Prof Pierre du Plessis

Overview

Prof Pierre du Plessis is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Management with a special interest in Education Leadership, Financial Management, and Education Law. Before joining the University of Johannesburg in 2002, he was a teacher for 22 years, of which 8 years as principal. He also serves as IDSO (inspector of Education) for 3 years. His research focuses on leadership and Educational Law issues, as well as rural schools and he serves on the executive Board of EDUTEL. He was instrumental in establishing the Education African Roundtable where academics from all over Africa share their research. Recently his focus was also on the field of education and the challenges of rural schools Additional topics include expansion of school leadership and coaching school leaders with a focus on teaching and learning. He has written books on teaching and learning, marketing in schools as well as financial management in schools. He has published many papers in his field of interest. He is also rated by the NRF (National Research Foundation). Pierre has worked on educational training for the past 22 years Research Interests: Educational Leadership, Policy, rural schools