Associate Professor Duncan Mhakure

Duncan Mhakure (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in the Centre for Higher Education Development specialising in mathematics education. He has profound interests in mathematical knowledge for teaching – teacher professional development and teacher education, mathematical modelling education, quantitative literacy, numeracy, and classroom discourses of mathematics teaching in both schools and higher education. Associate Professor Mhakure is an international scholar who has collaborated with research partners and/or agencies in Brazil, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Norway, and South Africa. In addition, he has been involved with the Erasmus+ postgraduate mobility students. His social responsiveness and research activities are focussed on improving the teaching and learning of mathematics in schools located in disadvantaged communities through school-based in-service programmes for mathematics teachers using the lesson study approach. Internationally, Associate Professor Mhakure is South Africa’s representative in the International Mathematics Modelling Challenge (IMMC), in addition to belonging to the following professional associations: AFRICME; AMESA; ATINER; ICME; ICMI; ICTMA; MES; PME; and SAARMSTE.