40th AEAA Annual Conference Workshops
Dr Arnold J Brouwer is an international assessment expert in educational measurement and psychological testing. He is an all-around researcher, innovator and consultant of methods and techniques for analysing, optimising and auditing fair, reliable, secure and valid assessments. He is director/owner of the Dutch Research Centre for Examination and Certification. Besides he is a guest lecturer and guest researcher at the Department of Cognition, Data and Education within the Faculty Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences at the University of Twende in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD on the System-oriented Talent Management (STM) model, which he elaborated into an evidence-based method for visualising the interaction between human talent and the business purpose from both a psychological and managerial perspective. He carried out external audits, conducted training and provided capacity-building in countries including Azerbaijan, Curacao, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Uganda and the Netherlands.
Professor Matseliso Mokhele-Makgalwa is the Vice Dean: Research, Engagement, and Internationalization in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Free State. Her research interests lie in the area of Teacher Education, particularly on teacher professional development. Her research star has continued to rise from her humble beginnings as a Research Assistant at the University of Pretoria, a Research Officer at the ETDP-SETA, a Research Manager at the Human Sciences Research Council, a Senior Lecturer at the University of South Africa, and Research Associate Professor at the University of Fort Hare. S he has presented numerous papers at local and international conferences and has published various articles in South African and international scholarly journals. Mokhele-Makgalwa has successfully supervised several master’s and PhD students to completion. She is also a recipient of multiple academic awards, including the coveted National Research Foundation (NRF) rating, travel award from the prestigious American Educational Research Association and Resilience in Research Award for UNISA women in Research. She received an award from the Department of Science and Technology as a Distinguished Young Woman Scientist in Social Sciences for her outstanding contribution to building South Africa’s scientific and research knowledge base.
Anil Kanjee is a Research Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology whose work focuses on addressing the challenge of equity and quality in education. He is the head of the Assessment and Learning Research Programme, and coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in the Department of Primary Education. He also serves as a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment. Currently he is supporting the Education Department and Teacher Unions to implement the national Assessment for Learning Pedagogical Strategy in South African schools. He has served as a technical advisor to education ministries in Africa and Asia, UNICEF, UNESCO, the United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, as well as to the Department of Basic Education, JET Education Services, UMALUSI and the National Educational Collaborative Trust.