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Dr Zukiswa Nhase

Senior Lecturer
Name: Dr Zukiswa Nhase
Department of Childhood Education, Faculty of Education听 Staff Members

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Email:听znhase@uj.ac.za

About Dr Zukiswa Nhase

Zukiswa Nhase is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Department of Childhood Education at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg (UJ). She holds a Master鈥檚 and PhD in Science Education from Rhodes 欧美福利100000. For her PhD, she received the following research grants: the NRF Thuthuka Fund and the Rhodes 欧美福利100000 Research Grant. Before joining UJ, she lectured at the 欧美福利100000 of the Free State (UFS), where she served as Programme Director in the Department of Childhood Education. Dr Nhase鈥檚 research centres on Science Education within Childhood and Primary Education. Her work explores the opportunities and challenges associated with learning scientific concepts, knowledge, and skills in the early years of schooling. Specifically, her research investigates how factors such as the language of instruction, resource availability, and the integration of inquiry-based approaches influence the teaching and learning of science in Childhood and Primary Education contexts. In her supervision role, Dr Nhase has successfully supervised and continues to supervise honours, Master鈥檚 and PhD candidates in Science Education and Childhood Education. She plays an active role in national and international research networks, contributing to projects on teacher professional learning and curriculum innovation.

Awards and Recognitions

  • SAARMSTE Eastern Cape Chapter Chairperson (2018 鈥� 2019)
  • NRF Thuthuka Funding and Rhodes 欧美福利100000 Research Grant recipient for PhD project (2017-2019)
  • SAARMSTE PhD representative (2018 鈥� 2020)
  • SAARMSTE Research Capacity Building Committee (RCBC) Member (2021鈥�2025)
  • Teaching Week Delegate, Ludwigsburg 欧美福利100000 of Education, Germany (2022)
  • SAARMSTE Representative to NARST (United States); SKAIDS Research Mentor (2023)
  • CSRU NRF grant holder (2025 鈥� 2027)

Recent Accredited Publications

  1. Nhase, Z. (2025). Development of Science Process Skills: Insights Gained from Observing Two Grade 3 Foundation Phase Classes. AJSTME, 11(2), 235-243, https://www.ajstme.com.ng ISSN: 2251-0141 (Print), 2971-6233 (Online)
  2. Nhase, Z., & Lulama, Z. (2025). Integrating isiXhosa with Inquiry-Based Learning to Develop Scientific Skills in Early Childhood Development Classrooms: Towards Teacher Professional Development.听IJLTER. ORG, 24(4), 616-639.
  3. Nhase, Z.,听Selepe, M.A., & Okeke, C.I.O. (2025). Understanding and implementing play as a learning pedagogy: Narratives of practitioners in early childhood mobile units.听Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 6(1), 99-113.
  4. Ruswa, N., & Nhase, Z (2025). Bridging Theory and Practice: Unpacking Curriculum, Social Networks, and Sustainable Development in Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Science Teaching in the Foundation Phase. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER),24 (9), 346-360.
  5. Liveve, L. Ngcoza, K. & Nhase, Z. (2024). Exploring the Role of Teachers’ Professional Learning Community and Community Experts to Emerge Hybrid Science Pedagogical Styles. 31st Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (SAARMSTE). 欧美福利100000 of Namibia, Windhoek.
  6. Selepe, AM., Nhase, Z., Okeke, CI., (2024). How mobile ECCE practitioners leverage a variety of learning materials in resource-scarce Your paper will be published in the August 2024 issue. t International Journal of Learning, Teaching, and Educational Research, 23(8).
  7. Nhase, , Breytenbach, T., & Myburgh, T. (2024). Understanding the world around the child. In C.I.O Okeke, M. Mncanca, M. Koen & H. Ebrahim (Eds.), Early Childhood Professional Development: An African Perspective. Juta Publishers. 9781998963614 [Print] 9781998963621 [eBook].
  8. Ndlovu, , Okeke, C., Nhase, Z., Ugwuanyi, C., Okeke, C., & Ede, M. (2023). Impact of play-based learning on the development of children in mobile early childhood care and education centres: Practitioners鈥� perspectives. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science, 12(3), 432-440.
  9. Nhase, Zukiswa & Dube, Bekithemba. (2023). Integrating Storytelling and Inquiry-Based Approach as Pedagogies of Developing Scientific Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 32-42. 10.38159/ehass.20234124.