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Elsa Mentz is Research Director for the Research Unit Self-Directed Learning at the Faculty of Education of the North-West University (South Africa). She is also a professor in Computer Science Education and her main research focus is the promotion of Self-Directed Learning through the implementation of cooperative learning.
Dr Roxanne Bailey is a senior lecturer in the Computer Science Education subject group at the Faculty of Education, North-West University (South Africa). She is also the leader of the subarea ‘Cooperative learning to enhance Self-Directed Learning’, within the Research Unit Self-Directed Learning. Her main research focus is on the promotion of self-directed learning through the implementation of cooperative learning.
Betty Breed was an associate professor in the subject group Computer Science Education in the Faculty of Education at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (South Africa). Since 2001, she has been involved in the training of IT/CAT teachers, specialising in Information Technology methodology. Her main research focus is the effective use of cooperative learning and metacognitive strategies in the teaching and learning of Information Technology and Computer Applications Technology to promote self-directed learning among students and scholars, and to empower teachers in these subjects.
Leila Goosen is a professor in the Department of Science and Technology Education at the Muckleneuk Campus (Pretoria) of the University of South Africa. She has also been a lecturer of Information Technology (IT) and Computer Applications Technology (CAT) in the Department for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education in the Faculty of Education of the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Her research interests include cooperative work in IT, effective teaching and learning of programming and teacher professional development.
Marietjie Havenga is a professor in the School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in the Faculty of Education at North-West University (South Africa). She is involved in lecturing courses to pre-service teachers at undergraduate level and the supervision of postgraduate students. Her research interests are problem-based learning to enhance self-directed learning with specific reference to computer science education, engineering education and educational robotics.
Dr Elsie Lubbe is a lecturer in the subject group Computer Science Education in the Faculty of Education at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (South Africa). Her research interests include the role self-directed learning plays in teaching and learning in the Computer Applications Technology classroom, and in learning, unlearning and relearning keyboarding techniques related to the use of the QWERTY keyboard.
Dr Carl Serfontein retired as a senior lecturer at the University of South Africa at the end of 2011. He has eight years’ experience in training Information Technology and Computer Applications Technology teachers. His research focused on computer-integrated education, the application of learning theories and instructional principles in designing and developing IT and CAT learning events and the IT requirements of South Africa’s national school curriculum.
Sukie van Zyl holds a PhD in Computer Science Education and joined the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus (South Africa) in 2012. She is currently a senior lecturer in Computer Science Education and is mainly involved in research and training of Information Technology and Computer Applications Technology teachers. Her research is focused on applying cooperative learning to develop deeper self-directed learning in Computer Science Education.
Ulza Wassermann completed a BEd (Hons) degree in Computer-integrated Education at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and an M(IT) degree at Nelson Mandela University (South Africa) on guidelines for and evaluation of the design of technology-supported lessons to teach basic programming principles to deaf and hard-of-hearing learners. She worked at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa) for more than 16 years, teaching basic JAVA principles as part of the ICT extended programme. She has a special interest in developing lessons where students can apply their mathematical knowledge using computer applications and programming languages.
