Joyce Sewry

senior lecturer 
Chemistry
Rhodes University
South Africa

Academician Chemistry
Biography

"I am a senior lecturer in the Department as well as the Deputy Dean of Science. My role as Deputy Dean of Science is in the fields of Teaching and Learning and Community Engagement. As lecturer, I assist students in their Chemistry studies. I manage and lecture the Chemistry 1 Chem 1R and run support tutorials for first years who are struggling or would like to improve their marks. In addition to teaching first years I also teach two modules at the Honours level: Chemometrics and a Service-learning module, For the S-L module, students are expected to present ‘A Pollutant’s Tale’ and two hands-on experiments to grade 7 learners at two schools in and around Grahamstown."

Research Intrest

Chemometrics and Chemical Education.

List of Publications
Sarah R Glover, Joyce D Sewry, Candice L Bromley, Michael T Davies-Coleman, Amanda Hlengwa. (2013) “The implementation of a service-learning component in an organic chemistry laboratory Course”. J Chem Educ 90: 578-583,
Sarah R Glover, Joyce D Sewry, Candice L Bromley, Michael T Davies-Coleman, Amanda Hlengwa. (2013) “The implementation of a service-learning component in an organic chemistry laboratory Course”. J Chem Educ 90: 578−583.
Sewry J, Mokilane PA (2014) Rasch analysis to determine the difficulty of the National Senior Certificate Mathematics examination. Perspectives in education: standards in education and training: the challenge 32: 192-209.

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