NWU JUNIE Gesels saam op. Johnson-broers besoek Fakulteit. RSG gesels met dr Mandie Uys. Partners in Education

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1 Oppad met NWU JUNIE 2012 Gesels saam op Johnson-broers besoek Fakulteit RSG gesels met dr Mandie Uys Partners in Education

2 Inhoudsopgawe Partners in Education Vakgroep-nuus Message from the Dean Algemeen Spesiale lesings en seminare Akademiese besoekers vanaf ander universiteite Navorsingsuitsette van personeel Dié Navorsingsfokusarea word einde Augustus ekstern geëvalueer Gesels saam op Facebook BAIE DANKIE! Personalia

3 Partners in Education Prof Balfour and Dr Mochwanesi signing a memorandum of understanding between NWU and Vuselela College which supports the integration of FET colleges into the higher education sector. The MoU enables a five-year partnership between the College and the University through which the ongoing development of academic personnel at the College will be facilitated in partnership with the Faculty. The Faculty has hereby undertaken to develop a specialist series of modules and qualifications for FET college lecturers, and to conduct an impact study on the efficacy of the training received by College staff. Message from the Dean With the month of May fast ushering the Faculty towards the mid-point of the year, we re already approaching oncoming undergraduate and continuing education examinations with all the readiness that requires! Of course, the past few weeks have been filled with events in which the Faculty continues to demonstrate its commitment to the profession in terms of quality programmes and professional development opportunities for in-service teachers, as well as its growth in terms of research and development. Towards the end of April, I contributed towards the activities of the Transformation and Diversity Office (under the auspices of Dr Ingrid Tufvesson in the Institutional Office), by presenting a workshop to staff and students (gathered at the Willows Hotel on 7 May) together with Mr Jacques Rothmann (from Sociology in the Faculty of Arts) on sexuality and identity in the academy this was part of a series of workshops on diversity in the workplace to be offered to all three campuses of the NWU in the course of In early May, we welcomed the senior management (Dr Mochwanesi, Mr Ntwe and Mr Waddington) of Vuselela College on a return visit to formally sign the Memorandum of Understanding with the Faculty (represented by its three school directors Prof Spamer, Prof Mentz and Prof Richter and myself). The MoU serves as the basis for the network of FET colleges that Prof Spamer is busy forming (and which we described in our previous newsletter) and our hope is that NWU (Potchefstroom Campus) will develop a core of FET colleges with which it works and with whom it engages the sector through a number of innovative initiatives. Our intentions in forming such a network (as with the development of school support networks in collaboration with the Department of Education s Kenneth Kaunda District) is to contribute to the Minister s vision for FET college development as contained in the Green Paper (released for comment in early 2012), and also to support the integration of FET colleges into the higher education sector. The colleges are very much our partners in education in South Africa.

4 On 1 May, we also welcomed the appointment of Prof Lesley Wood (from Port Elizabeth most recently) to the Faculty. Lesley is a specialist in HIV/ AIDS education and brings to the Faculty a wealth of international networking and project work, which I am certain will be of interest and relevance to the Faculty and those colleagues keen on developing this aspect of our research profile. Prof Lesley Wood. Contributing to the Partnerships for Hope, the School of Continuing Teacher Education (SCTE) welcomed Mr Attie Mokhahlane and Ms Patience Selesha (corporate social investment coordinators for South African Breweries) to a special ceremony at Resolofetse Secondary School. In the year that the project, under the coordination of Prof Van Vollenhoven (also chair of the Faculty s Service Learning Committee), has been involved in three schools in the KKD, there has been a noted improvement in the children s academic performance and the use of interactive whiteboards can be seen to have the potential to enable the attainment of a high standard of teaching across the schools, as well as the development of teachers awareness of best practice (from each other in participating schools). An initiative of Prof Spamer, the School Professional Development Project attracted the sponsorship of SAB and the support of an enthusiastic and capable team of SCTE colleagues, who demonstrated a Mathematics lesson on the day. Together with our partners from the Kenneth Kaunda District (Mr Mogaki, Circuit Manager, North West Department of Education), we were all thrilled with the results and possibilities of the project, which can make for a fascinating research impact study soon. A highlight in our academic year must surely be the visit of acclaimed experts in cooperative learning. Between 8 and 10 May, Profs David and Roger Johnson from the University of Minnesota (USA), internationally renowned academics with thirty years of publication in the field, and international recognition as experts in cooperative learning. This visit, organised by Prof Elsa Mentz (School for Curriculum-Based Studies), Prof Roux (Director of the Research Focus Area) Prof Kobus Mentz (School of Education) and an excellent team of administrative assistants, entailed a three-day workshop series on cooperative learning in practice and a prestige lecture (workshop) on the evening of 9 May. These workshops were attended by colleagues from UNISA, UKZN and our sister faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences, and Economic and Management Sciences. We are grateful for the support of Prof Amanda Lourens (Vice-Rector, Research), who supported the initiative and enabled the Faculty to secure the visit of both brothers to South Africa. On 12 May, our Faculty, and specifically a team of colleagues and our student council, participated in Open Day and I was pleased to note that the lecture venues were packed to the brim with prospective students and their parents. My thanks to our amazingly capable Johan Liebenberg and his team for helping with this; in some quarters, we hear that as many as people crowded the campus on the day. In addition to the range of conference papers delivered this month, we were pleased to hear the voice of one of our own colleagues, the inimitable Dr Mandie Uys (Subject Chair for English Education) over the radio waves as she was interviewed on RSG on 3 May on her experience of teaching and best practice for the development of professional teachers. The activities of the language subject groups in the Faculty (English, Afrikaans and Setswana Education), the lively Dr David Johnson, Prof Cornelia Roux, Dr Roger Johnson and Prof Robert Balfour at the prestige lecture. culture of student engagement, and professional development opportunities are something we are proud to reflect on in this issue of the newsletter. My sense of this work is that it is ready to become a benchmark for the scholarship of teaching and learning, which is the focus of the NWU (PC) strategy, under the guidance of our Vice-Rec-

5 tor (Prof Mariette Lowes), for the development of teaching and learning. To align itself with campus development in terms of teaching, learning and research, the Faculty engaged on 15 May in a strategic planning workshop in order to reconsider how best to support the development of research and the optimalisation of teaching and learning development with a view to contributing to the NWU policy on teaching and learning. In closing, I extend my deep appreciation to our schools and Office of the Dean administrators, who ensure that the Faculty offers an optimum service to staff and students, and I commend their work to you as contributing to the University s vision for excellence in service, through their patience and dedication to us all. As winter approaches, we trust that hands and hearts will remain warm! Thank you. Robert Fa kgwedi eno ya Motsheganong e ntse e atametsa Legoro kwa bogareng jwa ngwaga, re setse re atamela moletlo wa pele ga kalogo le go tswelela ka ditlhatlhobo tsa thuto tse re di ipaakanyeditseng thata ka moo go tlhokegang ka gone! Dibeke di le mmalwa tse di fetileng di ne di tletse ka ditiragalo di le mmalwa tse mo go tsone Legoro le tswelelang go bontsha boineelo jwa lone mo tirong eno go ya ka mananeo a boleng le ditshono tsa tlhabololo ya seporofešenale ya barutabana ba ba katisiwang ba le mo tirong, mmogo le kgolo ya lone mo go tsa patlisiso le tlhabololo. Go ela kwa bokhutlong jwa Moranang ke ile ka tsenya letsogo go thusa mo ditirong tsa Go Tlisa Dipharogano le mo Ofising ya Dipharologano (ka fa tlase ga bokaedi jwa ga Ngaka Ingrid Tufvesson mo Ofising ya Setheo), ka go tshwarela badiri le baithuti kokoano ya go tlhabana botlhale (ba ba neng ba kokoano kwa Willows Hotel ka di 7 tsa Motsheganong) mmogo le Rre Jacques Rothmann (wa Thuto-Loago mo Legorong la Botsweretshi) ka tsa thobalano le se motho a tlhophang go nna sone mo akateming ono e ne e le mongwe wa metseletsele wa dipharologano mo tirong tse di neng di tlile go rutwa dikhamphase tsotlhe tse tharo tsa YBB mo tsamaong ya Mo tshimologong ya kgwedi ya Motsheganong re ne ra amogela mafoko a setlhopha sa botsamaisi a a neng a boile gape a tlile loetong lwa one (Ngaka Mochwanesi, Rre Ntwe, le Rre Waddington) ba Kholetšhe ya Vuselela gore ba tle go saena Memorantamo wa Tumalano semmuso Front: Dr Mochwanesi, Prof Balfour and Mr Ntwe. Back: Prof Mentz, Mr Waddington, Prof Spamer and Prof Richter le Legoro (le le neng le emetswe ke Bakaedi ba lone ba barao e leng: Mop Spamer, Mop Mentz le Mop Richter, le nna) e e neng ya dira gore go kgonege go nna le tirisano mmogo ya dingwaga di le tlhano fa gare ga Kholetšhe le Yunibesiti, tirisanommogo e mo go yone katiso e e tswelelang pele ya baakatemi kwa Kholetšheng e tlhamiwang ka go dirisana mmogo le Legoro, e mo go yone re tsereng matsapa a go tlhama metseletsele ya dimmojule tse di kgethegileng le dithutego tsa batlhatlheledi ba kholetšhe ya FET, e mo go yone gape re tsereng matsapa a go dira patlisiso ka ga diphelelo tsa katiso e e newang badiri ba kholetšhe. MoU e dira jaaka motheo wa neteweke ya kholetšhe ya FET e Mop Spamer a tshwaregileng ka go dira (e re neng ra e tlhalosa mo lekwalodikgannyeng la rona le le fetileng) e bile tsholofelo e re nang le yone ke gore YBB (Khamphase ya Potch) e tla tlhama karolo ya konokono ya dikholetšhe tsa FET tse e tla dirang le tsone le tse e tsenyang setheo tirisong ka tsone ka matsholo a le mmalwa a maša. Boikaelelo jwa rona jwa go tlhama neteweke e e ntseng jalo (fela jaaka re dira le ka go tlhama dineteweke tsa go ema dikolo nokeng tirisanong mmogo le Lefapha la Thuto la Kgaolo ya Kenneth Kaunda) ga e fela go diragatsa maikaelelo a ga Tona a go tlhama kholetšhe ya FET jaaka fa seno se tlhalosiwa mo Pegong ya Ditshitshinyo tsa Puso (e e neng ya gololwa gore go ntshiwa ditshwaelo ka yone

6 mo tshimologong ya 2012), le go ema nokeng go kopanngwa ga dikholetšhe tsa FET mo setheong sa thuto-godimo. Dikholetšhe ke badirisani ka rona mo go tsa thuto mo Aforikaborwa. Ka di 1 tsa Motsheganong re ne ra amogela go tlhongwa ga ga Mop Lesley Wood (go tswa kwa Port Elizabeth bošeng fela thata jaana) mo Legorong. Lesley ke mankge wa tsa thuto ya HIV/AIDS ebile o kgona go dira gore re tsalane le bontsi jo bo seng kana ka sepe jwa batho ba ba tswang kwa dinageng di sele mo Legorong le tiro ya porojeke e ke solofetseng gore e tla nna e e kgatlhang mo legorong e bile e tla nna e e amanang le lone le go amana le badiri ka rona ba ba iketleeleditseng go godisa karolo eno ya porofaele ya patlisiso. Go koleka madi a kolekelwa Tirisanommogo e e Nang le Tsholofelo, Sekolo sa go Tsweletsa Pele go Ruta ga Barutabana kgotsa School for Continuing Teachers Education (SCTE) se ne sa amogela Rre Attie Mokhahlane le Mohumgatsana Patience Selesha (Baokamedi ba Peeletso ya Kgwebo mo Baaging ba South African Breweries) mo melotlong o o kgethegileng kwa Sekolong sa Poraemari sa Resolofetse. Mo ngwageng o ka one porojeke, e e neng e eteletswe pele ke Moporofesa van Vollenhoven (yo gape e leng Modulasetulo wa Komiti ya Legoro la Tirelo ya go Ithuta), e ntseng e nna le seabe mo dikolong di le tharo kwa KKD, go ile ga lemogwa gore tsela e bana ba dirang ka yone mo dithutong tsa bone e tokafetse fela thata le gore go dirisiwa ga diboto tse di tshweu tse go kwalwang mo go tsone bana ba bo ba rutwa ka tsone di lejwa e le tse di dirang gore bana ba newe thuto ya boleng jo bo kwa godimo mo dikolong tsotlhe, mmogo le go dira gore barutabana ba lemoge mekgwa e e siameng go e gaisa yotlhe ya go dira tiro (e mongwe le mongwe wa bone a nang le yone mo dikolong tse di nnang le seabe mo thulaganyong eno). Letsholo la ga Mop Spamer la Porojeke ya go Tlhama Tiro ya Seporofešenale mo Sekolong le ne la ngoka SAB gore e le tshegetse ka madi le kemonokeng ya setlhopha se se tlhagafetseng se se nang le bokgoni sa badiri-ka-rona ba SCTE ba ba neng ba dira pontsho ya thuto ya Mmetshe mo letsatsing leo. Rona mmogo le badirisani mmogo ba rona go tswa kwa Kgaolong ya Kenneth Kaunda Rre Mogaki (Mmenejara wa Sekete wa YBB DoE), re ne re kgatlhilwe thata ke dipholo le dilo tse di neng di tlile go kgonega tsa porojeke eno e e tla dirang gore go dirwe thuto-patlisiso ya go bona diphelelo tsa seno mo bogautshwaneng. Ntlha-kgolo ya ngwaga wa rona wa dithuto e tshwanetse go nna ya fa bomankge ba ba tumileng ba go ithuta ka go dirisana mmogo ba ne ba etile. Ka letlha la 8-10 la Motsheganong, Moporofesa David le Roger Johnson ba ne ba eta go tswa kwa Yunibesiting ya Minnesota (USA), baakatemi ba ba itsegeng mo dinageng ka go farologana ba ba feditseng dingwaga di le masome a mararo ba gatisa dibuka le go akgolwa mo dinageng tsotlhe jaaka bomankge ba go ithuta ka go dirisana mmogo. Loeto lono lwa bone, lo lo neng lo rulagantswe ke Mop Elsa Mentz (wa Sekolo sa Dithuto Tsa Kharikhulamo), Mop Roux (Mokaedi wa Patlisiso) le Mop Kobus Mentz (wa Sekolo sa Thuto), le setlhopha se se dirang tiro ka mabogo a a duleng diatla sa bathusi ka tsa tsamaiso, le ne le na le dikokoano tsa go tlhabana botlhale tsa malatsi a le mararo tsa go ithuta ka go dirisana mmogo, tlhatlhelelo e e tumileng (kokoano ya go tlhabana botlhale) mo maitseboeng a di 9 Motsheganong. Dikokoano tseno tsa go tlhabana botlhale di ne di tsenetswe ke badiri-ka-rona go tswa kwa UNISA, UKZN le badiri-ka-rona go tswa kwa magorong-potlana a rona a Boenjenere, Disaense Tsa Pholo le Dithuto Tsa Ikonomi. Re itumelela kemonokeng ya ga Mop Amanda Lourens (Motlatsa-Moreketoro wa Patlisiso) yo o neng a ema nokeng letsholo leno le go dira gore Legoro le kgone go etelwa ke bana bano ba motho go tla mo Aforikaborwa. Ka di 12 Motsheganong Legoro la rona mme segolobogolo setlhopha sa rona sa badiri-ka-rona le lekgotla la rona la baithuti, ba ne ba nna le seabe mo Letsatsing la go Lalediwa ga Botlhe mme ke ne ka itumelela go bona gore diphaposi tsa botlhatlheledi di ne di tletse e bile di tshologa ka baithuti ba ka moso le batsadi ba bone. Ke leboga modiri-karona e leng Johan Liebenberg yo o nang le bokgoni le setlhopha sa gagwe mo go re thuseng ka seno; mo dikotareng dingwe re utlwa gore batho khamphase e ne e tletse ka batho ba ka nna mo letsatsing leo. Mo godimo ga dipuo di le mmalwa tse di neng tsa neelwa mo dikhonferenseng mo kgweding eno, re ne ra itumelela go utlwa go utlwa lentswe la mongwe wa badiri-ka-rona, e leng Ngaka Mandie Uys yo o tlhomologileng (yo e leng Modulasetulo wa Serutwa sa Thuto ya Seesemane) mo radiong fa a ne a botsolodiwa mo RSG (Radio Sonder Grense) ka 3 Motsheganong ka maitemogelo a gagwe a go ruta le mekgwa e e siameng go e gaisa yotlhe ya go dira tiro ya go dira gore barutabana ba dire tiro ya bone ka mokgwa wa seporofešenale. Ditiro tsa ditlhopha tsa serutwa sa dipuo mo Legorong (Thuto ya Seesemane, Aforikanse le Setswana) e dira gore re nne motlotlo go ka bega mo kgatisong eno ya Lekwalodikgang, go nna le seabe ka matlhagatlhaga ga baithuti ba rona, le ditshono tsa

7 tlhabololo tsa seporofešenale. Ke leba tiro eno jaaka e go romelwa go ya go ithuta go ruta go setseng go ka tsaya malebela mo go yone e leng se YBB (PC) e tlhomileng mogopolo mo go sone gore e tlhame thulaganyo ya go ruta le go ithuta kafa tlase ga kaelo ya ga Motlatsa-Moreketoro wa rona (Mop Mariette Lowes). Gore Legoro le itepatepanye le go tlhabolola ga khamphase ditiro tsa go ruta, go ithuta le go dira patlisiso, le tla nna le seabe ka di 15 tsa Motsheganong mo kokoanong ya go tlhabana botlhale jwa go dira dithulaganyo tsa go bona gore ke tsela e e siameng go di gaisa tsotlhe ya go tlhabolola tiro ya patlisiso le go tokafatsa tsela ya go tlhabolola go ruta le go ithuta ka boikaelelo jwa go thusa ka pholisi ya YBB ya go ruta le go ithuta. Ke rata go konela fano ka go leboga thata Sekolo sa rona le batsamaisi ba Ofisi ya Badini, ba ba elang tlhoko gore Legoro le direla badiri le baithuti tiro e e molemo, e bile ke akgola tiro ya bone jaaka e e nnang le seabe mo go diragatseng maikaelelo a Yunibesiti a go dira tiro ka mabogo a a duleng diatla, ka bopelotelele jwa bone le boineelo mo go rona rotlhe. Jaaka fa mariga a ntse a atamela re solofela gore diatla le dipelo di tla nna di thuthafetse! Re a leboga. Robert Spesiale lesings en seminare Carnal aesthetics: Challenging the visual in feminist analysis Utrecht University, the Netherlands, April 2012 Shan Simmonds The interdisciplinary PhD course/seminar brought together 18 PhD students from Sweden, the Netherlands, South Africa, Ukraine and the UK. Two aspects of the course that were common to all students were the inclusion (of whatever magnitude) of visual research and feminist theory in the thesis. Every student was involved in critical discussions on the keynote addresses and the prescribed reading material (articles and chapters), as well as during their own and other students presentations pertaining to the thesis. A valuable insight from the course was engaging in and with the notions of transgressive imagery through the senses. This theme was approached within the visual research domain of film studies and photography predominantly, and emphasis was placed on the conceptualisation of notions such as affect, embodiment, carnality, grotesqueness and the hierarchy of the senses from feminist theory perspectives. Two of the presenters, Bettina Papenburg and Marta Zarzycka, are the editors of the book Carnal Aesthetics: Transgressive Imagery and Feminist Politics (London: IB Tauris, 2012). From left: Bettina Papenburg (Utrecht University), Shan Simmonds (NWU), Marta Zarzycka (Utrecht University) and Eugenie Shinkle (University of Westminster, UK).

8 Research Africa Workshop On 25 April, Janette Kruger and Verona Cassim attended the Research Africa workshop at the Tarentaal Centre, Ferdinand Postma Library. Research Africa is a database for researchers in Africa. This platform focuses on assisting researchers in obtaining funding for research within their specific field. It also contains articles on recent research done in Africa. All researchers are able to access Research Africa via the University s website. Once they have been registered, a personal profile can be created stating their field of research. All registered researchers on the system can enable customised alerts to keep them up to date with the latest developments. During the workshop, the facilitator spent the first hour explaining the process and afterwards helped the attendees individually to create their profile and search for research opportunities within their field. It was a very successful workshop and Research Africa makes powerful search tools available to help all researchers find the funding opportunities and news articles that interest them. Ms Verona Cassim. Workshop, Amos course: 3-4 April, NWU Potchefstroom Campus Hennie Esterhuizen and Seugnet Blignaut attended the IBM SPSS Amos course on structural equation modelling for building statistical models with more accuracy than before using standard multivariate statistical techniques. The software enables one to specify, estimate, assess and present a statistical model in an intuitive interface to show hypothesised relationships among variables. Alternatively, SPSS Amos offers a non-graphical method to specify models. In educational contexts, SPSS Amos can be used to evaluate training programme outcomes, to determine impact on classroom effectiveness, or evaluate programme outcomes or behavioural models. It builds models that more realistically reflect complex relationships because numeric variables, whether observed (such as non-experimental data from a survey) or latent (such as satisfaction and loyalty), can be used to predict other numeric variables. It enables researchers to easily compare, confirm and refine models through drag-and-drop drawing functions. Models that used to take days to create can now be completed in minutes. Although both Hennie and Seugnet found the training worthwhile, they are not yet ready to use the software independently. They do however have a better understanding of the complex foundational statistical principles used in Hennie s PhD analyses. Mr Hennie Esterhuizen.

9 Akademiese besoekers vanaf ander universiteite Drs David en Roger Johnson, Universiteit van Minnesota Drs David en Roger Johnson van die Universiteit van Minnesota het die NWU vanaf 7 tot 11 Mei as gaste van die Fakulteit Opvoedingswetenskappe besoek. Die Johnsons word as die internasionale leiers in koöperatiewe leer beskou. Hulle het al meer as 500 artikels en 50 boeke oor die onderwerp gepubliseer. Hulle is ook al met toekennings deur organisasies soos die American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, American Society for Engineering Education en die Regsfakulteit by Harvard Universiteit vereer. Die Johnsons het n werkswinkel op die kampus aangebied, wat deur kollegas van Opvoedingswetenskappe, Gesondheidswetenskappe, Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, Akademiese Steundienste, Ingenieurswese en ander universiteite bygewoon is. Navorsers in die Fakulteit Opvoedingswetenskappe hoop om na afloop van die besoek n studiegroep uit alle fakulteite byeen te kry om transdissiplinêre navorsing oor koöperatiewe leer aan die NWU te bevorder. Prof Elsa Mentz (projekleier in die NFA), dr David Johnson, prof Robert Balfour, prof Cornelia Roux, prof Kobus Mentz en dr Roger Johnson. Uitruilstudente vanaf Driestar Educatief in Gouda, Nederland Die Potchefstroomkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit het n uitruilooreenkoms met die Driestar Educatief Hogeschool van Gouda in Nederland om jaarliks twee onderwysstudente van hulle by ons te ontvang. Vanaf die NWU stuur ons ook twee studente na hul kampus. Hierdie jaar het ons Anneleen van Duinen en Ester Langerak hier ontvang. Hulle was vanaf 21 April tot 5 Mei 2012 hier. Dankie aan Laerskool Mooirivier wat die studente geakkommodeer het om praktiese ervaring in skoolverband te kon opdoen. Verder het die twee ook saam met die NWUstudente klasse bygewoon om te ervaar hoe die akademiese kultuur op ons kampus is. Mnr Piet Dreyer (adjunkhoof en organiseerder van die studente by die skool), Anneleen van Duinen (student), Esther Langerak (student), mnr Ruben Jacobs (hoof) en dr Carl Kirstein (verantwoordelik vir die studente).

10 Anneleen en Ester het tydens hul besoek aan die Skool vir Kurrikulumgebaseerde Studies ook deelgeneem aan die ry- n-fiets-projek. Hulle het elk n fiets ontvang om te gebruik tydens hul verblyf en het op n omgewingsvriendelike wyse hulle weg op die kampus gevind. Dr Carl Kirstein, wat aan beheer van die uitruilprojek staan, bedank dr Schalk Raath graag vir die beskikbaarstelling van die fietse. Die studente het Potchefstroom platgery en kon op plekke kom wat in die verlede nie moontlik was nie. Mee Anneleen van Duinen en Ester Langerak saam met drs Scalk Raath en Carl Kirstein. Navorsingsuitsette van personeel Uitsette tot einde April 2012

11 Personalia Baie geluk aan die volgende personeel: Me Estie Theron wat die trotse ouma van twee nuwe kleinkinders, n seuntjie en n dogtertjie, geword het. Me Janene Ponton wat n babaseuntjie ryker geword het. Me Vera van Niekerk, werksaam by WIL, wat getroud is en nou me Vera Kriel heet. Sterkte aan die volgende personeellede: Me Denese Vermaak wat n skoueroperasie ondergaan het en tuis aansterk. Mnr Hans Pienaar wat tans toetse ondergaan met betrekking tot sy gesondheid en sterkte toegewens word. Vakgroep-nuus The English subject group rocks! RSG se gesprek met dr Mandie Uys Na aanleiding van die volgende artikel in die New York Times, asook ons herhaaldelike gesprekke oor swak onderwys en swak onderwysers, het ek gedink dat dit tyd geword het dat ons aktief die beeld van die onderwyser as professionele persoon begin opbou. Die punt is dat baie ouers hul kinders selfs oor naweke by onderwysers aflaai en voortgaan met hul beroepe of stokperdjies, terwyl onderwysers Saterdag na Saterdag hul eie gesinne verwaarloos om langs die sportveld, of by redenaarskompetisies of tonele hul leerlinge by te staan. Lynette Francis van RSG het my toe op 3 Mei om agt uur die oggend geleentheid gegee om op die seepkis te klim en mense te nooi om saam te gesels oor goeie en swak onderwysers. Die reaksie was, teenstrydig met haar voorspelling, oorwegend positief teenoor onderwysers wat deur die jare n impak op mense se lewens gehad het. Die praatjie is afgesluit met n verwerking van Taylor Mali se praatjie: What teachers make : Dit was gedurende n sosiale funksie waarop iemand aan een van die gaste, n onderwyser, gevra het: Nou sê my eerlik, wat gaan n kind leer by iemand wie se enigste opsie in die lewe was om n onderwyser te word? Hy het genoegdoenend rondgekyk na die ander gaste wat nou aandagtig staan en luister het en onder gedempte lag die gevleuelde woorde van Bernard Shaw aangehaal: Jy weet mos wat hulle van onderwysers sê: Those who can, do; those who can t, teach. So, eerlik nou, jy as onderwyser, sê bietjie vir ons wat maak (verdien) jy. Die onderwyser het n oomblik stilgebly, en toe geantwoord. Dr Mandie Uys.

12 Jy vra my wat ek maak? Kom ek sê jou wat ek maak. Ek maak kinders harder werk as wat hulle ooit gedink het hulle kan. Ek maak n C-minus voel soos n staatspresident en n A-minus skaam voel as ek weet hy kan beter. Ek maak kinders wonder. Ek maak hulle nuuskierig oor die lewe en oor die wêreld. Ek maak hulle krities dink, en vrae vra. Ek maak hulle verskoning vra en dit bedoel. Ek leer hulle om mekaar te respekteer en ek maak hulle verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir hul dade. Ek leer hulle skryf en dan maak ek hulle skryf. Ek leer hulle lees en dan maak ek hulle lees, en lees, en lees Ek leer hulle lief wees vir hul taal en om dit reg te gebruik. Ek maak kinders hul talente raaksien en dan iets daaromtrent doen Jy vra my wat ek maak? Kom ek sê jou wat ek maak. Ek maak n verskil. Die praatjie is op die RSG-webwerf by die volgende skakel, beskikbaar. English Academic camps: drama, poetry and wine Two academic camps were held for the third- and fourth-year English students in February and March 2012, respectively. The third years camp focused on the literary eras and literary theories. The events of the weekend culminated in a wine-tasting and poetry appreciation evening, during which students explored the similarities between good wine and good poetry, for as Robert Louis Stevenson said: Wine is bottled poetry. Both camps entailed activities and workshops that celebrated the wonderfully expressive nature of English and were aimed at encouraging English teachers in the making. Students dressed for the part in Swinging Twenties gear. The theme of the fourth years camp was Drama in the English classroom and students enjoyed taking part in drama activities that featured (among other things!), Oprah, an angry housewife and The Pied Piper of Hamlin. The highlight of the camp was the Murder Mystery Evening, themed around the Roaring Twenties in America. PI Pinkerton (aka Bonnita Szafranic) investigating the murder of Mugsy Malone (aka Deodat Botes).

13 The Literature Festival of the Department of English Education Algemeen As die boelie gaan werk The finalists for the The English Department s Got Talent. The Department of English brought the characters from their favourite literary works to life at the Literature Festival at the Faculty of Education Sciences, on 22 March For one day, every student and lecturer within the Department of English Education dressed up as a character from a literary work. The activities were organised and presented by the fourth years and were themed as simple game and reality shows, but were packed with literary and dramatic content, unique to each of the year groups. The first years competed in The English Department s Got Talent, a competition in which they presented their characters during lunch-time, in front of the C6 building, standing on bricks. They were assessed by the fourth-year students and the best of the group competed at the evening event, where they were judged by members of the student council. After spending the whole day in costume on campus, the department ended off the festival with an evening programme for everyone to enjoy. The second and third years took part in Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, a trivia competition featuring questions from the literary works they had completed in the various English modules. The evening ended with a picnic in front of the C6 building and provided a perfect and tranquil, almost poetic end, to a literaturefilled day. Verwerk uit Rapport deur Carien Kruger Op skool trek hulle jou hare, pootjie jou op die trappe, dop n hele skooltas om of skop, slaan en spoeg jou terwyl jy n aaklige bynaam moet aanhoor. Die werklikheid is egter dat n mens die boelies van jou kinderjare dikwels glad nie ontgroei nie. En dat boelies ook ouer word en hul aggressiewe (soms nie-verbale) truuks in die werkplek uithaal. Selfs volwassenes begin al hoe meer erken boelies kan hul daaglikse werk n lewende hel maak. Dr Tiaan Kirsten (vakgroep Opvoedkundige Sielkunde en Leerderondersteuning) sê Suid-Afrikaanse werkgewers kan nie hul oë sluit vir boeliegedrag nie omdat dit n groot uitwerking op slagoffers se produktiwiteit het. Boeliegedrag vind oor n lang tydperk plaas en kan verwoestende gevolge vir die slagoffer meebring. Die fisieke simptome sluit in naarheid, bewerigheid, ongekoördineerde bewegings, koue rillings, oormatige sweet, diarree, vinnige hartklop en asemhaling, hoë bloeddruk, hoofpyn, onbeheersde gehuil en liggaamspyne. Van die sielkundige gevolge wat in navorsing na vore gekom het, is dat die slagoffer obsessief raak oor die boelie en sy gedrag, en selfs fantaseer om die boelie of sy eiendom op n gewelddadige manier iets aan te doen.

14 Ander sielkundige simptome is angs, paniekversteurings, kliniese depressie, post-traumatiese stresversteuring, skaamheid, skuldgevoelens, n sterk gevoel dat ongeregtigheid plaasvind, slaapprobleme en n slegte selfbeeld. Die slagoffer neem boonop sy probleme saam met hom of haar huis toe, waar dit huweliks- en gesinsprobleme kan veroorsaak. Dr Tiaan Kirsten Dit is belangrik om te besef die fout lê nie by slagoffers nie, sê Kirsten, en dat hulle nie swakkelinge is nie. Diep gesetelde sielkundige probleme word verbind met boelies, wat dikwels met n minderwaardigheidsgevoel verband hou. Dit is selfs moontlik dat n boelie persoonlikheidsversteurings het. Die tipiese boelie is gewoonlik in n bestuursposisie en smag na mag, beheer, dominering en onderwerping. Hy of sy wil ondergeskiktes verneder, marginaliseer en ondermyn. Kirsten verwys graag na die definisie wat dr Susan Steinman, Suid-Afrikaanse kenner van werkplekboeliegedrag, geformuleer het. Daarvolgens is n boelie iemand wat n individu of groep mense onder meer teister, intimideer, dreig, manipuleer, afdreig en onredelik teenoor hulle optree. Die verskil tussen blote normale konflik en boeliegedrag is dat laasgemelde met opset, herhaaldelik en oor n tydperk gedoen word. By boeliegedrag is daar ook elemente van kwaadwilligheid en wreedheid betrokke. Kirsten sê navorsers het selfs al na reeks-boelies verwys: boelies wat die een ná die ander persoon boelie. Sy raad aan Suid-Afrikaanse werkgewers is om toepaslike waardes, n beleid en n gedragskode daar te stel, gegrond op die beginsel dat elke persoon se menswaardigheid gerespekteer moet word. Almal in die organisasie moet hierin opgelei word en presies weet watter stappe gevolg kan word wanneer iemand oor boeliegedrag kla.enige klagte moet vinnig en doelgerig opgevolg word en skuldiges moet sigbaar gestraf word. Bestuurders wat nie hul werknemers teen boeliegedrag beskerm nie, moet ook aanspreeklik gehou word. Kirsten sê boelies se gedrag kan as sielkundige geweld beskou word en kan n werkplek op n sielkundige en sosiale vlak vergiftig. Dit is in stryd met die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet en die Handves vir Menseregte wat mense se reg op menswaardigheid en n veilige omgewing uitstippel. Die boelie * Begin skinderstories oor iemand. * Sweep kollegas op teen iemand. * Verskree n werknemer in die openbaar. * Pak die skuld vir goed wat verkeerd loop op die slagoffer. * Saboteer die slagoffer se werkbydrae en beeld. * Dreig en manipuleer die slagoffer dat hy sy werk sal verloor, gestraf sal word of fisiek iets aangedoen sal word as hy/sy nie saamspeel nie. * Maak inbreuk op die slagoffer se betaling en voordele. * Diskrimineer teen die slagoffer deur hom/haar byvoorbeeld in onveilige omstandighede te laat werk. * Ignoreer die slagoffer. * Weerhou opleiding van die slagoffer. * Teiken die slagoffer indien hy of sy reeds aan n mediese of sielkundige siekte ly. Wenke vir die slagoffer * Praat daaroor met mense wat jy kan vertrou. * Kry hulp. * Hou deeglik dagboek van alle voorvalle, onder meer wat gesê is, die tyd en die getuies. * Rapporteer voorvalle aan jou bestuurder of beamptes in menslike hulpbronne. * Sê vir die boelie dat sy/haar gedrag onaanvaarbaar is, maar moenie in n debat betrokke raak nie. * Vermy plekke waar jy alleen met die boelie sal wees. * As die boelie iets kwetsend sê, en jy sien n moontlike getuie in die omgewing, vra die boelie om te herhaal wat hy gesê het. * Gaan spreek jou huisdokter indien jy enige fisieke en/of sielkundige simptome begin ervaar. * Besoek n sielkundige waar jy vertroulik kan praat en wat jou sielkundige status kan neerpen. * Hou afskrifte van enige stawende dokumente.

15 School of Continuing Teacher Education broadcast to Resofoletse Secondary School in Ikageng On Thursday 3 May 2012, Resolofetse Secondary School celebrated the inauguration of their interactive white board. They sat in on a Mathematics lesson broadcast from the SCTE on the Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU. The installation of this interactive media board is part of the school project of the SCTE and was sponsored by SA Breweries. The interactive white board enables the school to receive interactive lectures directly from the SCTE, during which learners and teachers are able to respond. We started with Mathematics, and other subjects will hopefully soon follow. BA Seobi Secondary Mr Pieter Badenhorst with Grade 12 learners. Front (from left): Prof M Spamer (SCTE director), Mr A Mokhahlane (SAB), Prof R Balfour (Dean, Faculty of Education Sciences), Ms P Selesho (SAB), Mr Mogaki (Circuit Manager, NW DoE) and Mr A Molefe (Headmaster, Resolofetse). Back (from left): Mr A Fransman (SCTE), Dr T Faleni (SCTE), Dr J Kruger (SCTE), Dr J Varughese (SCTE), Prof WJ van Vollenhoven (SCTE School Project Co-ordinator), Ms I van Deventer (SCTE), Mr M Laubscher (SCTE), Dr N van der Merwe (SCTE) and Mr P Badenhorst (SCTE). Photographer and lecturer (Afrikaans for Education), SCTE: Ms C van der Vyver. School will be the second school to receive their interactive white board as soon as signal problems have been dealt with. Prof Robert Balfour, Dean of the Faculty of Education Sciences, Prof Manie Spamer, Director of the School of Continuing Teacher Education, as well as Mr Mogaki, Circuit Manager from the district office, sat with the SA Brewery s representatives on the receiving end while an interactive lecture was broadcast. This is evidence of the NWU s partnership with the North West Department of Education, and of the endeavours of the NWU to engage with the community in order to empower them.

16 Cedar Kollege hou gradeplegtigheid Die 15de gradeplegtigheid van Cedar Kollege het op Vrydag 23 Maart 2012 plaasgevind. Die gradeplegtigheid is deur prof Herman van Schalkwyk, Rektor (Potchefstroomkampus); prof Barry Richter, Direkteur van die Skool vir Kurrikulumgebaseerde Studies; mnr J Liebenberg, Bedryfshoof van Administrasie en Bestuur; en dr Bertus le Roux, Waarnemende Registrateur (Potchefstroomkampus) bygewoon. Grade is aan ses studente in Grondslagfase en elf studente in Senior VOO-fase toegeken. Vier studente het hul BEd-graad met lof verwerf. Die personeel van die NWU is op n hartlike wyse ontvang en met uitstaande gasvryheid getrakteer. Die gradeplegtigheidseremonie was baie besonders. Cedar Kollege-studente wat hul graad ontvang het. NFA einde Augustus ekstern geëvalueer Baie sterkte aan prof Cornelia en haar span wat tans druk besig is met voorbereiding vir hierdie groot gebeurtenis! Ons weet die uiteinde hiervan sal goed wees.

17 Gesels saam op Facebook Die Fakulteit het nou ook n Facebook-bladsy ryker geword. Besoek gerus ons splinternuwe dinkskrum en geselsblad waar u kan saamgesels oor aktuele sake in die Onderwys en land. Om die wiel aan die rol te kry, het prof Balfour reeds vyf kopstukke gepubliseer. Mag u geïnspireer word om ook u hand aan n artikel te waag. Die blad is deur me Lize dos Santos geskep en word deur haarself en me Jana Jacobs onderhou kontak hulle gerus indien u n artikel wil publiseer, of stuur dit na Edu-EnquiryPotch@nwu.ac.za. Facebook is a fun way to a) increase our public footprint as academics, students and NWU community; b) contribute to public debates and issues; c) establish our currency (in terms of current social and education matters) with students and members of the public; d) profile academics and intellectual work of the Faculty; and e) market the Faculty. Please keep the following guidelines in mind: i) keep the thought pieces short and sweet: 550 words max; ii) the thought pieces should be on something topical, current, public; iii) the thought pieces refer to scholarly work to back-up the opinion; iv) the thought pieces include a visual (of you, of a book, an issue); v) and, finally we don t keep these pieces on for too long. Kliek op die skakel hier bo om u na ons Facebook-blad te neem Kollegas, BAIE DANKIE vir die inligting. Bydraes vir die volgende uitgawe kan aan Edu-EnquiryPotch@nwu.ac.za gestuur word. Die redaksie van hierdie nuusbrief maak staat op die korrektheid van inhoud van die afsender en vrywaar hulself dus teen enige foute wat gepubliseer word. Ons verwelkom voorstelle, regstellings of kommentaar oor die inhoud van hierdie nuusbrief.