UKZN Hosts International Higher Education Conference

The 8^th Annual Teaching & Learning Higher Education Conference began this morning at the University’s Edgewood Campus. Professor Renuka Vithal, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning will deliver the Opening Address at 09:00.

The keynote address on Humanities, Democracy and the Politics of Knowledge in Higher Education will be conveyed by Professor Garyatri Spivak from Columbia University in the United States.

The Opening session will be streamed live to the University Community. The workshops will be recorded and can be accessed by emailing utlo@ukzn.ac.za or calling x3002 for further information. The live stream may be accessed at the following link: https://broadcast.ukzn.ac.za/tlhec8.

300 national and international delegates are attending the conference and a total of 150 papers will be presented during the 3 days of deliberations.

This year’s conference will focus on the theme: ‘Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education: Systemic Change, Curriculum Reform, Quality Promotion and Professional Development’

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary theorist, philosopher and University Professor at Columbia University, where she is a founding member of the school’s Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.[1] She is best known for the essay “Can the Subaltern Speak?” considered a founding text of postcolonialism; and for her translation of, and introduction to Jacques Derrida’s De la grammatologie.

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Professor Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela

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Professor William Pinar

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Professor Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe

Executive Secretary of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), the official language agency of the African Union, since 2009.

Professor Matsinhe hails from Mozambique and holds a PhD in Linguistics with special reference to Bantu Languages from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His postdoctoral research has focused on language planning and language development, language contact and bilingualism in education, the use of African languages as medium of instruction in formal education as well as on Morphology and Syntax of Bantu languages.

From 1992 to 2009, he taught in the Department of African languages at UNISA. Professor Matsinhe has published widely and has lectured in many countries. He has also served as external examiner for various African universities. Professor Matsinhe is still associated with UNISA as Honorary Professor at the Institute for African Renaissance Studies.

 

Full Recording Schedule
8th Annual Teaching & Learning Higher Education Conference
DATE	TIME	SESSION	SPEAKER	DETAILS/PANEL
25-Sep-14	08h45 to 10h30	Welcome & Introduction	Dr Rubby Dhunpath – University of KwaZulu-Natal		TLHEC – stream
		Opening Address	Professor Renuka Vithal – University of KwaZulu-Natal
		Keynote Address	Professor Gayatri Spivak – Columbia University, United States of America
	11h45 to 12h30	Panel Discussion	Professor Gayatri Spivak, Columbia University, USA	Prof Mershen Pillay – University of KwaZulu-Natal Prof Vivienne Bozalek – University of Western Cape (TBC) Dr Federico Settler – University of KwaZulu-Natal	T&L TV
	13h50 to 15h50	Workshops	Professor Gayatri Spivak – Envisioning an Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization	MMLT	WKSHP -recording
			Professor William F Pinar – Repositioning Students as Central in Curriculum Reform: Context, Conviction, Incorporation	LT 6
	16h15 to 17h00	Panel Discussion	Professor William Pinar, University of British Columbia, Canada	Dr Thabo Msibi – University of KwaZulu-Natal Prof Labby Ramrathan – University of KwaZulu-Natal Dr Brian Shawa – University of KwaZulu-Natal	T&L TV
26-Sep-14	09h00 to 10h00	Keynote Address	Professor William Pinar, University of British Columbia, Canada		TLHEC – stream
	10h00 to 11h00	Plenary Panel	Professor Sozinho Matsinhe – African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), African Union
			Chair: Dr Langa Khumalo – University of KwaZulu-Natal
	11h15 to 12h00	Interview-Panel Discussion	Professor Reitumetse Mabokela – Michigan State University, USA	Dr Nyna Amin – University of KwaZulu-Natal Dr Shamim Bodhanya – University of KwaZulu-Natal	T&L TV
	13h00 to 13h45	Panel discussion	Professor Sozinho Matsinhe – African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), African Union	Dr Langa Khumalo –  University of KwaZulu-Natal Prof Michael Samuel – University of KwaZulu-Natal Dr Rubby Dhunpath – University of KwaZulu-Natal	T&L TV
	14h25 to 16h25	Workshops	Maheshvari Naidu – Teaching with your Mouth Shut! Engage Pedagogy and Performance Teaching	MMLT	WKSHP -recording
			Reitumetse O Mabokela – The PhD and Beyond: Building a successful academic year	LT 6
	16h00 to 16h45	Interview	Professor Renuka Vithal – University of KwaZulu-Natal		T&L TV
27-Sep-14	09h00 to 10h00	Keynote Address	Professor Reitumetse Mabokela, Michigan State University, USA		TLHEC- stream