If you are passionate about biology, chemistry, physics and science and want to share your awe and fascination with the subject with young people, then a career as a teacher of one of these subjects might be just very suitable for you!
The Department of Mathematics and Science Education (DMSE) is responsible for, amongst others, Science – biology, chemistry and physics – education. The DMSE strives towards providing quality initial teacher education as well as research in these subject disciplines and closely related areas. The academic members of staff who form part of DMSE focus on promoting innovative classroom practices that are in line with contemporary teaching and learning theories. We strive to prepare committed and reflective teachers and we will guide you to develop a personal response to the challenges of education. It is our intention to make your time with us a meaningful and formative learning experience that will strongly influence your future professional career.
We are totally committed to fully support our students, educators in schools, and the community at large to better understand the complex processes of teaching and learning science.
Apart from the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL), the Department is also involved in providing other courses as the B.Sc. (Science for Education and Communication), diploma, certificate and postgraduate programmes, professional development for teachers, apart from contributions to national and international conferences, dissemination of research work in journals and participation in international research projects with other foreign universities.
