Sibanda

  Subject Group Leader and Lecturer
  +27(0)18 299 4540
  James.Sibanda@nwu.ac.za
  Building:B11 Room: G17 Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  MEd and PhD
  Teaching and Research

  Dr Kgomotsego Brenda Samuel

  Deputy Director School of Mathematics Sciences and Technology Education
  +27(0)18 389 2856
  Kgomotsego.Samuel@nwu.ac.za
  Building A9, Office 113, Mafikeng
  B.Ed (Hons) Maths & Sciences, M.Ed (Maths & Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Curriculum Studies)
  Natural Sciences Pedagogical Content Knowledge (NS-PCK)

  Ms Marike Annandale

  Programme Leader: BEd SP & FET (PC) and Lecturer
  +27 (0)18 299 4555
  24116297@g.nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G58, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  MEd
  Self-directed learning; English teacher training; feedback and assessment in English language learning

  Prof Marinda Neethling

  Programme Leader: MEd Structured. Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 285 2874
  Marinda.Neethling@nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G12, Potchefstroom Campus.
  PhD in Learner Support (NWU).
  Inclusive education in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). Research focus on community-based research (CBR).

  Dr Matome Mabiletja

  Subject Group Leader and Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 285 2103
  matome.mabiletja@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Room G43, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Language education, multilingualism, multimodality, OER

  Dr Merna Meyer

  Subject Group Leader and Lecturer: Creative Arts in Education
  +27 18 299 1060
  merna.meyer@nwu.ac.za
  Arts and Crafts Building C7A, Office 7A, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  MEd, PhD Curriculum Studies.
  Professional development of pre-service art teachers, community engagement

  Mrs Estie Steyl

  Programme Leader: Grade R and Junior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 1864
  Estie.Steyl@nwu.ac.za
  Building B10, Office G35, Potchefstroom
  BEd Foundation Phase, Hons is Learner Support

   Ms Nomsa Mohosho

  Programme Leader: ECCE
  +27 16 910 3573
  Nomsa.Mohosho@nwu.ac.za
  Building A16, Office 117 , Vanderbijlpark, Vanderbijlpark
  MEd
  Early Childhood Development and Education, Education Management and Leadership

  Prof Dorita du Toit

  Subject Group Leader and Associate Professor: Movement Education
  +27 18 299 1716
  Dorita.Dutoit@nwu.ac.za
  Building B6, Office G01, Potchefstroom


  Prof Lynn Preston

  Subject Group Leader and Associate Professor: Education Psychology
  +27 18 299 4765
  Lynn.Preston@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Office 232, Vanderbijlpark


   Prof Thabo Makhalemele

  Deputy School Director and Associate Professor: Vanderbijljpark Campus
  +27 16 910 3075
  Thabo.Makhalemele@nwu.ac.za
  Building A16, Office 110, Vanderbijlpark
  Bachelor of Art in Education (BA Ed) Bachelor of Education Honours (B.Ed. Hons) Masters in Education (M.Ed) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  Inclusive Education, Learner Support, Educational psychology

  Dr Rochelle Marais-Botha

  Deputy Subject group Leader (VC), Programme Leader: BEd Intermediate Phase and Lecturer: Afrikaans for Education
  +27 016 910 3057
  13089277@nwu.ac.za
  Building 11B, Office 125, Vanderbijlpark Campus, Vanderbijlpark
  BA (cum laude), Hons BA (cum laude), MA, PGCE (cum laude), PhD
  Afrikaans prose, film and poetry

  Prof Salome Romylos

  Subject Group Leader and Lecturer: English for Education
  +27 18 299 4749
  Salome.Romylos@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Room 202, Potchefstroom Campus
  BA Hons, HED, MA
  English Literature and the teaching thereof; Teaching through the medium of English; English literature in the Foundation Phase

  Mrs Susan Maree

  Programme Leader: BEd Foundation Phase and Lecturer
  +27 16 910 3141
  Susan.Maree@nwu.ac.za
  Building A16, Office 130, Vanderbijlpark
    M. Ed (Cum),  Foundation Phase, Mathematics, Metacognition in SDL
  Foundation Phase, Mathematics, Metacognition in SDL.

  Dr Tshepo Tapala

  Programme Leader: PGDip and Lecturer
  +27 18 852084
  Tshepo.Tapala@nwu.ac.za
  Building B11, Office G47, Potchefstroom Campus
  MTech
  Education Management

  Dr Viné Petzer

  Deputy Subject Group Leader and Lecturer: Economic & Management Science and Creative Arts in Education
  +27 16 910 3088
  vine.petzer@nwu.ac.za
  Building 11B, Office 127, Vanderbijlpark
  BCom, HED, Honors in Education, MEd
  Accounting in Education, Critical thinking in Education