I decided to look into the websites linked to the UNCW South Africa page and found this interesting and noteworthy. I believe understanding the vision that unites organizations helps break the ice when you first meet a group of people you plan on working closely with. I plan on researching local cuisines and history next. :)
http://education.nmmu.ac.za/Vision-and-mission
Vision and mission
Vision:
To be a dynamic community of teachers, leaders and scholars in education, committed to creating a vibrant, socially just and democratic society.
Mission:
We are committed to cultivating
- Passionate, engaged, knowledgeable, effective, and compassionate teachers, researchers, and leaders who are
- Critical thinkers, and
- Agents of hope, change, and social justice
Through
- Practicing humanizing pedagogies,
- Establishing collaborative partnerships with relevant stakeholders, particularly students, schools, communities, alumni, and governments,
- Using future-oriented technologies creatively, and
- Bringing the classroom into the world and the world into the classroom.
Centre for Community School approved
14/03/2011
The application to establish the Centre for the Community School (CSS), which will be located in the Faculty, was approved in Senate earlier this month.
The application to establish the Centre for the Community School (CSS), which will be located in the Faculty, was approved in Senate earlier this month.
The creation of this entity is timely, as its core purposes align with both the university’s mission to be a relevant and engaged institution in South African society, as well as the current focus on addressing the serious education challenges in the country. It is also the first centre of its kind, with this focus, to be established in South Africa.
The Centre will focus on developing and expanding the knowledge base ofcommunity schools in the country – a grouping of schools that are engaged in simultaneous efforts to improve teaching and learning, as well as address some of the social challenges that affect these core processes. These schools work to achieve their objectives by building active partnerships with parents, community members, and other education stakeholders.
The Centre will aim to:
- Connect to schools across the province that are involved in a range of school and community activities to leverage their impact on a broader scale.
- Draw from the work of these schools as a quantitative and qualitative knowledge base to identify best practices, develop a research agenda, and generally inform the work of the Centre.
- Promote, strengthen, and support the work of community schools in the Eastern Cape through the Centre’s convening capacity, research production, and public awareness efforts.
- Serve as a national resource centre that elevates the concept of the community school as a credible, replicable and sustainable model for educational improvement in South Africa.
Recognizing that the answers to society’s most challenging questions lie at the crossroads of the disciplines, the work of the Centre will be cross-disciplinary and inclusive. The Centre will draw on expertise and experience from a range of other areas and departments at NMMU including psychology, health, and development studies in shaping the scope of research projects and engagement activities in support of Community Schools.
Dr Al Witten, involved from the inception and initial application process along with Prof Denise Zinn (Executive Dean: Education), will be assisting in driving the project forward.
Telephone: 041-504 1111 | Fax: 041-504 2574 / 2731
E-mail: info@nmmu.ac.za
PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
E-mail: info@nmmu.ac.za
PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
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