STEM Education in the Post-Pandemic Learning Space Digitalization in Africa

Brantina Chirinda is a research associate at the University of Johannesburg and a visiting research fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. She holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of Witwatersrand. She is interested in the teaching and learning of mathematics in contexts of disadvantage, specifically focusing on mathematical problem solving and equitable access to content in the mathematics classroom. She has taught mathematics and mathematics education courses at various Southern African institutions for more than 20 years.
Jayaluxmi Naidoo is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Edgewood Campus. She received the UKZN Emerging Researcher Award (2012) and was successful in obtaining both the SANPAD (2009) and Canon Collins scholarship (2005). Her research interests include the use of technology in STEM education, visualisation in mathematics, issues of social justice, race, language and STEM education, pedagogic strategies to improve the teaching and learning of STEM subjects, indigenous knowledge systems and STEM education, and mathematics teacher training and development.