Pieter Du Toit
Associate Professor
Department of Education Management and Policy Studies
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Biography
Prof Pieter du Toit from the Department of Humanities Education is one of South Africa’s leading minds on learning styles and learning and teaching in higher education. At the time of application he had published 15 articles in accredited journals and he had published multiple book chapters in a variety of book publications. He has supervised 28 postgraduate students to completion – many of whom are academics themselves and leaders in their prospective professional fields. Prof Du Toit has presented keynote addresses at major conferences around the globe since the mid-1990s. The PGCHE programme, which he leads, is widely renowned as a superb programme for developing quality teaching and learning in the tertiary sector.
Research Interest
His interests are inter alia, action research, learning styles, professional development and education innovation across faculties
Publications
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Du Toit P. Framing higher education as a means to address the expectations of society using different frames (of mind)-leading article: Part 2: HELTASA 2012 Special Section. South African Journal of Higher Education. 2014 Jan 1;28(3):889-93.
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Wium AM, Pitout H, Human A, Du Toit PH. An analysis of thinking preferences across three health care disciplines. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 2017 Jan 2;54(1):33-41.
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Wolvaardt G, Du Toit PH. Action research-driven professional development: Developing transformational health care managers and creating learning organisations. South African Journal of Higher Education. 2012 Jan 1;26(6):1249-64.
