Degree Held
- M.Ed, B.Ed (Hons), B Paed, FDE, PhD (UKZN)
Experience
- Employed as a permanent lecturer in the School of Education, UKZN since September 2014. Responsibilities have included: Lecturing and coordinating ELMP Honours modules; Masters research dissertations and Honours IRP supervision.
- Previously employed as Deputy Principal; HOD; and Educator in KZN Secondary Schools.
Accomplishments
- Recently completed PhD
- Completed master’s degree in 2012.
Research Interests
- Educational leadership, management and policy
Teaching Interests
- Educational leadership, management and policy
Selected
Publications
Journal Articles
Chapters in Books
Journal Articles
- Zulu, JK, Bhengu, T.T. & Mkhize B.N (2019). Leadership challenges and responses to complex township school life: Perspectives from four secondary schools in South Africa. International Journal of Leadership in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2019.1623918
- Mkhize, B.N. & Bhengu, T.T. (2015). Creating and sustaining conditions for improved teaching and learning: An ethnographic case study of one secondary school. International Journal of Education Sciences. Vol. 10(3): 370-380. [ISSN: 0975- 1122].
- Bhengu, T.T. & Mkhize, B.N. (2013). Principals’ Instructional leadership practices in improving learner achievement: Case studies of five secondary schools in the Umbumbulu area. Education As Change, Vol. 17(S1): 33-47. [ISSN: 1682-3206]
Chapters in Books
- Bhengu, T.T. & Mkhize, B.N. (2018). Leading to serve: Lessons from School Management Team members in deprived contexts. In V. Chikoko (Ed.), Leadership That Works in Deprived School Contexts of South Africa. (pp. 143-159). New York: NOVA Science Publishers. [ISBN: 978-1-53613-062-1].
- Mkhize, B.N. & Bhengu, T.T. (2018). Leading Teaching and Learning in Deprived South African School Contexts. In V. Chikoko (Ed.), Leadership That Works in Deprived School Contexts of South Africa. (pp. 77-99). New York: NOVA Science Publishers. [ISBN: 978-1-53613-062-1].
Student
Supervision
M.Ed
- Mtshali Samukelisiwe Maureen: Transforming schools into professional learning communities (PLCS): perspectives from 5 primary school principals who completed ACE in Uthungulu District
- Zondo Dumisani: Complexities of leading and managing curriculum in rural secondary schools
- Yasmeen Malik: Exploring secondary school teachers’ perspectives of women leadership
Community Involvement
- 15th EMASA 2014 in Johannesburg: Instructional leadership practices of secondary school principals in multiple deprived contexts in KwaZulu-Natal: a multiple case study.
- 16th EMASA 2015 in Durban: Instructional Leadership in Schools faced with multiple deprivations: Creating and Sustaining Conditions for Improved Teaching and Learning
- 17th EMASA 2016 in Cape Town: Instructional leadership that works in multiple-deprived school contexts: Lessons from successful school principals
- SAERA 2015 in Bloemfontein: Creating conditions for improved teaching and learning