School Directors

  Prof Deon van Tonder

  School Director: School of Commerce and Social Studies in Education; Associate Professor
  016 910 3059
  deon.vantonder@nwu.ac.za
  Building: 11B, Office 141, Vanderbijlpark Campus
  BCom, HED, BTech, MEd, PhD
  Self-Directed Professional Development

  Dr Elsabe Wessels

  Deputy School Director: School of Psycho-Social Education (SPE)
  +27 18 389 7581
  Elsabe.Wessels@nwu.ac.za
  Building A2 Block I, Office 166, Mafikeng Campus, Mafikeng
  PhD

  Prof Erika Serfontein

  School Director (Acting): School of Professional Studies in Education (SPSE)
  +27 16 910 3458
  erika.serfontein@nwu.ac.za
  Building 11B, Office G17, Vanderbijlpark Campus, Vanderbijlpark
  BA (Law), BIURIS (cum laude), LLB, HED, FDE (LSEN)(cum laude), MEd (cum laude), PhD
  Fundamental human rights; rights to basic education; school governance; labour law; legal research

  Dr Ewie Erasmus

  Deputy School Director: School of Commerce and Social Studies in Education
  +27 18 299 4722
  Ewie.Erasmus@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Room 242, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  BMus, MMus, PhD
  Music education and wellbeing; Inclusive adult education

  Prof Johnnie Hay

  School Director: Psycho-Social Education (SPE)
  +27 16 910 3143
  Johnnie.Hay@nwu.ac.za
  Building 11B, Office 105, Vanderbijlpark Campus
  BA, BA Hons Clinical Psychology, MA Clinical Psychology, HDE Guidance, PhD (Child Psychology)
  Education Support Services, Inclusive Education, student learning, Life Orientation, registered counsellor training, and emotional issues of learners.

  Prof Julialet Rens

  Deputy School Director: School of Psycho-Social Education (SPE)
  +27 18 299 1893
  Julialet.Rens@nwu.ac.za
  Building B10 - Office G29, Potchefstroom Campus
  BA (PU for CHE), HED (PU for CHE), BEd (PU for CHE), MEd (PU for CHE), PhD (NWU)
  Readiness of beginner teachers, Life Orientation and Life Skills as important school subjects and diversity and values as part of holistic development and wellness of school communities

  Prof Kotie Kaiser

  School Director: School of Language Education
  +27 18 299 4747
  Kotie.Kaiser@nwu.ac.za
  Building C6, Room 51, Potchefstroom Campus
  BA, HDE, BA(Hons), MA, PhD
  ESL teaching and learning, LAC, Multilingual Pedagogies

  Prof Magda Kloppers

  Deputy School Director: School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (SMSTE); Associate Professor
  +27 16 910 3084
  magda.kloppers@nwu.ac.za
  Building11B, Office 110, Vanderbijlpark Campus
  BSc, HED, BEd Hons, MEd, PhD

  Prof Muchativugwa L Hove

  Deputy School Director: School of Language Education (SLE)
  +27 18 3892451
  22055215@nwu.ac.za
  Buildinag A3, Office G 192, Mahikeng Campus
  BA Hons; PGCE; PGDE; MA; PhD

  Dr Pentecost Nkhoma

  School Director: School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2297
  pentecost.nkhoma@nwu.ac.za
  Building G, Office G195, Mahikeng Campus
  Education Diploma, BSc, MEd, PhD
  Mathematics Education; Learner-centredness in poor social contexts

  Dr Tshele Moloi

  Deputy School Director: School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SMSTE)
  +27 (0)18 299 1875
  37591363@g.nwu.ac.za
  PhD
  Mathematics Education; Contextualization of Mathematics; Ethnomathematics; Teacher professional development