Hlabathi Rebecca Maapola-Thobejane

Hlabathi Rebecca Maapola-ThobejaneHlabathi Maapola-Thobejane started teaching when she was 20 years of age. During her tenure in the Department of Basic Education, she occupied all levels of the teaching fraternity: a teacher, an acting departmental head, deputy principal and a principal of a township secondary school. She has taught at primary schools, secondary schools, at a special school and at a full-service school in both rural and urban areas. She worked for JET Education Services as a technical advisor for teaching and learning on the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) college improvement project. She also worked at the National Department of Basic Education as a technical advisor of the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) programme in the technical support directorate. She has trained teachers, departmental heads, principals, education specialists, lecturers and speech therapists on inclusive education in all nine provinces of South Africa for the Department of Basic Education, Macmillan education, the University of Limpopo, UNISA and Wits University. She was a lecturer at the University of Limpopo and an Acting Manager in the teaching practice office at UNISA. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at UNISA in the Department of Inclusive Education. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules; and supervises Master and Doctoral students. Her research focus is inclusive education, challenging behaviours and Africanization of teaching and learning.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Shifting Paradigms of Disabilities in the Schooling System
Handbook of Research on Shifting Paradigms of Disabilities in the Schooling System
Hlabathi Rebecca Maapola-Thobejane, Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe. © 2023. 535 pages.
Children living with disabilities face hardships of many kinds that make it impossible for them to access quality education in the same way as their peers in the schooling...
Inclusive Education: A Social Initiative in an African Perspective
Inclusive Education: A Social Initiative in an African Perspective
Hlabathi Rebecca Maapola-Thobejane, Mbulaheni Obert Mauvhe. © 2023. 13 pages.
The demand for inclusive education has increased and fostered major changes to schooling and education, where learners with disabilities are taught alongside their peers within...
Inclusive Education: Not Only in Name but Also in Effectiveness
Inclusive Education: Not Only in Name but Also in Effectiveness
Hlabathi Rebecca Maapola-Thobejane. © 2022. 18 pages.
This chapter outlines the aspects entailed in the effective implementation of inclusive education. Four building blocks for the effective implementation of inclusive education...