Degrees Held
- B.A.
- U.E. D
- D.S. E
- B. ED Hons
- M. ED (Birmingham, UK)
- MSc (Oregon)
- PhD (Notre Dame, USA)
Experience
- Over 30 years of experience in teaching, research and post graduate supervision at tertiary education level.
- Education consultant nationally and internationally.
Awards
- British Council Scholarship – Masters in Educational Psychology study, University of Birmingham.
- Education Opportunities Council Scholarship – PhD study at University of Notre Dame, USA.
Research and Teaching Interests
- Social Justice Education
- Diversity in Education
- Social inclusion/exclusion
- Disability Studies
- Children’s Geographies
- HIV/AIDS in context of Education
- Self-study research
- Participatory research methodologies.
Postgraduate SUpervision
- Successfully supervised 57 Masters studies and 10 PhD studies.
Selected Publications
Books
Book Chapters
Guest Editor Special Issues - Peer Reviewed Journals
Selected Peer-reviewed, Accredited Journal Articles
Books
- Muthukrishna, N. (Ed.) (2008). Educating for social justice and inclusion in an African context: Pathways and transitions. New York: Nova Sciences Publishers.
Book Chapters
- Muthukrishna, N. (2019). The practice architectures of inclusive education in two African contexts. In Singal, N., Lynch, P. And Johanssen, S. (eds.) Education and disability in the global South. New Perspectives from Africa and Asia. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Singal, N. & Muthukrishna, N. (2016). Reflexive Re-Storying of Inclusive Education: Evidence from India and South Africa. In Grech, S. And Soldatic, K. (dds.), Disability in the Global South: The Critical Handbook. London: Springer.
- Muthukrishna, N., Morojele, P., Naidoo, J.T., & Damant, A. (2016). Access to Education in South Africa. In E. G. Iriarte, R. Gilligan and McConkey, R. (Eds.), Disability and Human Rights: Global Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Pithouse-Morgan, K., Muthukrishna, N., Pillay, D., Van Laren, L., Chisanga, T., Meyiwa, T., Moletsane, R., Naicker, I., Singh, L. & Stuart, J. (2015). Learning about Co-Flexivity on a trans-disciplinary self-study research supervision community. In Pithouse-Morgan, K. and Samaras, A. P. (Eds.), Polyvocal Professional Learning Through Self-Study Research. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
- Muthukrishna, N. & Lackland Sam, D. (2011). Deconstructing Counseling Psychology for the African Context. In Mpofu, E. (Ed.), Counseling People of African Ancestry. Cambridge University Press.
- Ngcobo, J & Muthukrishna, N. (2008). Teachers dominant discourses of inclusion and disability: A case study in a semi-rural township school in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In S. Gabel and S. Danforth (eds), Disability Studies in Education: An International Reader. Peter Lang.
- Muthukrishna, N. (2006). Inclusion and Exclusion in School: Experiences of children in South Africa labeled ADHD. In Lloyd, G., Cohen, D. & Stead, J. (eds.), International critical perspectives on ADHD. Routledge. (Won the UK Times Educational Supplement/National Association for Special Educational Needs (SEN) Annual Book Award. http://www.nasen.org.uk/NewsArticle.asp?id=SX105D-A77F8FB7)
Guest Editor Special Issues - Peer Reviewed Journals
- Editorial: Muthukrishna, N. (2003). The Inclusion and exclusion debate in South Africa and in developing countries, Perspectives in Education, 21(3), vi-ix.
- Editorial: Muthukrishna, N., Hall, K. & Ebrahim, H. (2005) Researching the Early Years. Journal of Education, 35(1), 1-6.
- Editorial: Muthukrishna, N. & Ramsuran, A. (2008). African childhoods in the context of HIV and AIDS. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 18(3), 367-369.
- Editorial: Singal, N. & Muthukrishna, N. (2014). Education, childhood and disability in countries of the South: Re-positioning the Debates. Childhood, 21(3), 293-307.
Selected Peer-reviewed, Accredited Journal Articles
- Naidoo J, Muthukrishna, N. & Nkabinde, R. (2021). The journey into motherhood and schooling: Narratives of teenage mothers in the South African context. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 25(10), 1125-1139. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2019.1600053
- Martin, M. Muthukrishna, N. & Hlatswayo, G. M. (2021). Young children’s conceptions of morality in a South African context. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 31(1), 69-75., DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2021.1876995
- Maduray, V., Muthukrishna, N. & Philpott, S. (2020). Schooling spaces of African migrant children: vulnerability, agency and resiliency. Alternation – Special Edition, 34, 238-264.
- Philpott, S C & Nithi Muthukrishna, N. (2019) A critical analysis of key policies shaping services for young children with disabilities in South Africa. Education as Change (23) https://www.upjournals.co.za/index.php/EAC/article/view/3958
- Naidoo J, Muthukrishna, N. & Nkabinde, R. (2019). The journey into motherhood and schooling: Narratives of teenage mothers in the South African context. International Journal of Inclusive Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2019.1600053 .
- Philpott, S.C. & Muthukrishna, N. ( 2019). The practice of partnerships: A case study of the Disabled Children’s Action Group, South Africa. South African Journal of Childhood Education 9(1), a729. https:// org/10.4102/sajce. v9i1.729
- Engelbrecht, P & Muthukrishna, N. (2019). Inclusive education as a localised project in complex contexts: a South African case study. Southern African Review of Education, 25(3), 1-10.
- Isseri, S., Muthukrishna, A. & Philpott, S. (2018). Immigrant children’s geographies of schooling experiences in South Africa. Educational Research for Social Change (ERSC), 8(2), 39-56.
- Sikhankhane, H. D., Muthukrishna, N. & Martin, M. (2018). The geographies of bullying in a secondary school context. South African Journal of Education.
- Hlatshwayo, G. M., Muthukrishna, N. & Martin, M. (2018). ‘Inhliziyo ekhombisa uthando’: Exploring children’s conceptions of spirituality. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2018.1426809
- Nako, N. & Muthukrishna, N. (2018). Teacher instigated in-school interpersonal violence: Types and prevalence in South African public schools. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 28(5).
- Grossen, B., Muthukrishna, N. & Naidoo, J. (2016). A comparison of the effects of text-based instruction versus standards-based instruction in the early years. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 6(2), a459. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajce. v6i2.459
- Naidoo, J. & Muthukrishna, N. (2016). Child wellbeing in a rural context: shifting to a social sustainability lens. South African Journal of Childhood Education. 6(2), a458. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/sajce. v6i2.458.
- Singal, N. & Muthukrishna, N. (2014). Introduction: Education, childhood and disability in countries of the South – Re-positioning the debates. Childhood – A Global Journal of Child Research 21(3), 293-307.
- Muthukrishna, N. & Ebrahim, H. (2014). Motherhood and the disabled child in contexts of early education and care. Childhood – A Global Journal of Child Research, 21(3), 369-384.
- Naidoo, D. G. & Muthukrishna, N. (2014). Teachers’ ‘Small Stories’ About Curriculum Reform in South Africa: ‘Square Peg in a Round Hole. Journal of Social Sciences, 38(3), 271-282.
- Van Laren, L., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Chisanga, T., Harrison, L. M., Thenjiwe, Muthukrishna, N., Naicker, I., et al. (2014). Walking our talk‟: Exploring supervision of postgraduate self-study research through metaphor drawing. South African Journal of Higher Education, 28(2), 639-659.
- Muthukrishna, N. (2013). Raising the quality of primary level mathematics’ teaching and learning in schools in American Samoa: A model for South Africa. Perspectives in Education, 31, 122-138.
- Morojele, P. & Muthukrishna, N. (2013). My journey to school: Photovoice accounts of rural children’s everyday experience in Lesotho, Gender and Behaviour, 11(2), 5362-5377.
- Muthukrishna, N. (2013). The geographies of the schooling experiences of children labeled ADHD. The Anthropologist, 15(2), 145-156.