Micheal M. van Wyk

Micheal M. van Wyk

Micheal M. van Wyk is Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, College of Education, University of South Africa. Currently a National Research Foundation researcher in Economics education. Published more than 57 research articles in accredited international and South African journals. Supervised 14 doctoral and 24 masters’ degree students. Awarded the Chancellors’ 2013 Award for Excellence in Research at the University of South Africa. Received an award for Outstanding Education Research Paper (International conference, Dublin-Ireland, 2010). Prof van Wyk is an international reviewer for several international journals as well for South African journals. Serves on various International Academic Boards of journals. Co-published in academic textbooks entitled: Schooling, Society and Inclusive Education (2014), Educational Research: an African approach (2015) and Teaching Economic and Management Science in the Senior Phase (2016) with Oxford University Press. Founder and Editor-in-chief for African Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum. Research interests are technology-integrated teaching strategies, social entrepreneurship, and economics education.

Publications

Facebook Page as a Digital Pedagogical Tool in the Business Studies Class
Facebook Page as a Digital Pedagogical Tool in the Business Studies Class
Helgaardt Hannes Meintjes, Micheal M van Wyk. © 2023. 18 pages.
Web 2.0 technologies and electronic teaching aids can be used to greatly advance the transmission of knowledge in the school setting. However, the investigation at hand attempted...
The Feasibility of Digitalizing Teaching Practice Through Mobile App Development: Supervisors' Reactions
The Feasibility of Digitalizing Teaching Practice Through Mobile App Development: Supervisors' Reactions
Mogamat Noor Davids, Michael Van Wyk, Zingiswa Mybert Jojo, Matshidiso Joyce Taole, Mantsose Sethusha, Karel Prins. © 2023. 15 pages.
With the closure of educational institutions during COVID-19, some leadership and management teams resorted to technology for online teaching. However, for the teaching practicum...
The Use of Technology to Enhance the High-Quality Assessment of E-Portfolios in Institutions of Higher Learning
The Use of Technology to Enhance the High-Quality Assessment of E-Portfolios in Institutions of Higher Learning
Ailwei Solomon Mawela, Michael M. Van Wyk, Johannes Dreyer. © 2023. 25 pages.
The value of e-portfolios as assessment tools in higher education has been acknowledged. Yet, they have often been considered effective in first-world countries. E-portfolios can...
Student Satisfaction and Preferences Related to Virtual Streaming Facilities During the COVID-19 Lockdown
Student Satisfaction and Preferences Related to Virtual Streaming Facilities During the COVID-19 Lockdown
Micheal M. van Wyk, Samuel Amponsah. © 2022. 21 pages.
This paper reported how students used the virtual streaming technology and consider their satisfaction and preferences related to video conferencing during COVID-19 lockdown. A...
Academic Experiences of “Zoom-Fatigue” as a Virtual Streaming Phenomenon During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Academic Experiences of “Zoom-Fatigue” as a Virtual Streaming Phenomenon During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Samual Amponsah, Micheal M. van Wyk, Michael Kojo Kolugu. © 2022. 16 pages.
This phenomenological exploratory multiple-case study design was conducted at an open distance e-learning university and a traditional contact residential university and it was...
Investigating the Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery
Investigating the Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery
Ailwei Solomon Mawela, Micheal M. van Wyk, Lazarus Lebeloane, Awelani V. Mudau. © 2021. 313 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new paradigm in education that has forced school management teams to re-imagine their curricula delivery functions and obligations during...
Flipped Class Pedagogy as a Digital Pedagogical Strategy in an Open Distance E-Learning Environment
Flipped Class Pedagogy as a Digital Pedagogical Strategy in an Open Distance E-Learning Environment
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2021. 20 pages.
This chapter explores student teachers' performance and perceptions of a flipped classroom pedagogy vs. a lecture method in a teacher education course at an open distance...
A Flipped Instructional Design as an Online Pedagogy Enabling Student Learning in an ODeL Course
A Flipped Instructional Design as an Online Pedagogy Enabling Student Learning in an ODeL Course
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2021. 17 pages.
The growing body of literature is reporting positive results when it comes to flipped learning which across disciplines and contexts involves student-centered...
Narrating Deputy Principals and Heads of Departments' Experiences of Assessment Practices in Curriculum Delivery
Narrating Deputy Principals and Heads of Departments' Experiences of Assessment Practices in Curriculum Delivery
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2021. 17 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to explore deputy principals' and heads of departments' lived experiences as curriculum and instructional leaders in curriculum delivery in...
Exploring Heads of Departments' Management of the Mathematics Curriculum During COVID-19
Exploring Heads of Departments' Management of the Mathematics Curriculum During COVID-19
Mapula M. Ngoepe. © 2021. 14 pages.
Heads of departments (HoDs) play a central role in managing teaching and learning in the schools. Moreover, good leadership contributes to school improvement and to learner...
Facebook Page as a Digital Pedagogical Tool in the Business Studies Class
Facebook Page as a Digital Pedagogical Tool in the Business Studies Class
Helgaardt Hannes Meintjes, Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2020. 18 pages.
Web 2.0 technologies and electronic teaching aids can be used to greatly advance the transmission of knowledge in the school setting. However, the investigation at hand attempted...
STAD Cooperative Pedagogy in Teaching English First Additional Language in KwaZulu-Natal Secondary Schools
STAD Cooperative Pedagogy in Teaching English First Additional Language in KwaZulu-Natal Secondary Schools
Samual Amponsah, Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2020. 18 pages.
This article explores the training that English First Additional Language (EFAL) teachers have received on Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) and how they employ it to...
E-Pedagogical Support Strategies to Teaching Methodology of Economics Students at an Open Distance Learning University
E-Pedagogical Support Strategies to Teaching Methodology of Economics Students at an Open Distance Learning University
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2020. 18 pages.
A systematic review of the literature of e-pedagogical support strategies for an open distance learning context was done to explore the knowledge “gap” on existing scholarly...
Student Teachers' Lived Experiences of an ODeL Flipped Instructional Design
Student Teachers' Lived Experiences of an ODeL Flipped Instructional Design
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2020. 18 pages.
In recent decades, research studies on the flipped class pedagogy strategy have shown significant educational benefits in student learning across subjects and contexts. This...
Flipped Class Pedagogy as a Digital Pedagogical Strategy in an Open Distance E-Learning Environment
Flipped Class Pedagogy as a Digital Pedagogical Strategy in an Open Distance E-Learning Environment
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2019. 20 pages.
This chapter explores student teachers' performance and perceptions of a flipped classroom pedagogy vs. a lecture method in a teacher education course at an open distance...
Student Support Toward Self-Directed Learning in Open and Distributed Environments
Student Support Toward Self-Directed Learning in Open and Distributed Environments
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2019. 321 pages.
Globally, universities are challenged to deliver quality learning programs and are forced to respond in a meaningful way. These challenges have led to universities experiencing...
Blogging as a Supportive E-Pedagogical Strategy in the Teaching Methodology of Economics
Blogging as a Supportive E-Pedagogical Strategy in the Teaching Methodology of Economics
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2019. 20 pages.
In the past decade, Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp, emerged as online tools for teaching and learning. One particular Web 2.0 e-learning...
The Use of Pedagogical Support Strategies in an Online Teacher Education Course
The Use of Pedagogical Support Strategies in an Online Teacher Education Course
Micheal M. van Wyk, Patience Kelebogile Mudau. © 2019. 24 pages.
This chapter reported student teachers' experiences of using pedagogical support strategies in the Teaching Methodology of Economics course at an open distance learning...
Blog Phenomenology: Student Teachers' Views of Learning to Teach Economics
Blog Phenomenology: Student Teachers' Views of Learning to Teach Economics
Micheal M. van Wyk. © 2018. 16 pages.
The higher education sector faces new opportunities and dilemmas such as budgetary constraints, changing student profiles, demanding quality assurance practices, efficient course...