Professor Callie Grant

Position: Coordinator: BED(Hons)

Email: c.grant@ru.ac.za

Tel: 046 603 7402

Biography

Callie Grant is a Professor in the Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education at Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. A nationally rated researcher, Callie’s teaching, research and community engagement is predominantly in the field of Educational Leadership and Management (ELM). In particular, her research interests include distributed leadership, democratic leadership, teacher leadership, learner leadership as well as school leadership preparation and development. She is currently also interested in formative interventionist research in the tradition of Cultural, Historical Activity Theory. Her other research interests include leadership in higher education, doctoral education and models of postgraduate supervision. Other than ELM programmes, Callie also enjoys teaching Curriulum Studies, Pedagogy and Research Design.  

Grant, C. (2024). 'Sink or swim’ school leadership socialisation: A global South case of
principal preparation and development. Management in Education, 1–6.
DOI: 10.1177/08920206241249855

Long, K.A. & Grant, C. (2024) Child participation in South African primary schools:
How useful is the Lundy model? South African Journal of Childhood Education, 14(1), a1354.
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v14i1.1354

Grant, C. (2023). Democratic leadership and education: The case of ‘Learners Lead’ in P. A. Woods, A. Roberts, M. Tian, & H. Youngs (Eds.) Handbook of leadership in education. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 219 - 232.

Grant, C. (2022). Double stimulation and transformative agency for leadership development of school learners in Southern Africa. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 30(1), 53-70,  https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2020.1805495

Haufiku, K.D., Grant, C. & Kajee, F.A. (2022). Towards inclusivity and sustainability in the leadership of an academic department in a South African University: A disributed perspective. Journal of Education, 88, 87-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i88a06

Link to research:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-7408

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