G-CAR Research Team
At G-CAR, our researchers are individuals with a passion for scholarship and the promotion of epistemologies from the global south. In order to achieve that, we are continuously learning methods and approaches of application from different perspectives and cultures, in order to understand how to adapt these to our current South African situation. South Africa is a country of more than 60 million people, with eleven official languages and many cultures and sub-cultures with different practices and belief systems. While the purpose of our research is to provide solutions to problems that continue to face us, we need to learn more adaptive approaches so as to co-create solutions with communities that are impacted by the problems being investigated.
We collaborate with researchers from all over the world to solve problems that are not only limited to South Africa, but problems that go beyond our boders into the region and beyond. Our research focusses on Leadership and Management in Education, Public Health, Economics, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Digital Transformation, Society and Culture, Youth Development and Philosophy.
Prof. Mfanelo Patrick Ntsobi
CEO at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre
Head of Institutional Review Board and Ethics at GCAR
Publications
1. Change Management as a requirement for introducing ICT in curriculum delivery – the Gauteng Experience
2. The role and potential of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in early childhood education in South Africa: A theoretical perspective
3. A Systematic Review of the Potential for Promotion of Southern Epistemologies in Educational Research: Ubuntu Philosophy as a Research Paradigm, a Conceptual Model
4. Pedagogical integration of technology as an enhancement to teaching and learning in Gauteng public schools
5. Students’ experiences in relation to the use of online learning and collaborative technologies during COVID-19 outbreak in South African Universities
6. The exigency of ICT Resources on Teaching and Learning in South African Primary Schools
7. Privatisation of Prisons and Prison Services in South Africa
8. COVID 19 - Impact on Teaching & Learning :The Gauteng Province Experience
9. Epistemology of The South - “Navigating and Traversing the Proverbial Avalanche Post PhD in The 21st Century – A Narrative Reflection”
10. Educator's perceptions and influences regarding ICT Integration into teaching and learning in Gauteng Public Schools
11. Insights on the Costa QDA Technique in Business and Leadership: A Post Covid-19 Outbreak Perspective
12. A Systematic Review of the Potential for Promotion of Southern Epistemologies in Educational Research: Ubuntu Philosophy as a Research Paradigm, a Conceptual Model
Prof. Nisi Thusi
Associate Research Professor and Member of Advisory Board
Publications:
1. The Model for Application of Research Solution-Focused Andragogy in Higher Education - A Meta-Synthesis
2. Lived experiences of Educators in relation to CPTD within the Johannesburg West District High Schools
3. Institutional Mentoring Programme during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
4. A practical representation of NFT pedagogy in a learning environment
5. Integrated Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) Model
6. Integrating Dale’s and Bloom’s Theory into NFT as a Pedagogy for Teaching Accounting to Non-financial Students
Prof. Rufus Wesi
Member of Advisory Council and Science Education
Dr Tebogo Pule
Assistant Registrar and Student Communications
Dr Nandi Siwahla-Madiba
Head and Convenor of Scholarly Events and Strategic Planning
Prof. Gail Denise Parker
Head of Conference Participation and Selections
Publications
1. Instilling value-significance in landownership in the Northern Cape Province
2. Enhancing Capacity for Local Economic Development in Creating Vibrant, Productive and Sustainable Rural Communities
3. Drivers for Local Economic Development in South African Municipalities
4. Mapping the Emergence of Local Economic Development in South Africa Since the Dawn of Democracy
Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika
Head of Legal and Protocol and Associate Editor
Dr. Rosa Mdluli
Corporate Services and Financial Administration
Prof. Solomon Mokone Lebese
Chairperson of Advisory Council and Professor Emeritus
Dr (Prof) Keaobaka Seshoka
Assistant Research Professor
Dr (Prof). Abner Nyoni
Assistant Research Professor
Dr (Prof) Blondel Nyamkure
Assistant Research Professor
Dr (Prof) Berny Brown-Tumagole
Assistant Research Professor and Member of Examinations Committee