Ms Pretty Magangxa

PTD (Masibulele College of Education); BEd(Hons) (NWU); FDE (Rhodes University); B Soc Sci( UFH); Interdisciplinary Studies (hons) (UFH); MEd (NMU).

Position: Coordinator: BEd FP (2nd Years)

Email: pretty.mgangxa@ru.ac.za

Biography

I am an experienced Foundation Phase teacher who is currently teaching preservice teachers at RU. I have been involved in literacy programmes to gain better ways of equipping FP learners with various literacies. These include READ, Molteno, and Funda Wande, and Centre for African Literacy Teaching. I joined Nelson Mandela Institute, an NGO that specialises in developing material, training, and supporting teachers in previously disadvantaged areas. As an nGAP scholar at Nelson Mandela University I learnt more about teaching across the curriculum, multilingualism, teaching diverse students, research, community engagement as well as publishing. We engaged with schools to support them with isiXhosa literacy teaching. I was a Grade R Diploma Tutor for SANTS Private Institution and that capacitated me more about 4IR. As a PhD student and Thuthuka Grant holder I intend to develop a culturally informed literacy pedagogy that can be aligned to the school curriculum.

Magangxa, P. N., & Geduld, D. C. (2023). Student teachers’ reflections on semiotics in Grade 3 isiXhosa literacy lessons. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 13(1), 11.

Link to research

https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-3167-517X

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