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Submission Number: 271
Submission ID: 1530
Submission UUID: ff94ff6e-787c-464d-9581-6b5326074703
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Sat, 07/26/2025 - 07:24
Completed: Sat, 07/26/2025 - 07:45
Changed: Sat, 07/26/2025 - 07:45
Remote IP address: 105.245.126.101
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
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| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Makhanya |
| Firstname | Thembelihle brenda |
| Thembelihle.Makanya@ump.ac.za | |
| Mobile | 0736949327 |
| Institution | University of mpumalanga |
| Biosketch | Dr Thembelihle Brenda Makhanya is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Social Work at the University of Mpumalanga. She holds a PhD in Applied Human Sciences and specialises in decolonial social work pedagogy, Ubuntu, and inclusive education. Dr Makhanya is Secretary of the NIHSS Human and Social Sciences Alumni Association and founder of the Imbewu Youth Empowerment Centre. Her work spans curriculum development, social justice, Afrocentricity, and restorative justice. She has published widely, presented at numerous conferences, and received several academic awards. She also serves as a journal reviewer for national and international journals. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | Reimagining Social Work Pedagogy through Critical Reflexivity: A Practitioner’s Journey in Higher Education. |
| Theme Selection | THEME 4: Social Work Education, Transdisciplinarity and Curriculum Development |
| Subtheme FOUR Selection | SUB 4.7 Innovative teaching methodologies, and Innovations in postgraduate supervision. |
| Select your Presentation Type | Poster Presentation |
| Abstract | The poster presents a critically reflexive account of my professional development as a Social Work educator through participation in a Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE) course at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Based on first-person writing, the poster reflects on activities conducted in this semester's course and how they influence the shift and re-evaluation of my teaching practices in higher education for the advancement of reflective, developmental, and practically relevant learning. Drawing on critical pedagogy, decolonial theory, and adult learning frameworks, the reflection explores how engagement with core topics such as own teaching voice, humanistic teaching, AI in education, inclusive pedagogy, semantic waves, and threshold concepts shaped my evolving teaching philosophy. The discussion considers how epistemic justice, identity, and power inform curriculum decisions and classroom practice, particularly in the context of African higher education. The discussion also reveals how critical reflection serves as a transformative pedagogical tool, challenging the myth of educator neutrality and positioning teaching as a relational, political, and ethical endeavour in Social Work education. Keywords: reflexivity, practitioner, teaching, learning, pedagogy, Social Work. |
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