Leadership Footprint The DTE’s continued focus on leadership is evident in the achievements of its staff in this respect. In 2022, one of the Directors completed the UJ Women’s Leadership Development Programme, and in 2023, two staffmembers completed the UJ Emerging Leader - Leadership Development programme. An additional staffmember is registered for the UJ MPhil in Personal and Professional Leadership. Given that the Division’s activities are aimed at aligning the teaching and learning activities with the University and faculty strategies, the development of leadership capacity at all levels is important. To this end, sessions with each Centre focusing on the development of teamwork and a common vision were also held. Individual coaching sessions for each staffmember took place across the year, with additional sessions provided where requested. Given that the Division aligns its activities across the board with the National Framework for Enhancing Academics as University Teachers, it is essential that all aspects of its work support the academic endeavour in all its permutations. Our staffworked on the Strategic Plan 2025 and participated actively in the various task teams set up to identify future priorities. We contributed to the Institutional Transformation Plan with a special focus on Teaching and Learning as well as aspects of digital education. Publications and conference participation • Padayachee, K., & Naidoo, K. (2023). Reframing and re-purposing assessment in higher education in the global South. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, 7(3), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.36615/sotls • Timmis, S., Naidoo, K., Madondo, N., Lucas, L. & Trahar, S. (2023) Students as co-researchers and storytellers: decolonial approaches. Three-part podcast series in Talking Story with Ibali. https:// podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ibali123/ episodes/Decoloniality--Co-researching-andStorytelling-Part-1-e2b1ivm • Cupido, X, Naidoo K, Chitanand, N, Vorster, J, October 2023, SoTL in South Africa: Emergence, Evolution, Possibilities, blogpost, https:// issotl.com/2023/10/16/sotl-in-south-africaemergence-evolution-possibilities/ • Menon, Kirti and Castrillon, Gloria. (2023) Exploring the Re-Imagination of Higher Education Curricula for the Fourth Industrial revolution, in Patel A, P Mthembu & L Hlatshwayo (Eds.) (2023). South Africa confronts the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era. Pretoria: Unisa Press. 978-1-7764608-5-4 • Motala, Shireen, and Kirti Menon. “In search of the holy grail: Social justice and funding in higher education in South Africa.” SARE Special Issue. Volume 28 Issue 1, 2023 pages 32 - 51 • Fataar, Aslam, Shireen Motala, Andre Keet, Premesh Lalu, Sarah Nuttall, Kirti Menon, and Luan Staphorst. “The university in technorational times: Critical university studies, South Africa.” Educational Philosophy and Theory 55, no. 7 (2023): 835-843. Accepted for publication: • Naidoo, K and Joshi, H (forthcoming) Leading Learning and Learning to Lead in Times of Crisis, in T Hathaway and N Rao, Leading Learning and Teaching in Higher Education During Difficult Times, Bloomsbury Publications Conferences • Dr Naidoo facilitated a panel Teaching Sustainability through qualifications at the University of Johannesburg at the SoTL 4 the South Conference at Gilden Gate in the Free State. • Chitanand, N, Cupido, X, Vorster, J, Naidoo K Advancing the field of Academic Development through SoTL in SAHE, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023, Utrecht, Netherlands • Dr Naidoo participated in the PoliTO International Projects Training Week at Politecnico di Torino in Turin from 20 to 27 May 2023 • Raymond Robinson presented at Heltasa 2023 on ‘Reflection on the use of dialogue to facilitate collaborative learning.’ • Queenta Anyele Sindoh presented a paper at Heltasa 2023 on “Reflective practice for tutor training as a step towards the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)”. She won a best paper award at the conference. 2023 ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 81
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