Rate My Professor Sello Mokoena

Professor Sello Mokoena serves as Professor in the Department of Education Leadership and Management at the University of South Africa. He has been engaged in teaching, research, and academic development at the institution since 2008. His academic work centres on shared leadership, change management, distance education, and e-learning. Professor Mokoena supervises master’s and doctoral research and combines his scholarly activities with practice-oriented educational projects, with a particular emphasis on capacity building at technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges.

Professor Mokoena’s research contributions include publications on participative decision-making and stakeholder perceptions in South African schools (2011), engagement with online discussion forums (2013), student teachers’ experiences of teaching practice at open and distance learning institutions (2017), novice teachers’ experiences of induction (2016), and frameworks addressing violence in public schools (2016). More recent work examines TVET lecturer work-integrated learning opportunities and challenges (2023), online teaching and learning challenges for TVET lecturers (2024), and related topics in education leadership and management. He has contributed to studies on decentralisation in teacher training institutions (2005), effective participative management and trust levels in schools (2012), and factors influencing substance abuse among adolescents (2017). Professor Mokoena has played a role in UNISA’s engagement with the UNEVOC Network, including serving as Local Organising Committee Chair for events advancing TVET through industry partnerships and innovation.

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