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Abridged curriculum vitae: Lesley Le Grange To 6 June 2010
Personal Full name: Le Grange Lesley Lionel Leonard
Work address: Faculty of Education
University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1
Matieland 7602 South Africa Telephone: +27 (0)21 808 2280 Fax number: +27 (0)21 808 2020 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.sun.ac.za/education
Home address: PO Box 3179 Matieland 7602 South Africa
Qualifications
PhD University of Stellenbosch 2001 (in science/environmental education) MEd University of Cape Town 1996 (in science education, cum laude) BEd University of Cape Town 1992 (subjects studied: curriculum studies: sciences [with
distinction], quantitative research methods in education [with distinction], measurement and evaluation [with distinction], theory of education, empirical research design, South African history: education and crisis)
BA University of Cape Town 1989 (major studies: environmental and geographical science, biblical studies; minor studies: history, logic, religion and the social sciences)
HDE University of Cape Town 1986 (method subjects: biology, geography [with distinction]) BSc University of the Western Cape 1986 (major studies: botany, geography; minor studies:
chemistry, physics, zoology)
Employment (full time) 1987 Biology teacher, Fairmount Secondary School.
1993 Head of department (Biology and General Science), Fairmount Secondary School.
1996 Acting deputy principal, Fairmount Secondary School.
1997 Researcher (EEPUS) and Educational Consultant (Co-owner of Millennium Consultants).
1999 Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University
2002 Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University.
2003 Professor, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University
2006 Departmental Chair, Department of Curriculum Studies, Stellenbosch University
2007 - present Vice-Dean: Research, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University.
Honorary appointments, editorial work etc. Review Editor for the South African Journal of Higher Education (2001-2002).
Consultant Editor to the South African Journal of Higher Education (2001-present).
Associate Editor – South African Journal of Higher Education (2003-present))
Advisory Editor – Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, Ethics and Action (2003-present)).
Member of the Advisory Board – Africa Education Review (2004 – present)
Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Educational Studies (2007-present)
Member of Editorial Board – Journal of Environmental Education (North America) (present)
Member of the Review Board of Transnational Curriculum Inquiry (TCI): the Journal of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (2006-present).
Referee of journal manuscripts for Acta Academica; Africa Education Review; Australian Journal of Environmental Education; Education as Change; Environmental Education Research; Journal of Education; Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology; Journal of Environmental Education; International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, International Journal of Science Education; Per Linguam, Perspectives in Education, South African Journal of Education, Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, Southern African Review of Education and Studies in Philosophy and Education.
I have reviewed/refereed more than 350 articles to date.
Publications
Authored/edited books/monographs
1. Le Grange, Lesley and Reddy, Chris 1998. Continuous Assessment: An introduction and guidelines to implementation Cape Town: Juta Higher Education Publishers. (ISBN 0-7021-4383).
2. Jenkin, N; Le Grange, L; Lotz, H; Mabunda, K; Madisakwane, K; Makou, T; Mphaphuli, E;
Neluvhalani, E; Reddy, C and Robottom, I. (eds.). 2000. Educating for socio-ecological change: Case studies of changing practice in South African Tertiary Institutions. Cape Town: AUSAID. (ISBN 0-7972-0778-3).
3. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. E-learning: a critique. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University Press.
(Inaugural address as professor – ISBN 0-7972-1009-1). 4. Waghid, Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley (eds). 2004. Imaginaries on democratic education and
change. Stellenbosch: SAARDHE. (ISBN 0-9584-6878-8).
Book chapters
5. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Issues of Pedagogy and power in environmental learning. In Jenkin, N. et al. (eds.) Educating for socio-ecological change: Case Studies of Changing Practice in South African Tertiary Institutions. Cape Town: AUSAID. pp. 55-64. (ISBN 0-7972-0778-3).
6. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Science and sustainability: Integrating science and environmental
education processes. In educating for socio-ecological change: A resource pack for developing and reviewing environmental education in universities and colleges of education in South Africa. Howick: AUSAID.
7. Le Grange, Lesley (co-author). 2000. Introduction to the participatory research process. In Jenkin, N. et al. (eds.) Educating for socio-ecological change: Case Studies of Changing Practice in South African Tertiary Institutions. Cape Town: AUSAID. pp. 1-8. (ISBN 0-7972-0778-3).
8. Schreuder, DR; Reddy, CPS &. Le Grange, L 2000. Science and sustainability: Alternative
understandings of education and sustainability. In Jarnet, A et al (eds.), The Future of Environmental Education in a Postmodern World? Canada: Yukon College. pp. 170-174. (ISBN: 0-9694150-2-8).
9. Schreuder Danie, Reddy Chris & Le Grange Lesley. 2002. Environmental education as a
process of change and reconstruction: The Science and Sustainability Project. In Tilbury, D et al (eds), Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge. Switzerland: IUCN, pp. 133 – 139. (ISBN: 2-8317-0623-8).
10. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Environment constructed: perspectives from the South. In Scott, W &
Gough, S. (eds.), Key Issues in Life Lifelong Learning and Sustainability: a critical review. London: RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 19-21. (ISBN 0-415-27649-7).
11. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Assessment in science and technology education. In Maree, J &
Fraser, B (eds.), Outcomes-based Assessment for university students. Johannesburg: Heinemann Publishers. pp. 185-197. (ISBN: 0796204403).
12. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Introduction: Democracy, curriculum and transformation. In Waghid,
Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley (eds), Imaginaries on democratic education and change. Stellenbosch: SAARDHE. pp. 83-86. (ISBN: 09584687-8-8)
13. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Democratic citizenship, dis(trust), risk and education. In Waghid,
Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley (eds), Imaginaries on democratic education and change. Stellenbosch: SAARDHE. pp. 61-67. (ISBN: 09584687-8-8).
14. Waghid, Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Introduction. Emerging voices. In Waghid, Yusef &
Le Grange, Lesley (eds), Imaginaries on democratic education and change. Stellenbosch: SAARDHE. pp. 135-136. (ISBN: 0 627 02550 1).
15. Le Grange, Lesley & Loubser, Callie. 2005. Education for sustainability: a critical appraisal. In
Loubser, C (ed) Environmental Education in South Africa. Johannesburg: Van Schaik publishers. pp. 113-126. (ISBN: 0 627 02550 1).
16. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. African philosophy of education: An emerging discourse in South
Africa. In Waghid, Y (ed.) African(a) philosophy of education: Reconstructions and deconstructions. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University Press. pp. 126-139. (ISBN: 0-620-34077-0.
17. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Towards a language of probability for sustainability education (South)
Africa. In E. Gonzalez-Gaudiano and M.A. Peters (eds.), Environmental Education: Identity, Politics and Citizenship. Rotterdam: Sense publishers. pp. 208 – 217. (ISBN: 978-90-8790-613-0).
18. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Assessing competence in science and technology. In Maree, J &
Fraser, B (eds.), Outcomes-based Assessment: Facilitating best practice in classrooms. Johannesburg: Heinemann Publishers. Second Edition. pp. 164 – 178. (ISBN: 0 79622 511 7)
19. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Hacia un lenguaje de probabilidad para la educación para el
desarrollo sustentable en Sudáfrica. In Gonzalez Gaudiano, E (ed.). Educación, medio ambiente y sustentabilidad/Education, environment and sustainability. Mexico City: Plaza y Valdes. pp. 149 – 164. (ISBN: 978-607-3-00048-2).
20. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. The university in a contemporary era: Reflections on epistemological
shifts. In Bitzer, E (ed). Higher education studies in South Africa: A scholarly look behind the scenes. Stellenbosch: African SunMedia Publishers. pp. 103 – 120 (ISBN 978-1-920338-14-5).
21. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. South African curriculum studies: a historical perspective and autobiographical account. In Pinar, W. (ed.). Curriculum studies in South Africa: Intellectual Histories, Present Circumstances. PalgraveMacMillan publishers. pp. 177 – 200 (ISBN: 978-0-230-61508-3).
22. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Epilogue: Final word. In Pinar, W. (ed.). Curriculum studies in South
Africa: Intellectual Histories, Present Circumstances. PalgraveMacMillan publishers. pp. 243 – 245 (ISBN: 978-0-230-61508-3).
23. Lotz-Sisitka, Heila and Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Learning to live with it? Troubling education
with evidence of global climate change. In Irwin, R. (ed.). Climate Change and Philosophy: Transformational possibilities. New York: Continuum. Forthcoming.
24. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. African curriculum studies, continental overview. In Kridel, C (ed).
Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. New York: Sage publishers. Volume 1: 18-22. 25. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Scriptures and practices: A reply to Wally Morrow. In Shalem, Y and
Pendlebury, S. (ed), Retrieving teaching: Critical issues in curriculum, pedagogy and learning. Landsdowne: Juta. pp. 76-86 )ISBN: 978-0-70217-780-4.
Academic journals * articles in accredited journals **ISI/IBSS accredited International 26. *Le Grange, Lesley; Rochford, Kevin & Sass, Andy 1996. Gender differences among
engineering and business/marketing students’ rankings of science and technology related global problems. Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 7(1): 13-19.
27. *Le Grange, Lesley and Reddy, Chris 1997. Environmental education and outcomes-based
education in South Africa: A marriage made in heaven? Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, (17): 12-18.
28. Schreuder, Danie and Le Grange, Lesley 1998. Sustaining environmental education research
and teacher education through partnerships between Universities and Schools: thoughts from South Africa. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 7(3): 240-243.
29. *Waghid, Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Repositioning inclusive education in South Africa
through a post-structuralist lens. International Journal of Special Education, 15(2): 92-102. 30. *Le Grange, Lesley & Newmark, Rona. 2002. A civil society partnership in special education in
a changing South Africa. International Journal of Special Education, 17(1): 85-90. 31. *van Rooyen, Brenda; Le Grange, Lesley & Newmark, Rona. 2002. (De)constructions of
functionalist discourses in South Africa’s Education White Paper 6: Special Needs Education. International Journal of Special Education, 17(2): 1-13.
32. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Science and sustainability: integrating science and environmental
education processes. New Era in Education, 83(1): 2-5. 33. *van Rooyen, Brenda & Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Pioneering and business discourses in South
Africa’s Education White Paper 6: Special Needs Education. International Journal of Special Education, 18(1): 7-16.
34. *Hill, Francis, Newmark, Rona & Le Grange, Lesley 2003. Subjective Perceptions of Stress &
Coping By Mothers Of Children With An Intellectual Disability: A Needs Assessment. International Journal of Special Education, 18(1): 36-43.
35. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Why publish? Perspectives in Education 21(2): 129-135. 36. *Hill, Frances, Le Grange, Lesley & Newmark, Rona. 2003. The use of qualitative and
quantitative methodologies in a special educational needs study. International Journal of Special Education 18(2): 62-72.
37. *Galyam, Nilly & Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Teaching thinking skills in science to learners with
special needs. International Journal of Special Education 18(2): 84-94. 38. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. The role of (dis)trust in a (trans)national development project.
Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and educational planning. 46(4): 491-505.
39. **van Rooyen, Brenda; Le Grange, Lesley & Newmark, Rona. 2004. (De)constructions of
radical humanist discourses in White Paper 6: Special Needs Education. Perspectives in Education 22(1): 1-16.
40. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Embodiment, social praxis and environmental education: some
thoughts. Environmental Education Research 10(3): 385-397. 41. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Against environmental learning: why we need a language of
environmental education. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education 21: 234-140. 42. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Guattari’s philosophy of education and its implications for
environmental education in (post)colonial Africa. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education 22: 33-45.
43. **Le Grange, Lesley & Beets, Peter. 2005. Geography education in South Africa after a decade
of democracy. Geography 90: 267-277. 44. *Le Grange, Lesley & Reddy, Chris. 2007. The learning of environment(s) and the environments
of learning. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education 24: 76-81. 45. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. Integrating western and indigenous knowledge systems: the basis
for effective science education in South Africa? International Review of Education. 53(5-6): 577-591.
46. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. (Re)thinking outcomes-based education: from arborescent to
rhizomatic conceptions of outcomes (based-education). Perspectives in Education 25(4): 79-85.
47. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The didactics tradition in South Africa: A reply to Richard Krüger. Journal of Curriculum Studies 40(3): 399-407.
48. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The productivity of method. Perspectives in Education 26(4): 101-
107. 49. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The history of biology as a school subject and developments in the
subject in contemporary South Africa. Southern African Review of Education 14(3): 89-105. 50. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Environmental justice: order words and pass-words. Southern
African Journal of Environmental Education 25: 182-188. 51. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Participation and participatory action research (PAR) in environmental
education processes: for what are people empowered? Australian Journal of Environmental Education. 25: 3-14.
52. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Environment in the Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology
learning areas for General Education and Training in South Africa. Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (Special issue on environmental education). Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. 10(1): 13-26.
53. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Sustainability and higher education: from arborescent to rhizomatic
thinking. Educational Philosophy and Theory. Forthcoming.
National 54. Reddy, Chris and Le Grange, Lesley 1996. Continuous evaluation: Friend or Foe? Spectrum,
34(2): 18-20. 55. Le Grange, Lesley; Schreuder, Danie and Reddy, Chris 1997. Sustainability in Curriculum 2005.
Enviroteach (3): 9-11. 56. *Letsoalo, Bernard; Le Grange, Lesley and Rochford, Kevin 1997. Historically disadvantaged
pupils’ rankings of science and technology related global problems: A gender and regional comparison. South African Journal of Education, 17(4): 151-156.
57. Schreuder, Danie; Le Grange, Lesley and Reddy, Chris 1998. Sustainability as a unifying theme
in biology curricula. Spectrum, 36(1), 4-7. 58. *Schreuder, Danie; Le Grange, Lesley, Reddy, Chris. 1999. Science and Sustainability:
Exploring new perspectives in environmental education. South African Journal of Education, 19(2): 127-130.
59. *Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Ecological Sustainability: A metaphor for curriculum and research in
the new millennium. South African Journal of Education, 19(4): 304-310. 60. *Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Addressing environmental concerns through science teaching in
changing educational milieu. Journal of Education, 24: 31-43. 61. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Towards a language of probability in South African OBE discourse.
Education as Change, 4(1), 21-30. 62. *Le Grange, Lesley and Reddy, Chris. 2000. Introducing teachers to OBE and EE: A Western
Cape case study. South African Journal of Education, 20(1): 28-32. 63. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Is there a ‘space’ for enabling disparate knowledge traditions to work
together? Challenges for science (education) in an African context. South African Journal of Education, 20(2): 114-117.
64. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. A case study of changing pedagogical practices at a higher
education institution. South African Journal of Higher Education, 14(1): 152-159.
65. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Is qualitative research a meaningful term to describe the cross-fertilisation of ideas which characterises contemporary educational research? South African Journal of Education, 20(3): 192-195.
66. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. The use of photographs in case study research. Reflections and suggestions. South African Journal of Education, 20(3): 169-174.
67. *Le Grange, Lesley & Waghid, Yusef. 2000. Environmental education, materials development and collegiality: implications for universities and schools. South African Journal of Education, 20(2): 136-141.
68. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Challenges for participatory action research and indigenous
knowledge in Africa. Acta Academica, 33(3), 136-150. 69. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Exploring new knowledge spaces in environmental education: The
case of a South African/Australian institutional links project. South African Journal of Higher Education 15(2): 41-48.
70. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Challenges for Environmental Education in southern Africa:
Integrating knowledge systems through the social organisation of trust. South African Journal of Education, 21(2): 71-75.
71. *Waghid, Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Can postpositivist research in environmental education engender ethical notions within higher education? South African Journal of Higher Education, 15(3): 92-101.
72. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Educational research, democracy and praxis. South African Journal
of Education, 22(1): 36-39. 73. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Challenges for higher education transformation in South Africa:
Integrating the local and the global. South African Journal of Higher Education 16(1): 67-73. 74. *Waghid, Yusef & Le Grange. 2002. Globalisation and higher education in South Africa: Moving
towards distributive justice. South African Journal of Higher Education 16(1): 5-8. 75. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Towards a “language of probability” for environmental education in
South Africa. South African Journal of Education, 22(2): 83-87. 76. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Education for sustainable living: a useful concept? South African
Journal of Higher Education, 16(2): 49-55. 77. *Le Grange, Lesley & Newmark, Rona. 2002. Postgraduate research supervision in a socially
distributed knowledge system: some thoughts. South African Journal of Higher Education 16(3): 50-57.
78. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Opportunities that the South African OBE curriculum framework
provides for addressing environmental concerns. Education as Change 7(1): 34-49. 79. *van Rooyen, Brenda; Newmark Rona & Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. (De)constructing systems
discourses in South Africa’s White Paper 6: Special Needs Education. Acta Academica 35(1): 167-187.
80. *Waghid, Yusef & Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Introduction: Research and development in higher
education: rating or not? South African Journal of Higher Education 17(1) 5-8. 81. *van Rooyen, Brenda & Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Interpretive discourses in South Africa’s
Education White Paper 6: Special Needs Education. South African Journal of Education 23(2): 152-156.
82. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. R(e)imagining higher education for sustainable futures. South African
Journal of Higher Education 17(3): 90-96. 83. *Reddy, Chris; Le Grange, Lesley & Waghid, Yusef. 2004. Environment as a community project:
deliberative democracy in action. Submitted to South African Journal of Higher Education 18(1): 111-126.
84. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. E-learning: some critical thoughts. South African Journal of Higher
Education 18(1): 87-97. 85. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Ignorance, trust and educational research. 2004. Journal of
Education 33(2): 69-84. 86. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. (South) African(a) philosophy of education: A reply to Higgs and
Parker. Journal of Education. 34: 143-154. 87. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Western Science and Indigenous knowledge: competing
perspectives or complementary frameworks? South African Journal of Higher Education. 18(3): 82 - 91.
88. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. ‘Muticultural’ Science in South Africa’s National Curriculum
Statement. Africa Education Review 1(2): 204-219. 89. **Le Grange, Lesley & Beets, Peter. 2005. (Re)conceptualizing validity in outcomes-based
assessment. South African Journal of Education 25(2): 114-119.
90. **Beets, Peter & Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Continuity and progression: the Achilles’ heel of the national curriculum statement for Geography. South African Journal of Education. 25(3): 190-197.
91. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. The scholarship of teaching as deconstructive force. Education as
Change. 9(1): 185-196. 92. **Galyam, Nilly & Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Improving thinking skills in science of learners with
(dis)abilities. South African Journal of Education. 25(4): 239-246. 93. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Evidence, analysis and case study research. Journal of Education
Studies 4(1&2): 22-29 94. *Beets, Peter & Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Africanising assessment practices: Does the notion of
ubuntu hold any promise? South African Journal of Higher Education. 19: 1197-1207. 95. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. The ‘idea of engagement’ and the ‘African University in the 21
st
century: some reflections. South African Journal of Higher Education. 19: 1208-1219. 96. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Reflexivity and new modes of knowledge production: The case of the
human and social sciences. South African Journal of Higher Education. 19: 1444-1455. 97. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. Curriculum: A neglected area in discourses on higher education.
South African Journal of Higher Education. 20(2): 189-194. 98. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. The changing landscape of the contemporary university. South
African Journal of Higher Education. 20(4): 367-371. 99. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. Quality assurance in South Africa: A reply to John Mammen. South
African Journal of Higher Education. 20(6) 903-909. 100. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. An analysis of ‘needs talk’ in relation to sustainable development and
education. Journal of Education. 41: 1-14. 101. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. (Re)imagining method in educational leadership and management
research. South African Journal of Education. 27(3): 421-429. 102. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. The scholarship of integration (re)considered. South African Journal
of Higher Education. 21(5): 506-514. 103. **Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. The theoretical ‘foundations’ of community service-learning: from
taproots to rhizomes. Education as Change. 11(3): 3-13. 104. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2008 Sustainability and higher education: some thoughts. South African
Journal of Higher Education. 22(2): 203-209. 105. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Challenges for enacting an indigenized science curriculum: A reply to
Ogunniyi and Ogawa. South African Journal of Higher Education. 22(4): 817-826. 106. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Trends in educational research: South African perspectives. SA-e-
DUC. 5(1). 107. **Beets, Peter and Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Has geography curriculum reform in post-
apartheid South Africa strengthened continuity and progression? South African Geographical Journal. 90(2): 68-79.
108. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. How would Ludwig Wittgenstein have performed in the current South
African higher education system? South African Journal of Higher Education. 23(4): 629-634. 109. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. A survey of educational research in the second decade of South
Africa’s democracy: a focus on higher education. South African Journal of Higher Education. 23(6): 1115-1125.
110. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Are there distinctive indigenous methods of inquiry? Indilinga. 8(2): 189-198.
111. *Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. From race-consciousness to colour-consciousness. South African
Journal of Higher Education. 24(2): 331-337. Conference proceedings 112. Le Grange, Lesley. Learning to change (editorial). 1996. Proceedings of the 14
th annual
conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa, 3. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch.
113. Le Grange, Lesley; Letsoalo, Bernard and Rochford, Kevin 1998. Differences and similarities
among rural-Northern Sotho and urban-Xhosa pupils’ rankings of science and technology related global problems, Proceedings of the 6th annual conference of the Southern African Association of Research in Mathematics and Science Education, 256-260.
114. Le Grange, Lesley & Reddy, Chris. 1998. Introducing outcomes-based education to teachers
using environmental education materials and case studies. Proceedings of a colloquium on environmental education research, 3-4. Pretoria: HSRC.
115. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Beyond languages of critique to languages of probability in South
Africa OBE discourse. In Smit M & Jordaan A (compilers). Curriculum 2005: Rhetoric and Reality. Proceedings of the National Didactics/Learning Area Symposium, 74-80. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch.
116. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Does Curriculum 2005 provide space for addressing environmental
concerns through science teaching? In Smit M & Jordaan A (compilers). Curriculum 2005: Rhetoric and Reality. Proceedings of the National Didactics/Learning Area Symposium. 81-87. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch.
117. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Educational research as democratic praxis. Proceedings of the
Democratic Transformation of Education in South Africa Conference, 3:71-77. Johannesburg: Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
118. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Education for sustainability: A contested concept? Proceedings of the 41
st International Conference of the World Education Fellowship. Pretoria: Vista University.
119. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Empowering school managers/leaders through environmental
education. Proceedings of the Empowerment of School Leaders Through Democratic Values Conference, 13:53-59. Johannesburg: Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
120. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Philosophy of environmental education in a contemporary era. In
Kvernbekk, T & Nordtug, B (eds.), The many faces of philosophy of education: traditions, problems and challenges, p. 405. Oslo: University of Oslo. ISBN: 82-569-5999-1.
121. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Can Indigenous knowledge and Western epistemologies work
together? Proceedings of the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. Oxford: University of Oxford. pp. 465-473.
122. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Practical reasoning and education for sustainable development.
Proceedings of the 22nd
annual conference of the Southern African Association of Environmental Education. Mooi River: Treverton College. pp. 90-95.
123. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. “Multicultural” science in South Africa’s new National Curriculum
Statement. Proceedings of the 9th annual conference of the International Network of
Philosophers of Education. Madrid: Universidad Complutense Madrid. 124. Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. Some thoughts on “needs” in relation to education for sustainable
development. Proceedings of the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. Oxford: University of Oxford. pp. 1-3.
Book Reviews
125. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001 Review of Rethinking our World (by Philip Higgs & Jane Smith, Juta, Kenwyn, 2001) South African Journal of Higher Education 15 (3): 215.
126. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Review of Rethinking Truth (by Philip Higgs & Jane Smith, Juta,
Kenwyn, 2002) South African Journal of Higher Education 16(2): 220.
Technical reports
127. Le Grange LLL, Reddy CPS. Introducing outcomes-based education to teachers using environmental materials and case studies. HSRC, 1999. 45 pp.
Academic Presentations
Invited presentations 1. Le Grange, Lesley. 1997. What is environmental education? Presentation made to participants
on a course of the International Ocean Institute, University of the Western Cape: Bellville. 2. Le Grange, Lesley. 1997. Why the need for a new curriculum in South Africa. Presentation
made to members of the Rotary Association of South Africa, Mowbray, Cape Town. 3. Le Grange, Lesley. 1997. Curriculum change in South Africa. Presentation made to members of
the Environmental Research Unit, Peninsula Technikon, Bellville. 4. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. The Windows on the Wild (SA) project. Presentation made to the
Education Department of WWF at the Headquarters of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), Washington, DC, 29 July.
5. Le Grange, Lesley and Reddy, Chris. 1999. Contextualising the Australian/South African
institutional links programme, Educating for socio-ecological change within a changing South African socio-political milieu. Seminar presentation. Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
6. Reddy, Chris and Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Responding to socio-political change through an
institutional links programme. Reporting on selected South African case studies in Environmental Education. Seminar presentation: Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
7. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. The Windows on the Wild (SA) project. Presentation made to
members of the special interest group, Theory and Practice of the Education Association of South Africa. Port Elizabeth: University of Port Elizabeth, 16-18 January.
8. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Social, Political and Educational Change in South Africa post-1990.
Online presentation to Master’s of Education students at Deakin University, Australia. 9. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Writing and refereeing academic articles. Presentation made to the
Special Interest Group: Educational Psychology at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. 13 -15 January. Johannesburg: RAU.
10. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. How to publish successfully. Panel presentation at Writing workshop
organized by Centre for Higher Education, Stellenbosch University. TechnoPark Protea Hotel. 11. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Educational research in developing countries: some thoughts.
Keynote address delivered at the annual regional postgraduate student conference. Rondebosch: University of Cape Town, October.
12. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Evidence, analysis and quality in case study research. Presentation
made at PhD week. Grahamstown: Rhodes University. 21-24 March. 13. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. African philosophy of education: an emerging discourse in South Africa.
Paper presented at the International Symposium on African Philosophy of Education organised by the German International Institute for Educational Research, Frankfurt, 29-30 August.
14. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. The state of education in South Africa: critical reflections. Roundtable
discussion at the International Symposium on African Philosophy of Education organised by the German International Institute for Educational Research, Frankfurt, 29-30 August.
15. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Trends in education: South African perspectives. Keynote address
delivered at research conference associated with the inauguration of new buildings of the Faculty of Education of North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). 28 April.
16. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The idea of ‘engagement’ and the ‘African University’ in the 21
st
century. Research seminar presented to the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2 April.
17. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The productivity of method. Keynote address delivered at the annual
research Indaba at the University of Pretoria. 11 April. 18. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Research in School Geography. Keynote address at the first
Geography conference for educators in the Western Cape Province. University of the Western Cape, 12 September.
19. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. The struggle for social justice: Taking a walk with a black South
African child through the education system. Panel presentation on social justice at School of Education, Standford University, USA. 20 April
20. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. The changing landscape of higher education in post-apartheid South
Africa. Presentation to members of Faculty of Education at University of British Columbia, Canada. 4 May.
21. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Knowledge for empowerment: (Re)thinking method. Keynote address
delivered that the research conference of Walter Sisulu University. Abbotsford, East London. 27 August.
22. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. (Re)thinking method. Closing keynote address at 9
th Regional
Postgraduate Education Conference. 3 October. 23. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Higher education transformations and epistemological shifts in an era
of globalization: The technology of performativity. Presentation to members of the Department of Education, Turku University, Finland. 22 October.
24. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. (Re)imagining method. Research seminar presented to Master’s
students at the University of Turku, Finland. 23 October. 25. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Some thoughts on (trans)disciplinary research. Presentation at
research colloquium. Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University. 12 February. 26. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Can the philosophy of Ubuntu contribute to healing of nature, self and
society. Research seminar jointly hosted by the Centre for Research in Education and Environment (CREE), University of Bath and the Bath and Bristol branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. 23 March.
27. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. (Auto)biography, pedagogy and place. Invited panel presentation of
Division B (Curriculum Studies) of the American Education Research Association. 1 May. 28. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Ubuntu, Ukama and the three ecologies. Panel presentation at the
College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne. 6 May.
Conference presentations
International
29. Le Grange Lesley, Ndodana Cynthia & Rochford Kevin. 1995. Science Educators’ rankings of science and technology related global problems. Paper presented at third annual conference of the Southern African Association of Research in Science and Mathematics Education. Rondebosch: University of Cape Town.
30. Le Grange Lesley, Letsoalo Bernard & Rochford Kevin 1998. Differences and similarities among
rural-Northern Sotho and urban-Xhosa pupils’ rankings of science and technology related global problems, Paper presented at the 6th annual conference of the Southern African Association of Research in Mathematics and Science Education, Pretoria: University of South Africa.
31. Braus Judy, Schreuder Danie & Le Grange Lesley. 1998. Focusing on biodiversity and
sustainability in education: The “Windows on the Wild” project. Presentation at annual conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa. Gaberone: University of Botswana.
32. Schreuder Danie, Le Grange Lesley & Reddy Chris. 1998. Environmental Education as
processes of change and reconstruction: The science and sustainability project. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa. Gaberone: University of Botswana.
33. Le Grange Lesley et al. 1999. Introducing a participatory research process. A paper presented
at the annual conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa. Grahamstown: Rhodes University.
34. Le Grange Lesley. 1999. Issues of pedagogy and power in environmental learning. A paper
presented at the annual conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa. Grahamstown: Rhodes University.
35. Le Grange Lesley. 1999. Science and Sustainability: Integrating science and environmental
education processes. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa. Grahamstown: Rhodes University.
36. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Challenges for environmental education in Southern Africa:
integrating knowledge systems through the social organisation of trust. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa. Kwaluseni: University of Swaziland, 10-14 July.
37. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Research as democratic praxis. Paper presented at the Democratic
Transformation of Education Conference. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Lodge Country Hotel, 27-29 September.
38. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Education for sustainability: a contested concept? Paper presented at
the 41st International Conference of the World Education Fellowship. Sun City, 23-27 April 2001.
39. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Empowering school mangers/leaders through environmental
education. Paper presented at the Empowerment of School Leaders through Democratic Values Conference. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Lodge Country Hotel, 5-6 September.
40. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Philosophy of environmental education in a contemporary era. Paper
presented at the 8th biennial conference of the international network of philosophers of
education. Oslo: University of Oslo, 8-11 August. 41. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Can western ways of knowing and indigenous epistemologies work
together? Paper presented at the 38th annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society
of Great Britain. Oxford: University of Oxford, 11-13 April.
42. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Practical reasoning and education for sustainable development. Paper presented at the 22
nd annual conference of the Southern African Association of
Environmental Education. Mooi River: Treverton College, 29 March to 02 April. 43. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. A response to recent debates on an (South) African philosophy of
education. Paper present at the joint conference of SAARDHE and the University of Bergen (Norway). Durban: Balmoral Hotel. 10-12 June.
44. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. Western science and indigenous knowledge: competing perspectives
or complementary frameworks? Paper present at the joint conference of SAARDHE and the University of Bergen (Norway). Durban: Balmoral Hotel. 10-12 June.
45. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. “Multicultural” science in South Africa’s new National Curriculum
Statement. Paper presented at the 9th biennial conference of the International Network of
Philosophers of Education. Madrid: Universidad Complutense Madrid. 46. Le Grange, Lesley & Beets, Peter. 2004. (Re)conceptualizing validity in assessment. Paper
presented at the annual ASEESA conference. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University. 47. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Guattari’s philosophy of environment. Presentation at the 8
th
International Invitational Seminar on Environmental and Health Education. Grahamstown: Rhodes University. 15-17 March.
48. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Reflexivity and new modes of knowledge production: The case of the
human and social sciences. Paper presented at the Knowledge Production in the 21st Century
conference (Joint conference of Bergen University and SAARDHE). Scandic Hotel, Bergen, 31 August to 2 September.
49. Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. (Re)thinking outcomes-based education: from arborescent to
rhizomatic conceptions of outcomes. Paper presented at the 11th biennial conference of the
International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE). Malta: University of Malta, 31 July – 6 August.
50. Le Grange, Lesley and Beets, Peter. 2006. Some perspectives on assessment as an
educational practice. Paper presented at the 11th biennial conference of the International
Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE). Malta: University of Malta. August, 31 July – 6 August.
51. Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. Education for sustainability: a contested terrain. Paper presented at
the Sustainability and Survival Conference. Northern Cyprus: Near East University, 19 – 23 February.
52. Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. Science, citizenship, sustainability and education: some thoughts.
Paper presented at the 9th Invitational Seminar of Environmental and Health Education.
Switzerland: Monte Verita Hotel, 26-30 March. 53. Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. Towards a language of probability for sustainability education. Paper
presented at the 4th
World Congress on Environmental Education. South Africa: Durban International Convention Centre, 2-6 July.
54. Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. Sustainability and higher education: From arborescent to rhizomatic
thinking. Paper presented at the Tibilisi plus 30 conference. The 4th International Conference on
Environmental Education. Centre for Environmental Education (CEE). Ahmedabad, India, 24-28 November.
55. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Participation and participatory action research (PAR) in environmental
education processes: a critical appraisal. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, 24 to 28 March.
56. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The notion of ‘respect’ in multicultural learning/teaching environments.
Paper presented at the biennial conference of the International Network of Philosophy of Education (INPE), Kyoto, Japan, 2 to 6 August.
57. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Environmental education (research) and the deterritorialization and reterritorialization of disciplinary knowledge. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, 13 to 17 April.
58. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. The politics of needs and sustainability education. Paper presented at
the 5th World Congress on Environmental Education (WEEC), Montreal, Canada, 10 to 14 May.
59. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Africanising the curriculum. Symposium presentation at the 3
rd
triennial conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. NH Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, South Africa, 7-10 September.
60. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. The changing nature of school science in post-apartheid South Africa.
Paper presented at the 3rd
International Conference on Science Education. National Education Institute, Singapore, 24 to 26 November.
61. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. (Re)singularization and transversality in environmental education
(research). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association. Denver, Colorado, 30 April to 4 May.
National 62. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Reflections on the year 1999. Prontak Mini Conference, University of
Stellenbosch. 63. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Ecological Sustainability: A metaphor for curriculum and research in
the new millennium. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Wellington: Boland College of Education.
64. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Is qualitative research a useful term for describing the cross-
fertilisation of ideas, which characterises contemporary educational research. Paper presented at the Qualitative Research Conference. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University, 6-8 July.
65. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Beyond languages of critique to languages of probability in South
African OBE discourse. Paper presented at the National Didactics/Learning Area Symposium. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch, 14-17 September.
66. Le Grange, Lesley. 1999. Does Curriculum 2005 provide space for addressing environmental
concerns through science teaching Paper presented at the National Didactics/Learning Area Symposium. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch, 14-17 September.
67. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Is there a space for disparate knowledge traditions to work together?
Implications for science (education) in a new millennium. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Bloemfontein: University of Free State, 19-21 January.
68. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Challenges for participatory action research in Africa. Paper
presented at the Qualitative Research Conference. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University, 24-26 July.
69. Le Grange, Lesley. 2000. Environmental Education: a self-contradictory term? Paper presented
at the annual conference of the Kenton Education Association. Port Elizabeth: Seaview Hotel, 27-29 October.
70. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Blurring the boundaries between policy and pedagogy. Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Port Elizabeth: University of Port Elizabeth, 16-18 January.
71. Le Grange, Lesley. 2001. Challenges for higher education transformation in South Africa:
Integrating the local and the global. Paper presented at the 12th biennial conference of the
South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education. University of the Orange Free State, 23 March.
72. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Opportunities that the South African OBE curriculum framework provides for addressing environmental concerns? Paper presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Pretoria: University of Pretoria, 15-18 January.
73. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Globalisation, pedagogy and nation building. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Pretoria: University of Pretoria, 15-18 January.
74. Le Grange, Lesley. 2002. Education policy and research paradigms. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Kenton Education Association. Muldersdrift, 1-4 November. 75. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Realities/Challenges, educational paradigms and paradigm shifts.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa (EASA), Stellenbosch, University of Stellenbosch, 14-16 January.
76. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. (Re)imagining in higher education for sustainable futures. Paper
presented at the 13th biennial conference of the South African Association for Research and
Development in Higher Education, Stellenbosch, University of Stellenbosch, 25-27 June. 77. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Embodiment, social praxis and environmental education: some
thoughts. Paper presented at the Environmental Education Research in Southern Africa conference. Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 22-23 September.
78. Le Grange, Lesley. 2003. Ignorance and trust in educational research. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Kenton/Saches Associations. Goudini Spar, 30 October – 02 November.
79. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. The teacher/lecturer as scholar: some critical perspectives. Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. 13 -15 January. Johannesburg: RAU.
80. Le Grange, Lesley & Beets, Peter. 2004. (Re)conceptualizing validity in assessment. Paper
presented at the annual ASEESA conference. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University. 81. Le Grange, Lesley. 2004. The stories we (do not) tell science and technology learners about
their past, present and future. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Kenton Education Association Conference. Ddima, Kwazulu-Natal.
82. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. Integrating western and indigenous knowledge systems: the basis for
effective science and technology education in (South) Africa. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa Potchefstroom: Potchefstroom University. 12-14 January.
83. Beets, P & Le Grange, L. 2005. ‘Africanising’ assessment practices: does the notion of Ubuntu
hold any promise? Paper presented at the 14th biennial conference of the South African
Association for Research and Development in Higher Education, Durban, University of Kwazulu-Natal, 26-29 June.
84. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. The ‘idea of engagement’ and the ‘African University in the 21
st
century. Paper presented at the 14th biennial conference of the South African Association for
Research and Development in Higher Education, Durban, University of Kwazulu-Natal, 26-29 June.
85. Le Grange, Lesley. 2005. An analysis of “needs talk” in relation to sustainable development.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Kenton Association. Mpekweni Resort, 27-30 October.
86. Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. Education for sustainable development: Contested voices and
discourses. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Bloemfontein: Ilanga Estate. 18-20 January.
87. Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. Quality assurance in South Africa: A reply to John Mammen. Paper
presented at Ouality Assurance Symposium. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University and HEQC.
88. Le Grange, Lesley 2006. Methods/Methodologies beyond the boundaries of conventional
paradigms. Paper presented at the joint conference of the Education Association of South Africa and the Kenton Education Association. Wilderness: Protea Hotel, 28 November – 1 December.
89. Le Grange, Lesley. 2006. (South) African philosophy of education: exploring its
deconstructive/reconstructive potential. Symposium paper presented at the joint conference of the Education Association of South Africa and the Kenton Education Association. Wilderness: Protea Hotel, 28 November – 1 December.
90. Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. A deepening environmental crisis: Is education part of the problem?
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Kenton Education Association. Phumula Hotel: UKZN, 25-28 October.
91. Lotz-Sisitka, Heila and Le Grange, Lesley. 2007. Learning to live with it? Troubling education
with evidence of global climate change. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Kenton Education Association. Phumula Hotel: UKZN, 25-28 October.
92. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Wittgenstein, social justice and the limits of language. Panel
presentation made at the annual conference of the South African Education Association. Langebaan: Club Mykonos, 8-11 January.
93. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. Environmental justice: Is it social justice of a different kind? Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Langebaan: Club Mykonos, 8-11 January.
94. Le Grange, Lesley. 2008. The history of school biology as a school subject in South Africa.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Kenton Education Association, 95. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Cosmopolitanism and the transformation of the local. Panel
presentation at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa. Durban, 13-16 January.
96. Le Grange, Lesley. 2009. Performativity and the poststructuralist turn. Symposium presentation
at the annual conference of the Kenton Association, Protea Hotel, Stellenbosch, 5 to 8 November.
97. Le Grange, Lesley. 2010. Education practices: In conversation with Deleuze and Derrida.
Symposium presentation at the annual conference of the Education Association of South Africa, Quest Estate, Vanderbijlpark, 12 to 14 January.
Other academic presentations 98. Le Grange, Lesley & Reddy, Chris. 1997. Introducing outcomes-based education to teachers
using environmental education materials and case studies. Presentation made at colloquium on environmental education curriculum research. Pretoria: HSRC, 28-29 July 1997.
99. Le Grange, Lesley & Reddy, Chris. 1998. Introducing outcomes-based education to teachers
using environmental education materials and case studies. Presentation made at colloquium on environmental education curriculum research. Pretoria: HSRC, 23 March 1998.
100. Le Grange, Lesley & Reddy, Chris. 1998. Introducing outcomes-based education to teachers
using environmental education materials and case studies. Presentation made at colloquium on environmental education curriculum research. Pretoria: HSRC, 15 July 1998.
101. Le Grange, Lesley & Reddy, Chris. 1999. Introducing outcomes-based education to teachers
using environmental education materials and case studies, Presentation made at colloquium on environmental education curriculum research. Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 12 February 1999.