Dr Maria Vaz

Overview

Maria is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg. For the past ten years, he has taught various modules in the Department of Childhood Education. Before transitioning to academia, she spent twenty years teaching at various public and independent primary schools. She began her teaching profession after acquiring a Junior Primary Teacher’s Diploma from Soweto College of Education followed by an Advanced Education Certificate from Witwatersrand University. She went on to obtain Honours and Master’s degrees from the same university. In 2024, she acquired her PhD from the University of Johannesburg. Maria’s research focuses on language in education with a specific interest in reading and writing in African languages. Accredited Publications Vaz, M. (2024). 10-year-olds reading for meaning? A study of Sesotho Grade 4 learners’ foundational reading skills. South African Journal of Childhood Education , 14(1), 12 pages. doi: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v14i1.1573 Non-accredited publications Narrative text translation, prosody, comprehension: A cacophony of concordant constructs and theories Teacher agency in the transference of Sesotho knowledge to enable English reading comprehension