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Name: Maria Vaz
Location: ADA 209, Ukhamba Building Soweto Campus
CALT Staff, Department of Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Staff听 Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: +27 11 559 5721
Email:听mvaz@uj.ac.za
About Dr Maria Vaz
Maria is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg. For the past ten years, he has taught various modules in the Department of Childhood Education. Before transitioning to academia, she spent twenty years teaching at various public and independent primary schools.
She began her teaching profession after acquiring a Junior Primary Teacher鈥檚 Diploma from Soweto College of Education followed by an Advanced Education Certificate from Witwatersrand 欧美福利100000. She went on to obtain Honours and Master鈥檚 degrees from the same university. In 2024, she acquired her PhD from the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg.
Maria鈥檚 research focuses on language in education with a specific interest in reading and writing in African languages.
Accredited听Publications
Vaz, M. (2024). 10-year-olds reading for meaning? A study of Sesotho Grade 4 learners鈥� foundational reading skills.听South African Journal of Childhood Education, 14(1), 12 pages. doi:听
Non-accredited publications
Narrative text translation, prosody, comprehension: A cacophony of concordant constructs and theories
Teacher agency in the transference of Sesotho knowledge to enable English reading comprehension