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Curriculum vitae1. General information
Title : / Prof
Name : / Johannes Petrus
Initials : / JP
Surname : / Rossouw
Maiden name :
Identification number : / 5306065037083
Current organisation : / North-West University
Citizenship : / South Africa (Permanent Resident)
Date of birth : / 06 Jun 1953
Gender : / Male
Race : / White
Highest qualification : / D.Ed.
Title of thesis : / The Management of Model C schools in South Africa
2. Contact details
Organisation where based : / North-West University
Department : / School for Education
Primary organisation which funds your salary : / North-West University
Faculty or School : / Education Sciences
Work telephone number code : / 018
Work telephone number : / 2991851
Work fax number code : / 086
Work fax number : / 5195266
Mobile number : / 0827759982
Website address : / www.nwu.ac.za
E-mail address : /
3. Current employment
Position : / Associate Professor
Full Time : / Yes
Type : / Permanent
Appointed from : / 2004 - 5
Appointed to : / 0 - 0
Organisation : / North-West University
Sector : / Higher Education Sector
4. Work postal address
Organisation Address : / Faculty of Education Sciences
North-West University
Private Bag X6001
City : / Potchefstroom
Code : / 2531
Province or State : / North-West
Country : / South Africa (Permanent Resident)
5. Work physical address
As above
6. QualificationsDegree/Diploma : / D.Ed.
Field of study : / Educational Management
Institution : / University of South Africa
Year obtained : / 1994
Distinction : / N/A
Status :
Comment :
Degree/Diploma : / M.Ed.
Field of study : / Educational Management
Institution : / University of South Africa
Year obtained : / 1991
Distinction : / No
Status :
Comment :
Degree/Diploma : / B. Ed.
Field of study : / Education Management
Institution : / Stellenbosch University
Year obtained : / 1985
Distinction : / No
Status :
Comment :
Degree/Diploma : / B.A.
Field of study : / Languages & Psychology
Institution : / Stellenbosch University
Year obtained : / 1977
Distinction : / No
Status :
Comment :
Degree/Diploma : / HED (Physical Education)
Field of study : / Physical Education
Institution : / PAARL TEACHERS COLLEGE
Year obtained : / 1975
Distinction : / No
Status :
Comment :
7. Employment history
Position / Organisation / From / To / Current
Educator / Hoër Volkskool, Graaff-Reinet / 1978 - 01 / 1981 - 12 / No
Educator / Grabouw High School, Grabouw / 1982 - 01 / 1995 - 12 / No
Lecturer / Potchefstroom College of Education / 1996 - 01 / 2001 - 12 / No
Senior Lecturer / Potchefstroom University of CHE / 2002 - 01 / 2004 - 04 / No
Associate Professor / North-West University / 2004 - 05 / Yes
8. Research expertise
8.1 Scientific domain
Social Sciences and Humanities
8.2 Broad scientific field
Humanities
8.3 Main research field
Education
8.4 Fields of specialisation
Educational law and legislation
9. Student supervision record
Student / Race / Gender / Level / Degree/Diploma / From / To / Supervisor / Co-Supervisor
Mr J Breed / White / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2000 / 2002 / No / Yes
Mr L. Van Staden / White / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2003 / 2006 / Yes / No
Mr P. Chikamhi / Black / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2003 / 2006 / Yes / No
Mrs R.M. Rutherford / White / F / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2004 / 2006 / Yes / No
Mrs J. Keating / White / F / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2006 / 0 / Yes / No
Mrs L. Coombs / White / F / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2006 / 0 / Yes / No
Mrs R.M. Rutherford / White / F / Doctoral / PhD / 2006 / 2008 / Yes / No
Mr TB Doubell / White / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2008 / 0 / Yes / No
Mrs N. Bartlette / Coloured / F / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2008 / 0 / Yes / No
Mrs A. Olivier / White / F / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2009 / 0 / No / Yes
Mr C. Jurgens / White / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2010 / 0 / Yes / No
Mr J. Oosthuizen / White / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2010 / 0 / No / Yes
Mr R. Marx / White / M / Masters by research / M.Ed. / 2010 / 0 / Yes / No
10. Biographic information
Current position
Prof JP Rossouw specialises in Labour Relations, Sport Law, learner discipline and governance in education.
Academic outputs
He is the author or co-author of sixteen books on Education Law and eight articles in accredited journals. An international article was published in the Education Law Journal in the United Kingdom and two articles in the School Business Affairs Journal in the USA. He has read academic papers at international conferences in South Africa, England, Australia, Canada, Kenya, the USA and New Zealand.
Prof Rossouw regularly presents workshops for educators on labour law and sport law. As part of an international research project on learner discipline, he has also conducted research in South Africa, England, Australia and the USA.
Involvement in sport coaching and administration
Over a period of 30 years Prof Rossouw gained extensive experience on national level as participant, coach, referee and national gymnastics judge, and acted as administrator on various regional and provincial sport committees and organising panels of provincial sport events.
Various academic activities
• Prof Rossouw has acted as external examiner for M.Ed. and PhD students at UP,UFH, UFS, US and UJ.
• He has reviewed academic articles for five different journals.
• He was a member of the editorial board of the conference proceedings for the Int. Conference on Learner Discipline, 2-4 April 2007, Potchefstroom.
• In 2006 and 2007 he has taken part in several live discussions on Radio Sonder Grense on education law topics. In October 2009 he took part in a TV debate(KykNet) "Wat’s die storie?" on a topic related to religious observances in schools.
Grants and international research
• For a period of two months in 2004 he did research on learner discipline and sport law on invitation of the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.
• On invitation of the Secretariat of the Commonwealth, London, he read a paper at the Commonwealth Review Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya (2001) and in Lusaka, Zambia (2002).
• In 2003 he received a grant from SAELPA and the NRF to read a paper at CAPSLE, St. Andrews, Canada.
• In 2005 he received grants from the Dean for conducting two pilot research projects:
. An Education Law perspective on educator rights and educator security.
. Values in Education
• In 2005 he received a grant (R9 000) from the Dean to do initial research in SA and to deliver a keynote speech, on invitation, at a Principal's Conference in Xiamen, China.
For a period of six weeks in 2006 he visited the UK (Chelmsford), the USA (Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas) for research on learner discipline, values in education and sport law. In this period he presented lectures at the respective Law Schools and faculties of Education on invitation of the Anglia-Ruskin University in Chelmsford, University of Dayton, Ohio, and the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Ohio. In this period he read a paper at the Education Law Association (USA) in October 2006 in Nassau, the Bahamas. He took part in a panel discussion on current Education Law issues at the UCEA conference in San Antonio, Texas, in 2006. For this he received from the NRF a grant of R15 000, in addition to a faculty RFA grant of R38 000.
In 2007 he embarked on a research project on Violence in Schools, which is an extension of the existing project on values in education. This culminated in an international conference for learners on 23-24 April, where he lead a research team of 12 academics. In 2008 he received a grant (R69 500) from the NW DoE for conducting the research project Violence and Values in Education in North-West.
In 2008 and 2009 he received a grant from the NRF for conducting research project “Educator rights and educator security in a changing education environment”. Granted: R84 000 for 2008; R84000 for 2009. Both years grantholder linked bursaries of R10 000 each for four Masters students were paid from this.
For four weeks in Mar-Apr. 2008 he visited the UK (Cambridge, Chelmsford), the USA (Cleveland) and Canada (Toronto) for research on various Ed. Law subjects. In this period he presented lectures at the respective Law Schools on invitation of the Anglia-Ruskin University (Cambridge Campus) and the Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. In this period he read a paper at the Socio-legal Studies Association (UK) in March 2008 in Manchester. (Grant: R59 700)
He visited London for joint empirical research at schools in London during May 2009, in collaboration with colleagues at the Westminster University, proff Osborn and Greenfield. These colleagues visited South Africa in June 2009 for the South African phase of the empirical research.
Simultaneous with the research visit in May 2009, Prof Rossouw led a group of 13 school principals and SGB members for a tour to the UK, which included informal research at seven schools and the attendance of the conference of the School Governors' Association of England in Leeds. This tour is to be followed up by a similar tour in May 2010 to England and the Netherlands.
In 2009 Prof Rossouw took part in the North-West University ITUN evaluation process to determine teaching excellence, during which he received the ITUN bursary (R22000) for a category A rating.
Professional and community service
External
• Journal editor of Sui Generis (SAELA) 2004-2008
• Exco member of SAELA, CELP 2007-2010.
• President of SAELA 2010 -.
• Chairman FEDSAS in North-West 2008-2010
• Member of National Council of FEDSAS 2009-2010
• Exco member of the SAOU (NW) 2007-2010.
• Chairman of SGB of Ferdinand Postma High School, Potchefstroom 2005-2007
• Member of SGB of Ferdinand Postma High School, Potchefstroom 2009-2010
Internal
• Co-editor of Conference proceedings of the International Conference on Learner/Student discipline. 2-4 April 2007, Potchefstroom
• Member of the Human Rights Committee of the NWU, Potchefstroom 2007-2010
• Subject chair: Education Law 2003-2007
• Member of the Research Committee of the Faculty of Educational Sciences 2004-2009
• Vice-chairperson of the M&D committee of the Faculty of Educational Sciences 2010.
11. Books/chapters in books
Type : / Book
Year : / 2010
Authors : / Rossouw, JP
Reference : / Rossouw, JP Labour Relations in Education - A South African Perspective. Second Edition. Pretoria: Van Schaik
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2009
Authors : / Izak Oosthuizen, JP Rossouw and Marius Smit
Reference : / Chapter 11: School Governance - IN: Oosthuizen, IJ (ed.), 2008. Aspects of Educational Law - Pretoria: Van Schaik
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2009
Authors : / JP Rossouw
Reference : / Chapter 10: Employment of Educators- IN: Oosthuizen, IJ (ed.), 2008. Aspects of Educational Law - Pretoria: Van Schaik
Type : / Book
Year : / 2008
Authors : / Rossouw, JP
Reference : / Rossouw, JP. An Educator's Guide to Labour Law. Centre for Education Law and Policy. Pretoria: CELP. 102 pp.
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2008
Authors : / Rossouw, JP
Reference : / Rossouw, J.P. The educator’s duty of care. In Oosthuizen, (ed). Safe schools (2nd edition). Centre for Education Law and Policy. (CELP).
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2007
Authors : / JP Rossouw
Reference : / Chapter 10: The school as employer and the role of the governing body. IN: Bray, E. and Joubert, R. 2007. Public School Governance in SA Public Schools. Centre for Education Law and Policy. Pretoria.
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2007
Authors : / JP Rossouw
Reference : / Chapter 6: The role of the governing body in school discipline. IN: Bray, E. and Joubert, R. 2007. Public School Governance in SA Public Schools. Centre for Education Law and Policy. Pretoria.
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2007
Authors : / JP Rossouw and Jean van Rooyen
Reference : / Chapter 2: Public school governance and management: background and concepts IN: Bray, E. and Joubert, R. 2007. Public School Governance in SA Public Schools. Centre for Education Law and Policy. Pretoria.
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2007
Authors : / Rossouw, J.P., Smit, M.H. and Malherbe, E.F.
Reference : / Educator Rights in South Africa. Teacher Rights: International Perspectives. Russo, C. & De Groof, J. (eds). Acco: Leuven.
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2005
Authors : / JP Rossouw, in Mvula, SH (ed.)
Reference : / Rossouw, J.P.: Chapter 7: The law, the educator-coach and safety in South African schools sport. pp. 63-82 Mvula, SH (ed.) Managing Education for Excellence in the Southern Region. 133 pages. Potchefstroom: North-West Department of Education
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2005
Authors : / Oosthuizen, I.J., Rossouw, J.P. et al.
Reference : / Praktiese wenke vir Leerderdissipline. Potchefstroom: Azarel Publishers. ISBN 186 822 4600
Type : / Chapter in book
Year : / 2005
Authors : / Russo, C.J., Beckmann, J. & Jansen, J.D. 2005.
Reference : / Chapter 14. A South African perspective on the impact of discipline on access to equal educational opportunities. (With De Waal and Joubert.) pp. 208-221 IN: Russo, C.J., Beckmann, J. & Jansen, J.D. 2005. Equal Educational Opportunities: Comparative perspectives in Education Law. 289 pages Pretoria: Van Schaik. ISBN 0-627-02625-7