ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
The Congregation is requested to stand while the Choir sings Vis Virtus Veritas and the
Procession enters the Auditorium.
The Chancellor will constitute the Congregation.
The Vice-Chancellor will address the Congregation.
The Deans of the Faculties will present the candidates for the award
of Certificates, Diplomas and the Degrees of Bachelor, Bachelor with
Honours, Master and Doctor of Philosophy.
The congregation will stand and sing the National Anthem.
The Chancellor will dissolve the Congregation.
The Congregation is requested to stand while the Choir sings Gaudeamus Igitur and the
Procession leaves the Auditorium.
With the exception of the commencement and conclusion of the Ceremony and the singing of
the National Anthem, members of the Congregation are requested to remain seated
throughout the proceedings.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION
(Mathematics Education)
TYABULA, Vuyokazi Grace
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
(Foundation Phase – Early Childhood Education)
BAARTMAN, Doroty Angelene
BARROW, Kerry Vernon, with distinction
BROCKMAN, Zena
DYALOYI, Noxolo
FENI-LANDU, Nozibele Pretty
FOULDS, Tarynn, with distinction
JALI, Ntombomzi Primrose
KEBE, Nomatamsanqa Shirley
KHAHLANA, Meliwe Euphemia
MAY, Alfreda Robertha
MKONJENI, Nomvisiswano Elsie
MKOSANA, Catherine Nomvo
MOSS, Thuso Michael
MQULO, Vuyiswa
MTWALO, Molly Phatiswa
MURRAY, Aneacia Jureen
NDZIMA, Pumla Ruth
NGCWANGU, Zukiswa Lincet
RALO, Nomathemba
SHODE, Phindiwe
TOLA, Nomalady
WHITE, Delani Dorinde Joanita
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
(Mathematics Education)
CANDA, Singatwa
FIPAZA, Nombuyekezo Perseverance
LEKWE, Mandisa Nontuthuzelo Pearl
LINDISO, Siphokazi Judith
LUPULEZA, Babalwa
MAGUTYWA, Nonkoliseko Margaret
MATHUMBU, Tselane Ernestina
MATSHABANE, Victoria Nojerusalem
MEVANA, Judith
MOLO, Nomapato Gloria
MONA, Tombi Dorothea, with distinction
MPOFU, Phumeza
MUKARONDA, Gladys Hildah, with distinction
RUBU, Ntombizandile Jennifer
SHADAYA, Girlie, with distinction
SIFUBA, Archiebald Sonwabo
SOMLOTA, Nolonwabo
SOTOMELA, Ncediswa Athalia
TUSO, Mwateta, with distinction
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
CHIKOMO, Kevin
GCADINJA, Ndimakazi Zimbini
KOSI, Zizipho
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
CHIGOME, Amanda Marjoire
HWAMI, Rudo Fortunate
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF JOURNALISM
ALLNUTT, Kirsten Una
ANDERSON, Kelly Christine
BERNATZKY, Alexander Mikail
BLOKPOEL, Teigue John
BLUM, Chevawn
CAMPION, Amy Dawn
CASSUTO, Manuela Zoe Sophie
COULLIE, Benjamin Jesse Scott, with distinction
DARIES, Chante Rhonwyn
DE DOMINICIS, Fabio
DE KLERK, Matthew Raubenheimer
DE LA HARPE, Aimee Lila Grace
FIEVEZ, Julien Ferdinandus Louis
FLYNN, Lauren Daisy, with distinction
GOUWS, Maricelle
GRAHAM, Nicola Jean
HALL, Bridgette
HUCKLESBY, Shannon
KAMINSKI, Jacek Peter, with distinction
KHONAT, Jehan-Ara
LEE, Amitie
LINDERS, Raphaela Cosima Thandeka, with distinction
LOUW, Hercules Johannes, with distinction
LUJABE, Ndileka Grace
LUTCHMAN, Anisha
MAKIN, Kirsten Megan
MASHIGO, Palesa
MKHONDO, Nothemba Phumeza
MNCWANGO, Precious Sibahle
MOORE, Kate-Lyn, with distinction
MORGAN, Michelle
MUNRO, Tassyn Michelle, with distinction
MYAMBO, Relebone Rirhandzu
NEMAKONDE, Vhahangwele
NGUBENI, Zintle Thokozani
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NGWETSHENI, Sithandwa
ORANYE, Nkemdilim Ebele Ngozi
PARMEE, Sandra Mary
PEATFIELD, Robynne Ann, with distinction
PERROS, Robyn Helen, with distinction
POTGIETER, Deborah Christine
POULOS, Jessica, with distinction
POULOS, Nicola
ROCKE, Nicholas Huw
SALIE, Amaal
SCALES, Tegan
SCHREIBER, Katharina Petra, with distinction
SCHÜTZ, Elna Marie, with distinction
SCOGINGS, Dale Anne
SELANDER, Georgina Jane
SLATEM, Amy Jane, with distinction
SOTERIADES, Martha
SUKOP, Christina Meachel Goncalves
TLHOAELE, Tsholofelo
VAN DER MERWE, Mia, with distinction
VAN DER WALT, Minette, with distinction
VAN ZYL, Mignon, with distinction
VENTURAS, Alexander Themistocles
WILSON, Philip Gordon
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
HAIDEN, Stephen Anthony, with distinction
LOURENCO, Verena Marie
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF FINE ART
ASPELING, Kelsey Leigh, with distinction in Studio Practice
COETZEE, Joseph Dirk, with distinctions in Art History & Visual
Culture and Studio Practice
DU TOIT, Madeleine
ELLIS, Deirdre Christie
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FUTCHER, Charis Catheryn
GARMAN, Gemma Marion, with distinctions in Art History &
Visual Culture and Studio Practice
HEIDE, Inge Laura, with distinction in Studio Practice
HIBBERT, Dudley Marc Thirkell
KHUMALO, Phiwokuhle Zamasonto Zamandulo
LONG, Caitlyn, with distinction in Studio Practice
MIDDLETON, Mandy
NEL, Daniel Mark, with distinctions in Art History & Visual Culture
and Studio Practice
NEL, Michelle Cornelia
NOTT, Carolyn, with distinctions in Art History & Visual Culture
and Studio Practice
SMITH, Aimee Jade
TOMAN, Jana Margareta
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION
(Foundation Phase)
BOTHA, Ankia
BOTHA, Elzisha Sunelia
BROWN, Delysia Nicole
BURWANA, Vuyokazi
CAMPBELL-MORRIS, Kara Lorraine
CHALMERS, Chelsea Ann
DU PREEZ, Frieda-Marie
EBORALL, Sherilee Doris
FICK, Megan Lee, with distinction
FOLKEY, Vanessa
FU, Shuying
GARDNER, Candice May
GRIMMER, Jayde Amy
ISAACS, Lacey Mary
JACOBS, Bronwyn
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JOUBERT, Laila
KGOSINYANA, Nomatheko Mary
MATLAKALA, Mmatshemo
MTWALO, Nomaphelo
MURRAY, Sinead Natalie
PASCOE, Cathrine, with distinction
PRINCE, Claudia
RANKIN, Eden Bernadette
SANAN, Siobhan Ann
SHUMI, Amanda
SPENCE, Jaclyn Michelle
STEUNENBERG, Nicola Ann, with distinction
STUURMAN, Khanyisa Prudence
TARR, Amie
TEMPLAR, Kirsten Hyatt
VERIGO, Elena
WILHELMI, Samantha Ann, with distinction
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION
(Intermediate Phase)
ATKINSON, Brett Frederick George
BOUWER, Nicolette
BRADLEY, Samantha Lee, with distinction
COETZEE, Danica
FLANDERS, Nicole
GROOME, Georgia Victoria
HAACK, Roxanne
HARTZENBERG, William Alexander
KONKIE, Lavinia
LE ROUX, Julia Dougherty
MALANGENI, Lunga
MARTIN, Alison Joy, with distinction
MATA, Luthando Ceaser
MAZIBUKO, Khethukuthula
MELANSI, Sumaiya
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MILLAR, Belinda Jane, with distinction
MORAN, Mandy Leigh, with distinction
MORTIMER, Amy Jordyn
NKOGATSE, Mohlaki Pebetse
PEETERS, Bronte Frances, with distinction
SPENCE, Maree Mcdonald
STROOBERG, Mieke
TOBI, Andile Andrew
TSHOKWE, Siphuxolo Heromus
VOSLOO, Emma Bernadette
WALTHERS, Geoffrey Gordon
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION
(Further Education & Training and Senior Phase)
ARMSTRONG, David Cameron
ASKEW, Simon Maughan
BABE, Mthandazo
BALISO, Athenkosi
BEACH, Andrew William
BERTRAND, James Louis
COOMBS, Jocelyn Leigh
DAVIES, Clementine Morna
DREYER, Wianka
EDWARDS, Peter Mark, with distinction
EKSTEEN, Walter
FERREIRA, Heidi Tahnia
GILBERT, Thomas Russel
HADAD, Francis Dune Massyn
HANI, Nandipha
HANLY, Claire Elizabeth, with distinction
HARVEY, Shonaig Terri
HIGGINS, Alexandra Helen
HIGGITT, Roxanne Leigh
HOLMES, Roxanne Bianca
HOOKINS, Alison Jean
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INGLEDEW, Chelsea-Ann
JACOBS, Candice Maria
JANUARY, Nceba
JUNKUHN, Candice Leigh
KHUMALO, Buyani Herbert
KING, Murray Thomas
KRUGER, Storm Michelene
LOURENS, Michele Amy
MAJOLA, Ezekiel
MAKHONXA, Nondumiso
MALANGENI, Songezo
MATHIESON, Struan Wade
MATSHOBA, Annita
MBIXANE, Esonasihle
MGOLOZELI, Kwanele
MILLARD, Kimberly Nicola
MITCHELL, Simon Frederick
MOAGI, Mpho
MODISE, Lucky Lesedi
MOKOENA, Thabang Decent
MOORE, Dianne Elizabeth, with distinction
NYANHONGO, Mazvita Mollin
PETROS, Sakheluxolo
QUZA, Bruce
RADNITZ, Craig Geoffry
RAPUDI, Chuene
RICCO, Jessica
RIDGARD, Joy Lyn
SALTON, Bronwen Lauren
SAWYER, Kathleen Patricia
SILO, Mihlali Sinawo
STANDER, Chantelle Nicole
URBAN, Peter-John
VAN DER MEULEN, Jonty Carl
VAN DER VEGTE, Jenna Melissa
WARD, Christopher Michael
WARD, Janine Anne
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WILD, Jenna Leigh
WILLIAMS, Stephanie Alice, with distinction
XUZA, Nozuko Bealuh
YANTOLO, Nomaxabiso Eunice
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION
BARBALI, Silvana Claudia, with distinction
DALVIT, Lorenzo
DIXIE, Heloise Mary, with distinction
DLAMINI, Mbalenhle Precious
GOOSEN, Eleonora Deborah, with distinction
GWALA, Mzonzima
JUMA, Rosemary Akoth Odero
KHENE, Mielie Samson
KNOWLES, Corinne Ruth, with distinction
MBHATSANI, Hlekani Vanessa
MUSVOSVI, Simbarashe
MUTSHAENI, Humbulani Nancy
NKOMO, Dion
PADE KHENE, Caroline Jleje, with distinction
PHIKA, Siyabonga Theophilus
POPONI, Kowazo Cony
PRINSLOO, Earl Adin Gerard
SPELMAN, Khululwa Mary
THINYANE, Hannah Elizabeth, with distinction
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM
BEYLEVELD, Genevieve Marguirite
BOTHA, Andiswa
CHRISTODOULOU, Savvas Theo
DINGLE, Brian Clinton
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GORDON, Danielle Bianca
JOSEPH, Lorhren-Rose Magdalene, with distinction
MFEKA, Luyanda Bongani
MNGOMEZULU, Simphiwe Precious
NEL, Calvin
VAN EEDEN, Cassy Lee, with distinction
WADDINGTON, Jaime Lee
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MEDIA MANAGEMENT
AMUKWAYA, Yvonne Ndamona Lugambo
BANDA, Nyakallo Angelina
BOQO, Bella Makhulu
CHAIBVA, Tatenda Robin, with distinction
DOTWANA, Okuhle, with distinction
HELESI, Lwando
KUMWENDA, Sally
LUSAWANA, Lungisa
LUTHULI, Duduzile Felise
MHITI, Tariro
MOODIE, Michael Edward, with distinction
MOPELI, Moroa Veronica
NKONKI, Buhle
NONDZUBE, Nandipha
NYEMBEZI, Bongeka Babalwa, with distinction
PAZVAKAVAMBWA, Regina
SHAH, Soraiya Rameshchandra, with distinction
SOMDYALA, Wandisile Siphe
SWANEPOEL, Nicole, with distinction
VAN WYK, Amy Andrea
ZIBA, Madalitso Hlobisa
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
BONOKWANE, Boipelo
DLAMINI, Thobile Lungile
KAROW, Amanda Lucia
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MASOEK, Nonkululeko Neo
MATEBESE, Anda
MAVUSO, Snethemba Fikile
MC CALGAN, Grant Arthur
MUTANDAVARI, Rebecca Kudakwashe
NDUDANE, Bantu Bathulile Lundi Mtende Temba
NGWENYA, Mbongeni Handsome
TUTU, Bongiwe Olwethu
VALELA, Ntombizikhona
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION WITH HONOURS
AMADHILA, Loide Nauyele
CHATIMA, Simon
CHINGUWA, Grace Muchaneta
CUYLER, Craig, with distinction
DIAMOND, Mzwandile Alfred
GAMA, Lulama Monica
HOHO, Nomzamo Patience
KUMANDIWAZA, Joseph
LASCELLES, Philippa Anne
LONG, Roxanne
MANZUNGU, Mazambani
MAPFUMO, Alfred Khumbulani
MASHOZHERA, Farasten
MATAKA, Tawanda Wallace
MATSAU, Kutloano Clifford
MOTSILILI, Tshepo Elliot
MUSEKIWA, Beatrice Kundisai
MUTANHO, Chrispen
NQAMBULE, Zoleka
PAUL, Mark Christopher
PHINDELA, Nocwaka Annastasia
RAMASIKE, Lineo Florence
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SAMUEL, Paulo
SHEYA, Alfeus
SNYMAN, Christa, with distinction
SPIRA, Melissa Leigh
VAN HEERDEN, Rudolf Barend
WEBB, Jennifer Gail
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH HONOURS
GWEDLA, Nanamhla, in Environmental Science
MAVHUNGU, Lutendo Mecia, in Geology
MOTANYANE, Lithabiso, in Microbiology
YUMATA, Noluvuyo, in Mathematical Statistics
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION
AKAWA, Ester Anna Nelago, B.Ed. (Hons) (Vista), in Education, in
the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Teachers’
perceptions of behavioural problems manifested by Grade 11 and 12
learners in three Namibian schools.
BARNES, Garth, B.A. (UNISA), with distinction, in Education, in
the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: An
exploration of the way in which values and valuing processes might
strengthen social learning in water stewardship practices in South
Africa.
CHISHIMBA, Felix Nkalamo, B.Ed. (Hons) (UNISA), in Education,
in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Raising
student teachers’ awareness around issues of professional conduct: An
action research project.
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EMILIE, Shane Antonio, Nat.Dip. (Education) (Seychelles), in
Environmental Education, in the Department of Education. Degree
by coursework and thesis. Thesis: An investigation of stakeholder
participation and learning in two schools within the Seychelles EcoSchool programme.
ENGHONO, Albertina Magano, B.Ed. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Science
Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by coursework
and thesis. Thesis: Understanding how trainee teachers engage with
prior everyday knowledge and experience associated with biological
concepts during integrated Natural Science education 5-7: A case
study.
HACKMACK, Karin Erna, B.Ed. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Education, in
the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning.
Degree by thesis. Thesis: An investigation into understanding of
academic literacies of students registered in Early Childhood
Development courses.
HAUTEMO, Aletta Mweneni, B.Ed. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Education,
with distinction, in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis.
Thesis: An investigation of Wikipedia translation as an additive
pedagogy for Oshikwanyama First Language Learning.
HEWANA, Diliza Ronald, B.Ed. (Rhodes), in Education, in the
Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: An investigation
into the nature of Grade 4 learners’ evolving mathematics learning
dispositions: A case study of 3 learners participating in an after school
Mathematics Club.
JULIUS, Lukas Homateni, B.Ed. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Education, with
distinction, in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis.
Thesis: Teaching writing to Grade 5 English Language learners in two
Grahamstown East schools, South Africa: A case study.
KAHENGE, Wendelina Nambahu, B.Ed. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Science
Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by coursework
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and thesis. Thesis: Understanding educators’ and learners’
perceptions and experiences of their participation in Science
Fairs/Expos: A South African case study.
MC CONNACHIE, Karola, B.A., N.H.E.D. (Rhodes), in Education,
with distinction, in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis.
Thesis: Teachers’ understanding and implementation of inclusive
education in an Eastern Cape primary school.
METELERKAMP, Roger Gregory, B.Ed. (Rhodes), in Mathematics
Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by coursework
and thesis. Thesis: The importance of the physical analogue clock in
mediating learning of analogue clock time in Grade 4 learners.
MOFU, Zanele Abegail, B.Ed. (Hons) (NMMU), in Mathematics
Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by coursework
and thesis. Thesis: An investigation of a mathematics recovery
programme for multiplicative reasoning to a group of learners in the
South African context: A case study approach.
MOHANOE, Elma Nthabiseng, M.A. (Pennsylvania), in Education,
in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Learning
pathways of key occupations relevant to sustainable development in
Makana Municipality.
MPHINYANE, Andani, B.A. (Venda), in Environmental Education,
in the Department of Education. Degree by coursework and thesis.
Thesis: Learning pathways for improving rehabilitation practices in
the mining industry.
MUKWAMBO, Robson, B.Sc. (Hons) (Zimbabwe), in Environmental
Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by coursework
and thesis. Thesis: Social learning in Community Based Natural
Resources Management Project (CBNRM): A case study of
Chipembere gardening project in Zimbabwe.
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MYERS, Lyndrianne Peta, P.G.D.H.E. (Rhodes), in Education, in the
Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning.
Degree by thesis. Thesis: An analysis of the structure and knowledge
and students’ construction of knowledge in an Introductory
Accounting course.
NAKAONGA, Ruth, B.Ed. (Hons) (NMMU), in Education
Leadership and Management, in the Department of Education.
Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Foundation Phase teachers’
responses to curriculum change in South Africa over the past two
decades: A case study of two schools.
NDONGENI, Siviwe Lungelwa, B.Ed. (Hons) (NMMU), in
Mathematics Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by
coursework and thesis. Thesis: Examining the nature of the
relationship between learners’ conceptual understanding and their
mathematical dispositions in the context of multiplication.
SONNE, Anita, B.A. (Hons) (Coventry), P.G.C.E. (Kings College), in
Mathematics Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by
coursework and thesis. Thesis: Investigating how problem solving
skills can be developed using a collaborative learning environment.
STEPHENSON, Sandra Lisa, B.Journ. (Rhodes), in Education, with
distinction, in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis.
Thesis: Master’s Degree Studies at Rhodes University: Access and
postgraduate readiness.
TSHUMA, Sibhekinkosi Anna, B.A. (Hons) (UWC), in Education, in
the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Reading
clubs as a literacy intervention tool to develop English vocabulary
amongst Grade 3 English second language learners at a school in
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC
ELLIS, Stephen James, B.Mus. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Music, with
distinction, in the Department of Music and Musicology. Degree in
performance and by thesis. Thesis: An exploration of James Dreier’s
Standard Tune Learning Sequence in a self-directed learning
environment: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ART
BERENG, Lerato, B.F.A. (Rhodes), in Fine Art, with distinction, in
the Department of Fine Art. Degree by curatorial practice as research
and thesis. Curated exhibition: Conversations at Morija. Thesis:
Featuring simplicity: Jargon and access in contemporary South
African art.
HEYMANS, Simone, B.F.A. (Rhodes), in Fine Art, with distinction,
in the Department of Fine Art. Degree by practice as research and
thesis. Exhibition: Via. Thesis: Habitual transience: Orientation and
disorientation within non-places.
KAPLAN, Luke Jode, B.F.A. (Rhodes), in Fine Art, with distinction,
in the Department of Fine Art. Degree by practice as research and
thesis. Exhibition: Refugium. Thesis: An exploration through
landscapes of liminality.
KOEKEMOER, Carmen, B.F.A. (Rhodes), in Fine Art, in the
Department of Fine Art. Degree by practice as research and thesis.
Exhibition: Positions. Thesis: Political grey: Areas of ambiguity and
contradiction.
MACHONA, Gerald Ralph Tawanda, B.F.A. (UCT), in Fine Art,
with distinction, in the Department of Fine Art. Degree by practice
as research and thesis. Exhibition: Vabvakure, people from far away.
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Thesis: Imagine/nation: Mediating 'xenophobia' through visual and
performance art.
MAROPE, Kelebogile Tshegofatso, B.F.A. (Rhodes), in Fine Art,
with distinction, in the Department of Fine Art. Degree by practice
as research and thesis. Exhibition: Inanimate/animate. Thesis:
Inanimate/animate: A critique of the household object in art.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
CLARENCE, Sherran Lyn, M.A. (York, Ontario), in Education, in
the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning.
Degree by thesis. Thesis: Enabling cumulative knowledge-building
through teaching: A Legitimation Code Theory analysis of pedagogic
practice in Law and Political Science. Supervisor: Professor SM
McKenna.
FELIX, Clyde Benedict Aurelius, M.Ed. (UWC), in Education, in the
Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Narratives that
shape the professional identities of mathematics teachers. Supervisor:
Professor M Schäfer.
FREIMUTH, Hilda, M.Ed. (Berne), in Education, in the Centre for
Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning. Degree by thesis.
Thesis: Cultural bias on the IELTS examination: A critical realist
investigation. Supervisor: Professor CM Boughey.
JAMES, Sally Jane, B.Sc. (Hons) P.G.C.E. (Rhodes), in Education, in
the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Teacher’s
roles and participation in a school-based intervention in rural
KwaZulu Natal. Supervisor: Professor PD Wilmot. Co-supervisor:
Professor PR Irwin.
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JOHNSON, Pamela, M.Ed. (UWC), in Education, in the Centre for
Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning. Degree by
thesis. Thesis: Control, compliance and conformity at the University
of Fort Hare 1916 – 2000: A Gramscian approach. Supervisor:
Emeritus Professor P Vale.
LEE, Amanda Jane, M.Ed. (UKZN), in Education, in the Department
of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: A case study of a preservice mathematics education course to grow and develop proficient
teaching in mathematics in the Intermediate Phase. Supervisor:
Professor M Schäfer.
LINDLEY, David Stewart, B.Sc. (Hons) (Rhodes), in Education, in
the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Can
expansive (social) learning processes strengthen organisational
learning for improved wetland management in a plantation forestry
company, and if so how? A case study of Mondi. Supervisor:
Professor H Lotz-Sisitka.
LÜCK, Jacqueline Catherine, M.Phil. (Stell), in Education, in the
Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning.
Degree by thesis. Thesis: Knowledge and knowing in the public
management and public administration programmes at a
comprehensive university. Supervisor: Professor SM McKenna.
Co-supervisor: Dr M Harran (NMMU).
MBELANI, Madeyandile, M.Ed. (Rhodes), in Education, in the
Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: An investigation
into the development of knowledge and strategies for the teaching of
visual literacy in under-resourced Eastern Cape schools. Supervisor:
Professor H van der Mescht. Co-supervisor: Professor MG Hendricks.
MILLAR, Bernadette Theresa, M.A. (Stell), in Education, in the
Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning.
Degree by thesis. Thesis: Becoming and Being: A critical realist
exploration of graduate attributes and the emergence of identity in
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emergency medical science professional qualifications. Supervisor:
Prof CM Boughey. Co-supervisor: Dr SL Southwood.
OTEKI, Jane Bosibori, M. Environ Studies (Kenyatta), in Education,
in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: An
exploration of an environmental resource management course as a
process for sustainable development practitioners in Kenya: A case
study. Supervisor: Professor RB O’Donoghue.
SABAI, Daniel, M.Sc. (Wageningen University, Netherlands), in
Environmental Education, in the Department of Education. Degree by
thesis. Thesis: Mobilising processes of abstraction, experiential
learning and representation of traditional ecological knowledge in
participatory monitoring of mangroves and fisheries: an approach
towards enhancing social learning processes on the Eastern Coast of
Tanzania. Supervisor: Professor H Lotz-Sisitka.
SIBANDA, Jabulani, M.Ed. (Zimbabwe), in Education, in the
Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Investigating the
English vocabulary needs, exposure, and knowledge of IsiXhosa
speaking learners for transition from learning to read in the
Foundation Phase to reading to learning in the Intermediate Phase: A
case study. Supervisor: Professor J Baxen. Co-supervisor: Ms SR
Murray.
STEPHANUS, Gervasius Hivengwa, M.Ed. (Namibia), in Education,
in the Department of Education. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Exploring
teaching proficiency in geometry of selected effective mathematics
teachers in Namibia. Supervisor: Professor M Schäfer.
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
DANIYAN, Michael Oluwatoyin, M.Sc. (Obafemi Awolowo), in
Biochemistry, in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and
Biotechnology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: The Plasmodium falciparum
exported Hsp40 co-chaperone, PFA0660w. Supervisors: Dr A
Boshoff and Professor GL Blatch (Victoria).
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What is graduation?
Our practice of graduation is derived from a tradition which reaches back to at least the
medieval universities of Europe.
Graduates are those who have been admitted to a degree. There is a strict hierarchy of
degrees from “bachelor’ through to “doctor”. In admitting a person to a degree the degree is
conferred on that person in a somewhat archaic ceremony which is reminiscent of the equally
archaic ceremony in which a knighthood is conferred.
What actually happens in a graduation ceremony is along the following lines. The Dean, who
is the person responsible for the academic project in that particular Faculty and who can thus
attest to the achievement of the particular student in reaching the required level, requests the
Chancellor to confer the degree. The student then moves to the Chancellor and kneels before
him. The Chancellor, who is the titular head of the University and who acts in the name of the
University, then confers the degree by holding a ceremonial bonnet to the student’s head
while saying “I confer the degree”. The student proceeds to the Registrar. The Registrar, who
is the keeper of the records of the student’s endeavours, confirms the admission of that
student to a particular degree by placing the appropriate hood over the student’s head. There
is a hood for each degree. Hoods differ from each other in colour and shape.
The three basic degrees are Bachelor, Master and Doctor. Bachelor has nothing to do with the
usual meaning “a man who has never married” but with the garland of leaves and berries
(from the Latin bacca lauri, laurel berry) worn by graduands long ago. A Master’s degree is
conferred on a person who has achieved the mastery of a specific field of study. “Doctor” is
from the Latin verb “to teach” and is an ancient academic title which dates back to the very
first universities where it implied that the holder had a licence to teach in a university.
Academic gowns are based on the clerical gowns (most scholars in Europe were monks or
priests) worn in the Middle Ages in universities which would have been housed in poorly
heated buildings. The hood is also derived from ancient times when it was attached to the
gown and worn to keep the head warm. When not on the head it was pushed back to look
more or less as it does when worn today.
Rhodes gowns are derived from those of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Bachelors and Master’s wear a black gown of the same design as that worn by Master’s of
Arts in the University of Oxford. Doctors of Philosophy wear a scarlet gown of the same
design as that worn by Bachelors of Arts in the University of Cambridge. Bachelor’s hoods
are made in an Oxford simple shape. Master’s and Doctors’ hoods are made in the full shape
of the University of London. Apart from the shape of the hood, the colour indicates the
specific degree. For instance, a BA hood is black lined with white and bound with purple,
while that for a BSc is black lined with bottle green.
The principal officers at graduation wear distinctive gowns. For example, the Chancellor and
Vice-Chancellor wear gowns made of black brocade. The Chancellor’s gown is trimmed with
gold lace and the Vice-Chancellor’s with silver lace.
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