Ronel Swart

Lecturer
Department of Education Management and Policy Studies
University of Pretoria
South Africa

Biography

She is currently a lecturer in Department of Education Management and Policy Studies in University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Research Intrest

Ronel Swart's research interests and activities include the following: emotional and other effects of mergers in Higher Education on staff and students; comparative content analysis of illustrations in South African History text books and the capacity of critical education to inform the sociology of learning in South African schools. Her research for the past six years focused on critical pedagogy in Environmental Education, the work of Paulo Freire and the South African curriculum (National Curriculum Statement). She is currently working on post-conflict pedagogy as best practice in culture rich classrooms.