# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Associate Professor Samantha Govender

Faculty: Education

Department: Educational Foundations

Discipline: Curriculum and Instructional Studies

 

Highest Qualification

Doctoral degree in Curriculum Studies

Contact details

Email: GovenderSA@unizulu.ac.za 

Phone: 035 902 6350

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Govender S. (2018). South African teachers’ perspectives on support received in implementing curriculum changes. South African Journal of Education, 38(Suppl. 2): Art. #1484, 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v38ns2a1484

Govender, S. & Pillay, R. (2018). University students’ response to group work in life science – a social and cognitive perspective. Journal of Educational Studies, 17(2) :42-59

Govender, S. (2019). Students’ Reflections on Assessment and Feedback Practices at a South African Higher Education Institution. AFFRIKA: Journal of Politics, Economics and Society, 9 (2): 67-87

Pillay, R.P. & Govender, S. (2021). Exploring the quality of pre-service teachers’ critical analysis of cartoons within environmental contexts in the Life Sciences. The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 17(1), a863. https://doi. org/10.4102/td.v17i1.863

Khathi, L.J. Govender, S. & Ajani, A.O. (2021). Rethinking the Integration of Moral Values Education into South African Secondary School Curriculum. Multicultural Education, 7(6):401-412. .

Govender S, Ajani OA, Ndaba NH, & Ngema T(2023) Making In-service Professional Development Effective in a Rural Context; In Mphahlele RS & Maphalala MC (2023) Contextualising Rural Education in South African Schools (78–95) Brill Publisher, ISBN: 978-90-04-54702-5

Maphalala MC, Govender S & Khumalo NP (2023) The Role of the School Management Team in the Management and Monitoring of the Curriculum in King Cetshwayo Secondary Schools; In Maphalala MC & Mphahlele RS (2023) Towards Innovative Ways of Managing Curriculum in Rural Secondary Schools in the Twenty-First Century (10-24) Brill Publisher, ISBN: 978-90-04-54343-0