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Prof Sarah Gravett

Senior Director: Global Engagement (Acting)
Name: Sarah Gravett
Location: International House Madibeng Ground Floor APK Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Department of Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Senior Directors听 Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 11-559-4446

Personal/Executive Assistant: Ms Ziyanda Sam

About Prof Sarah Gravett

Sarah Gravett is a Professor of Education and the former Dean of the Faculty of Education at UJ (from January 2007 until December of 2021). Her initial postdoctoral research included transformative learning, dialogic teaching and the design of learning environments in higher and adult education. Currently, she is mainly involved in projects on education imperatives for a fast-changing world, focusing particularly on teacher education and development. Here she leads projects that investigate teacher education models, the incorporation of the science of learning in teacher education, creative coding and educational robotics for teachers and using mixed-reality simulation in teacher education. She is the author and co-author of numerous books and articles on teaching and learning, teacher education and related themes and has supervised numerous postgraduate students to completion.

She is a National Research Foundation C2 rated scientist and a member the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

Selected recent publications

Articles

Moodley, S.; Seerane, T. & Gravett, S. 2022. Learning at home for Grade 1 learners in disadvantaged communities: Insights from the Sandbox@Home COVID-19-response intervention. South African Journal of Childhood Education. 12, (1). DOI:听

Gravett, S. & Kroon, R. Currently published on-line: Learning to become a teacher: student teachers鈥� experiences and perceptions of a one-year initial teacher education programme. Educational Studies.

Gravett, S.J. & Jiyane, L., 2019. 鈥楾he practice learning experiences of student teachers at a rural campus of a South African university鈥�, South African Journal of Childhood Education 9(1), a702. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajce.v9i1.702

Gravett, S., Petersen N. & Ramsaroop, S. 听2019. A university and school working in partnership to develop professional practice knowledge for teaching. 听Frontiers in Education. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2018.00118/full

Ramsaroop, S. & Gravett, S. 2017. The potential of teaching schools in enabling student teacher learning for the teaching profession, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 49:6, 848-865. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2017.1325516

Gravett, S. & Ramsaroop S.听 2017. 听Teaching schools as teacher education laboratories. South African Journal of Childhood Education 7(1), a527. https:// doi.org/10.4102/sajce. v7i1.527

Gravett, S. 听De Beer, J. Odendaal-Kroon, R & Merseth, K.K. 2017. The affordances of case-based teaching for the professional learning of student-teachers, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 49:3, 369-390. To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2016.1149224

Gravett, S. & Ramsaroop, S. 2015. Bridging theory and practice in teacher education: teaching schools 鈥� a bridge too far?听 Perspectives in Education; 33 (1), 134-153

Chapters in books and books

Nel, C. Gravett, S. Van der Merwe, D. 2023. Simulated teaching in an ODL environment. In: Okeke, C; Adu, E.O., Mncanca, M., Uwanyi (Eds). Van Schaik Publishers

Gravett S. Ed. 2022. Teaching for learning in a fast-changing world. 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg. (Opensource book.) Can be downloaded from: /faculties/education/free-book-download-teaching-for-learning-in-a-fast-changing-world/

Gravett, S. & Petersen, N. Eds. 2023: Future-proofing teacher education. Voices from South Africa and beyond. Routledge.听

Gravett, S., Lang, R. & Van der Merwe, D. 2023. Lesson design in preservice teacher education drawing on a science of learning perspective. In: Gravett, S. & Petersen, N. Eds. Future-proofing teacher education. Voices from South Africa and beyond. Routledge.

Ndabezitha, L. & Gravett, S. 2023. Preparing pre-service teachers for play as pedagogy. In: Gravett, S. & Petersen, N. Eds. Future-proofing teacher education. Voices from South Africa and beyond. Routledge.

Kroon, R. & Gravett, S. 听2023. A framework for initial teacher education in an uncertain and fast-changing world. In: Gravett, S. & Petersen, N. Eds. Future-proofing teacher education. Voices from South Africa and beyond. Routledge.

Molaodi, L; Gravett, S. & Batchelor, J.听 2023. Creating a context conducive to creative learning in a coding club: student teachers鈥� experiences. In: Gravett, S. & Petersen, N. eds. Future-proofing teacher education. Voices from South Africa and beyond. Routledge.

Downing, K., Loock, P.J. & Gravett, S. 2021. The Impact of Higher Education Ranking Systems on Universities. The Impact of Higher Education Ranking Systems on Universities – 1st E (Routledge.com)

Gravett, S. & Henning, E. Eds. 2021. Glimpses into primary school education in South Africa. Routledge.

Gravett, S. & Petersen, N. Eds. 2021. 听A school-university partnership for teacher education in Soweto, Johannesburg. In:

McNaught, C. & Gravett, S. Eds. 2021. Embedding social justice in teacher education and development in Africa. Routledge.

Gravett, S. & McNaught C. 2021. How changing global economic models impact on local teacher-education programs. In:

Gravett, S. & Eadie, S. 2021. The Sandbox project: Developing competencies for a changing world in South African schools. In:

Petersen, N; Gravett, S & Ramsaroop, S. 2020. Service Learning and Teacher Education, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1002

Ramsaroop, S., Petersen, N. Gravett, S. 2020. WIL and teaching schools: The UJ teaching school experience. In: De Beer, J., Petersen, N & J van Vuuren, H.听 Becoming a teacher: Research on the work-integrated learning of student teachers.

De Beer, J & Gravett, S. 2020. A hybrid model building on prolepsis for effective practice teaching in pre-service Life Sciences teacher education. In: De Beer, J., Petersen, N & J van Vuuren, H. Becoming a teacher: Research on the work-integrated learning of student teachers.

Gravett, S.听 2018. Initial Teacher Education in Primary Education (South Africa) In: 听Maringe, F &听 Tatto, MT., & Menter, I听 eds. Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. 听听DOI: 10.5040/9781350995949,

De Beer, J. & Gravett, S. 2016. The affordances of case-based teaching for self-directed learning: A case study with first-year student teachers. In: Mentz, E. & Oosthuizen, I. eds. 2016. Self-directed learning research. An imperative for transforming the educational landscape, 35-71. Durbanville: AOSIS.

Petersen, N. Henning, E. & Gravett, S 2016. Onde professores em forma莽膩o e a pr谩tica do ensino fundamental se encontram: como uma universidade sul-africana elaborou um programa inovador de forma莽茫o. In: De Moura, De Almeida, A.A.听听Internacioaliza莽茫o do Ensino Superior: Desafios a Perspectivas; 163- 174, Editora CRV

Gravett, S., Petersen, N & De Beer, J. 2015. Using case teaching in teacher education with large class groups (a good practice account) In: Brown, S, 2015: 鈥淟earning, teaching and assessment in higher education: global perspectives鈥�.

Gravett, S. & De Beer J.听 2014.听 (2^nd edition 鈥� first edition 2010). The teacher as reflective practitioner, pp. 1-18. (In: Gravett, S.; De Beer. J; Du Plessis, E. eds. 2014. 听听Becoming a teacher.)听 Cape Town: Pearson.

De Beer, J.听 Gravett S.听 2014. The teacher as mediator of learning, pp. 111-141.听 (In: Gravett, S.; De Beer. J; Du Plessis, E. 2015. eds. 听听Becoming a teacher.) Cape Town: Pearson.

Gravett S., De Beer, J. 听2014. 听The teacher as researcher. (In: Gravett, S.; De Beer. J; Du Plessis, E. 2015. 听eds. Becoming a teacher.), pp. 343-405. 听Cape Town: Pearson.

Gravett, S. Merseth, K & De Beer, J. eds. 2013: Being a teacher. A book of cases. Cape Town:听 Pearson

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