SOPHIE MPARUTSA
Topic STATISTICS EDUCATION FOR SOUTH AFRICA: LITERACY TO REASONING INTERVENTION
Current Role at Current Company Senior Post-Matric Mathematics Teacher
PERSONAL PROFILE: I am a senior post-matric mathematics teacher, teaching both “A Level” Pure mathematics and Statistics at St John’s College. Throughout my career I have gained trust, love and respect from both students and parents because of my passion and results produced at both the post matric level as well as matric level. The quality of results that I produced when I taught in Zimbabwe led to the invitation from the Mathematics Education department at the University of Zimbabwe to be an honorary lecturer in Mathematics teaching methods in their Graduate Certificate in Education programme. I was an honorary lecturer for 8 years before moving to South Africa. I have been involved in several other areas in mathematics education in Zimbabwe:
Harare region mathematics chief examiner.
National mathematics chief examiner for the Junior Mathematics Certificate.
National mathematics text book evaluator.
In South Africa, I have worked with other authors in writing the following text books: 2006 Co-author: Keeping it Simple (Maths Literacy for the New Curriculum) 2007 Co-author: Advanced Programme Mathematics. Grade 11 2008 Co-author: Advanced Programme Mathematics. Grade 12 2012
Co-author: Maths Literacy. Grade 10.
I am currently working with other authors, on an updated Advanced Programme Mathematics Grade 10 text book.