Welcome to the Homepage of the Engagement Project of the Faculty of Education at
the NMMU
Team Leader: Professor Paul Webb
Names of Core Team Members: Professor Paul Webb, Vernon Naidoo, Viv England,
Professor Lesley Wood, Dr Andre du Plessis, and Renita Affat.
In 2011 the project worked in 49 schools and with 600 teachers.
Core Team Members
The project aims at the promotion of more effective school management and
administration as well as improved overall literacy skills (including science,
mathematics, financial and information technology literacy).
The project is underpinned by, and the the research questions framed from, understandings gained from similar engagement
research projects undertaken prior to this particular year of intervention, as well as from supporting literature.