Head of Education
Qualifications
Research interests
Biography
André van der Westhuizen is the Head of Education at The IIE’s Emeris campus in Sandton. He completed his initial teacher training with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) in Further Education and Training at the University of Pretoria and began his career teaching Geography at a public high school in Gauteng. André holds multiple postgraduate qualifications spanning psychology, inclusive education, higher education, and research supervision.
He is actively engaged in the training and development of pre-service teachers and is passionate about strengthening research capacity in teacher education. André primarily lectures research methodology and research design to final-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) students and also supervises their research projects.
Head of Education
Qualifications
Research interests
Biography
André van der Westhuizen is the Head of Education at The IIE’s Emeris campus in Sandton. He completed his initial teacher training with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) in Further Education and Training at the University of Pretoria and began his career teaching Geography at a public high school in Gauteng. André holds multiple postgraduate qualifications spanning psychology, inclusive education, higher education, and research supervision.
He is actively engaged in the training and development of pre-service teachers and is passionate about strengthening research capacity in teacher education. André primarily lectures research methodology and research design to final-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) students and also supervises their research projects.
An educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education
Formed by the strategic evolution of The IIE's Varsity College, IIE MSA, Vega and
the School of Hospitality and Service Management, uniting under the Emeris name.
Emeris is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd which is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997 (reg. no. 2007/HE07/002). Company registration number: 1987/004754/07. View certificate here.
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