{"id":28355,"date":"2026-03-11T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28355"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:50:54","slug":"sa-council-for-educators-hosts-teachers-research-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-council-for-educators-hosts-teachers-research-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Council for Educators hosts teachers Research Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The South African Council for Educators (SAGE) will host a two-day hybrid Teachers Practitioners Research Colloquium in KwaZulu-Natal province.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Colloquium will begin this Thursday in Umhlanga, north of Durban, the gathering will bring together educators, policymakers and early childhood development practitioners.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>About 200 delegates are expected to attend under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation\u00a0theme: \u201cValuing Teachers\u2019 Voices: Towards a New Social Contract for Education.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Organisers say the discussions will help inform evidence-based interventions aimed at strengthening teaching practice across the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SACE Spokesperson Risuna Nkuna explains, \u201cThe hybrid teachers practitioners-based research colloquium is about acknowledging and celebrating the wealth of knowledge, expertise and contributions that our teachers continue to make within schools and society.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We are also including student teachers and Early Childhood Development\u00a0practitioners. Through evidence-based presentations, educators will share challenges and engage meaningfully on problem-solving mechanisms aimed at strengthening professional practice.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28359,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28355","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"About 200 delegates are expected to attend the event.","published_date":"","news_description":"About 200 delegates are expected to attend the event.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28361,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28355\/revisions\/28361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}