2025

Faculty of Education

NOTICE

All particulars in this Calendar are applicable from 2025. The University reserves the right to
amend any regulation or provision at any time without prior notice.

Although every attempt has been made to ensure that the information is accurate, the
University does not accept any liability concerning inaccuracies of any of the contents in the
Calendar.

Please check the University website (www.uwc.ac.za) for the latest version of this Calendar.

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 HOW TO USE THIS CALENDAR
The following provides an overview of the structure of this Calendar to guide users.

General Information
This section provides the contact information for the Faculty and University.

Degrees and Diplomas conferred in the Faculty

This section provides information on each of the qualifications conferred in the Faculty.

Explanation of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

This is a brief section on the NQF levels and qualification types.

Faculty Board and Faculty Office Staff

This section lists staff members who constitute the Faculty Board and Faculty office staff
members.

Lecturing and Technical Staff

A comprehensive Faculty staff listing per Department, Centre, Institute, School or Unit is
provided.

Rules for Programmes

This section provides information on the rules for each academic programme at undergraduate
and postgraduate level offered by the faculty. In each year level, and depending on the
programme for which a student is registered, they are required to complete and pass a certain
number of credits in order to promote to the next level of study. Promotion requirements per
programme can be found in this section. These rules should be read in conjunction with the
academic rules (Section 3) of the General Calendar (Part 1). Students should acquaint
themselves with the rules in both Calendars and annually check for rule and curriculum
changes.

Module Descriptors
This section provides information on all the modules offered by the faculty at undergraduate
and postgraduate level. Module descriptors contain information which relate to the main
outcomes and content for each module, including the credit value and NQF level of the module
and pre-requisite and co-requisite modules. It is set in alphanumeric order per undergraduate
and postgraduate offering. An alphabetical listing of all modules can be found in the module
descriptor index.

Pre-requisite and Co-requisite Modules

A pre-requisite module is a module that must be passed prior to a student being admitted to a
higher module or the following year of study as determined in the faculty yearbook.
A co-requisite module is a module that must be passed prior to or simultaneously with another
associated module before credit can be granted for the latter module. Requirements are
provided in each module descriptor.

Explanation of Symbols and Remarks on Academic Transcript

This section provides an explanation of the symbols used and the remarks on the academic
transcript.

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 GENERAL INFORMATION
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE UNIVERSITY

All postal correspondence should be addressed to the relevant person or department at:

The University of the Western Cape

Private Bag X17
Bellville
7535

Should you not know the person or department, please direct all correspondence to the
Registrar.

Faculty related enquiries can be directly forwarded to:

The Faculty Manager

Faculty of Education
The University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville
7535

Faculty Helpdesk
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 2276
Email: Undergraduate: [email protected]
PGCE FET: [email protected]
Honours: [email protected]
Master's and PhD: [email protected]

CONTACT NUMBERS

UWC Contact Centre: +27 (0)21 959 3900/1/2/3

Email: [email protected]

THE UNIVERSITY’S WEBSITE: www.uwc.ac.za

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CALENDAR

The Calendar is obtainable in the following separate parts:

Part 1 General Information

Part 2 Faculty of Natural Sciences
Part 3 Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Part 4 Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (Undergraduate)
Part 5 Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (Postgraduate)
Part 6 Faculty of Education
Part 7 Faculty of Dentistry
Part 8 Faculty of Law
Part 9 Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
Part 10 Schedule of Fees (Refer to the Schedule of Fees available on the University website)

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 DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS CONFERRED BY THE FACULTY
DEGREES

Qualification Abbreviation Minimum

period of
Study
Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and BEd (Senior Phase and Further 4
Further Education and Training Teaching* Education and Training Teaching)
Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase BEd (Foundation Phase Teaching) 4
Teaching
Bachelor of Education Honours* BEd Hons 1
Bachelor of Education Honours in Educational BEd Hons (Educational Psychology) 1
Psychology
Master of Education* MEd 1
Master of Education in Adult Education and MEd (Adult Education and Global 2
Global Change Change)
Doctor of Philosophy* PhD 2

DIPLOMAS & CERTIFICATES

Postgraduate Certificate in Education in PGCE (Further Education and 1

Further Education and Training Teaching Training Teaching)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education* PGDip 1
Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education in PGDip (Higher Education in Teaching 1
Teaching and Learning and Learning)
Postgraduate Diploma in Technical and PGDip (Technical and Vocational 1
Vocational Education and Training Education and Training)

* Please refer to the programme information for specialisations.

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 EXPLANATION OF THE NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) is “a single integrated system for the
classification, registration, publication and articulation of quality-assured national qualifications”
as stipulated in Section 4 of the NQF Act, 2008 (Act No 67 of 2008).

The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) has ten levels of which Higher Education
qualifications occupy 6 levels of the NQF, namely levels 5 to 10.

Levels 5 to 7 comprise the undergraduate qualifications (with the exception of the Professional
Bachelor’s degree at Level 8) and levels 8 to 10 comprise the postgraduate qualifications.

NQF LEVELS QUALIFICATION TYPES

5 Higher Certificate
Advanced Certificate
6
Diploma
Advanced Diploma
7
Bachelor’s Degree
Honours Degree
8 Postgraduate Diploma
Professional Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree
9
Professional Master’s Degree
Doctoral Degree
10
Professional Doctoral Degree
As cited in the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (CHE, 2013)

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 FACULTY BOARD AND FACULTY OFFICE STAFF
Ex Officio Members: The Rector, Vice Rector/s, Registrar and Dean
Profs: A Bayaga, R Chetty, J De Beer, R Govender, C Julie, RFA Maarman, S Pather, S
Sesanti, A Sheik
Assoc Profs: FP Khanare, M Luckay, T Moodley, J Papier
Sen Lecturers: K Booi, K Collett, L Du Plooy, CA February, K Frizelle, MN Hendricks,
K Koopman, B May, M Mokoena, S Needham, B Nel, P Plüddemann, N Ravjee, R Setlhare,
M Simons
Lecturers: Z Allie, K Aploon-Zokufa, PP Cutalele, D David, S Dinie, JM Du Plessis, D Fagan,
G Gamiet, Z Gula, L Johns, R Koch, C Louw, S Louw, N Mbusi, T McBride, NA Nesi, S Ngece,
N Nondalana, N Prinsloo, AD Riffel, T Sebotsa, SM Shezi,
Associate Lecturer: W Mangcengeza

Senior Officer Academic Support Services: Dr A Williams, PhD Education (UWC) MEd
(CIE) (UP) BEd Hons (SU)
FACULTY OFFICE PERSONNEL
Dean: Prof R Govender, BSc (UNISA) UDE BSc (Hons)
MEd (Durban Westville) PhD (UKZN) PGDip
Higher Education (T&L) (Cum Laude)
Deputy Dean (Learning & Teaching): Prof R Chetty, BA (Hons) BEd (Hons) PhD
(UNISA) MA (UKZN) MBA (UCT)
Deputy Dean (Research & P/G Studies): Prof RFA Maarman, BEd (UNISA) BA HDE (UWC)
MEd (RAU) PhD (North West)
Learning and Teaching Specialist: Dr MC Bladergroen, BEd MEd (UWC) MTh (SU)
PhD (UWC)
Faculty Manager: Ms V Beerwinkel, BA BA (Hons) Psychology MSc
(UWC)
Senior Faculty Officer: Ms K Styer, BA BA (Hons) (UWC)
Faculty Officers: Mr V Ndabeni, ADPA (UWC)
Mr T Plaatjies, N6 Commerce Secretarial (OTC)
Ms C Lewis, BTech: OMT (CPUT)
Mr GR Meyer, ADPA HCert (Forensic
Examination) (UWC)
Ms M Moloi, National Certificate (Packaging)
(Institute for Packaging SA) ND (Packaging
Technology) (Wits) Advance Diploma in
Management (UWC)
Financial Administrators: Mr S Kemp, ND (Cost and Management
Accounting) MDP BCom (Hons)(UWC)
Secretary to the Dean: Ms BA Tom, BAdmin (UWC)
Administrative Officers: Mr R Adonis, Marketing N6 (Boland College)
Ms Z Arendse, BAdmin (UWC)
Ms N Masete BSc (Biotechnology) (UWC)
Ms M Dayimani, BPA (Hons) (SU) BTech (Public
Management)
Ms N Donn-Arnold, BA BA (Hons) MA (UWC)
Ms W Adams, ND (Office Management &
Technology) (CPUT)
Mr D Lillienfeldt
Administrative Assistant: Ms. L Mekana, BTech (Project Management)
(CPUT) Certificate (Occupational Health and
Safety) (UCT)

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Senior Officer Academic Dr A Williams, PhD Education (UWC) MEd (CIE)
Support Services: (UP) BEd Hons (SU)

LECTURING AND TECHNICAL STAFF

LECTURING STAFF

Full Professors: Prof A Bayaga, PGCert (Actuarial Science)

(University of Leicester, UK) BEd (Hons)
(Mathematics) (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
MEd MCom PhD (UFH)
Prof R Chetty, BA (Hons) BEd (Hons) PhD
(UNISA) MA (UKZN) MBA (UCT)
Prof R Govender, BSc (UNISA) UDE BSc (Hons)
MEd (Durban Westville) PGDip Higher Education
(T&L) (Cum Laude) PhD (UKZN)
Prof C Julie, HDE (UNISA) MSc (UWC) PhD
(Illinois) (NRF First Rand Chair in Mathematics
Education)
Prof RFA Maarman, BEd (UNISA) BA HDE (UWC)
MEd (RAU) PhD (North West)
Prof S Pather, BPaed (UDW) BEd (Hons) (UKZN)
Dip Special Ed (UNISA) MEd (Cum Laude)
(UKZN), PhD (CCCUC, UK)
Prof S Sesanti, N Dip (PE Technikon) MA (UPE)
PhD (SU) PhD (Wits)
Prof A Sheik, BA UHDE BA (Hons) (UKZN) BA
(Hons) (UNISA) MA (Cum Laude) PHD (UKZN)
Associate Professors: Prof FP Khanare, BEd BEd (Hons) (ED
Psychology) MEd (ED Psychology) (UKZN) PhD
(Education) (NMMU)
Prof MB Luckay, BSc (Wits) BSc (Hons) HDE MEd
(Cum Laude) PhD Postdoctoral Fellow (UCT)
Prof T Moodley, HDE (Springfield College of
Education) BSc (UNISA) BPhil (SU) BEd (Hons)
(UWC) MEd (SU) PhD (UFS) Registered
Educational Psychologist
Prof J Papier, BA (Hons) (UNISA) MPhil (UWC)
MEd (Harvard) PhD (Pretoria) (NRF SARCHi
Chair: TVET Studies)
Extraordinary Professors: Prof Z Desai, BA (London) HDE (UNISA) MA
(London) PhD (UWC)
Prof Z Groener, MSc (Com Ed) (Edinburgh) PhD
(UCLA) Higher Dipl Soc Work (UWC)
Prof L Green, PhD (Exeter) MSoc Sc HED (SA)
DTSC (UCT)
Prof A Kitching, BEd (Psych) M Ed (Psych) (UP)
HED BA (UFS) PhD (Psychology) (NWU)
Prof M Mbekwa, BA (UNISA) BA (Hons) MPhil
PhD Dip Ed Ad (UWC) JSTC (Lovedale) SED
(Vista)
Prof T Moja, BA (With Distinction) BEd (University
of the North) MEd (Wits) PhD (Wisconsin)

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 Prof M Moletsane, BA (Admin) BEd (Psych) UED
and MEd (Psych) (UP) PhD (UP)
Prof S Naicker, BA, Dipl in Special Education
(Durban-Westville) HEd (UNISA) BEd (UWC) MEd
(Penn State) PhD (UWC)
Prof R Pithouse, NHD (Sultan Technikon) BA
(Hons) (Philosophy) (UN) MA (Philosophy) (UKZN)
PhD (Politics) (Rhodes University)
Prof B Schreiber, BA (Hons) BA (UNISA) MA
(Psych) PhD (UWC)
Prof S Sivasubramaniam, MA English
(Madras/India) MA TESOL (Surrey) PhD
(Nottingham)
Prof T Wood, BA BA (Hons) MA (Rhodes) PhD
(UCT)
Emeritus Professors: Prof MB Ogunniyi, BSc (Ed) (Ahmadu Bello) MSc
PhD (Wisconsin)
Prof B Thaver, BA (UCT) MA (York) DPhil (UWC)
Prof SC Walters, BA MEd (Manchester) PhD
PGTD (UCT)
Senior Lecturers: Dr K Booi, DEd (CPUT) MPhil) (University of
Bergen Norway) (Scandanavian Countries) MEd
(Rhodes)
Dr K Collett, BPrim BA (UCT) BEd (Hons) (Cum
Laude) PG Dip T&L Ed (UWC) TAU fellow MEd
PhD (UWC)
Dr L Du Plooy, BEd (Hons) MEd (Cum Laude) PhD
(UWC)
Dr CA February, BA (UNISA) (Hons) (UWC) MPhil
(UCT) MEd PhD (UWC)
Dr K Frizelle, BA (UNISA) HDE (UND) BA (Hons)
(UND) B Soc Sci (Masters) (UNP) PhD (UKZN)
Dr MN Hendricks, BSc (Ed) MEd (UWC) PhD (UJ)
Dr K Koopman, HDE (Com) (Pentech) BTech
(Com) (Cape Tech) MEd (UWC) PhD (SU)
Dr B May, BSc HDE BEd (Hons) MSc (Cum
Laude) PhD (UWC)
Dr M Mokoena, PhD (UFS) MEd (UFS) BEd Hons
PGCE (UFS)
Dr S Needham, BA BA (Hons) (UCT) MEd (UWC)
PhD (UKZN)
Dr B Nel, BSc HDE BEd (Hons) (US) Post Grad
Diploma in HRM (UJ) MSc (Wits) PhD (UNISA)
Dr P Plüddemann, BA (Hons) (SU) HDE (UCT)
MPhil (UWC) PhD (Stockholm)
Dr N Ravjee, BSc (Durban Westville) HDE (Natal)
MA PhD (Washington)
Dr R Setlhare, BA ABET Cert (UNISA) HDE (UCT)
BA (Hons) MEd (Educ Psych) (UJ) PhD (NWU)
Registered Educational Psychologist
Dr M Simons, ND Edu (BCE) BTech BEd (Hons)
(CPUT) MEd PhD (UWC) and (Groningen)
Lecturers: Ms Z Allie, BSc BSc (Hons) MSc (SU)
Ms K Aploon-Zokufa, MPhil (Curriculum Studies)
(UCT) BSocSc (Hons) (UCT) BSocSc (UCT)

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 Dr PP Cutalele, BA (Unitra) HDE (Vista) PhD
(NMMU)
Mr D David, B PAED BA (Hons) (Cum Laude) MA
(UKZN)
Mr S Dinie, BSc BEd (Hons) MEd (UWC)
Mr JM Du Plessis, BEd BEd (Hons) MEd (UWC)
Mr G Gamiet, HDE (Non-graduate) (Arts) BA
(Hons) MEd (UWC) MEd (Ohio)
Ms L Johns, BTech Project Management BEd
(Hons) Med (UWC)
Dr R Koch, BEd Psych (SU) MPsych (North-West)
PhD (in Psychology of Education) (UFS)
Mrs T Kosi, BA (UWC) HDE B. Ed (UWC) Advance
Certificate in Education (ACE) (UCT) (Hons) (UCT)
(Hons) (Nelson Mandela University) MEd (UWC)
Dr S Louw, BA BA Hons MA PhD (SU)
Dr N Mbusi, BCom (UNISA) BEd (Hons) MEd
(Rhodes) PhD (UJ)
Mr T Mcbride, BA HDE BEd (Hons) (UCT) MEd
(Cum Laude) (UWC)
Ms NA Nesi, BA (Hons) PGCE MA (Cum Laude)
(Rhodes)
Ms S Ngece, BA (UFH) HDE (Vista) ACE
Language B.Ed. (Hons) MEd (Cum Laude) (UWC)
Dr N Nondalana, BEd BEd (Hons) MEd (Cum
Laude) PhD (UWC)
Dr N Prinsloo, BA HDE (UCT) MEd (UWC) PhD
(UWC)
Dr AD Riffel, BA HDE BEd (Hons) MEd PhD
(UWC)
Dr C Louw, BEd (UFS) BEd (Hons) (UP) MEd (UP)
(Cum Laude) PhD (UP)
Mr T Sebotsa, BSc (UL) BSc (Hons) (UL) PGCE
(UNISA) MEd (NWU)
Dr SM Shezi, PGCE PGDip BA MEd PhD (UKZN)
Associate Lecturer: Vacant
Extraordinary Senior Lecturer/Lecturer: Vacant
Research Fellows: Dr KR Langenhoven, BSc (UWC) BA (UNISA)
HDE (PG) Sec BEd (UCT) MPhil PhD (UWC)
Dr C Moodley, Higher Diploma in Education (Post
Graduate) (UWC) BA English (UNISA) BA
Honours (UWC) Masters in Child & Family
Studies (Cum Laude) Masters in Leadership
Coaching (SU) PhD (UWC)
Tutorial Support: Vacant
Teaching Practice: Dr L Du Plooy, BEd (Hons) MEd (Cum Laude) PhD
(UWC)
Administrators: Ms W Adams, ND (Office Management &
Technology) (CPUT)
Ms N Donn-Arnold, BA BA (Hons) MA (UWC)

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 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS, CENTRES AND UNITS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Head of Department: Prof MB Luckay, BSc (Wits) BSc (Hons) HDE Med
(Cum Laude) PhD Postdoctoral Fellow (UCT)
Administrative Officer: Ms F February, BCom (Industrial Psychology)
(UWC)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Head of Department: Prof S Pather, BPaed (UDW) BEd (Hons) (UKZN)

Dip Special Ed (UNISA) MEd (Cum Laude) (UKZN)
PhD (CCCUC UK)
Administrative Officer: Ms N Masete, BSc (Biotechnology) (UWC)

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Head of Department: Prof A Sheik, BA (Hons) (UKZN) PGCE MA PhD

(UKZN)
Administrative Officer: Ms M Dayimani, BPA (Hons) (SU) BTech (Public
Management)

INSTITUTE FOR POST – SCHOOL STUDIES

Director: Dr S Needham, BA BA (Hons) (UCT) MEd (UWC)

PhD (UKZN)
Administrator: Ms L Steer (Secretarial Diploma - Maurice’s
Secretarial College)
Administrative Assistants: Miss J Santon, (N6 Diploma - Falsebay College)
Miss N Ngwenya, (N6 Diploma - Falsebay College)

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Director: Dr B May, BSc HDE BEd (Hons) MSc (Cum

Laude) PhD (UWC)
Administrative Officer: Ms Z Arendse, BAdmin (UWC)

SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE FOR AFRICA

Director: Dr BP Nel, BSc HDE BEd (Hons) (US) PGDip

(Human Resource Management) (UJ) MSc (Wits)
PhD (UNISA)
Secretariat Manager (AASIKS): Dr KR Langenhoven, BSc (UWC) BA (UNISA)
HDE (PG) Sec (UCT) BEd (UCT) MPhil PhD
(UWC) Research Fellow (AASIKS)
Administrator: Mr C Frans, BA (UWC) PGCE (US)

LEDIMTALI

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Director: Prof C Julie, HDE (UNISA) MSc (UWC) PhD
(Illinois) (NRF First Rand Chair in Mathematics
Education)
Administrative Assistant: Mr C Esbach, HCert (Education Adult Learning)
(T&D) (UWC)

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