Welcome to Sasol's 6th Annual Technical Teachers Conference
14 - 15 September 2022
The theme explores the future of technical-vocational education in South Africa and looks at possible directions that this sector may take. The conference will provide a space to reflect on the nature, the purpose and the role of technical/vocational education at present, and to explore and create new and innovative theoretical and practical ways of teaching vocational skill form an early age.
Educators, researchers and all practitioners in the following areas are invited to register:
- Civil Technology
- Electrical Technology
- Mechanical Technology
- Technical Science
- Technical Mathematics
- Engineering Graphics and Design
- Occupational Subjects Year 1-4
- Vocational Subjects Grade 8-9
- Managing school technical Vocational Workshops
- Apprenticeship, entrepreneurship and job opportunities
Sasol Foundation harnesses the size, position and talented workforce of Founder company to catalyse a deeper and wider educational impact that contributes to growth and improved quality of life.
The 2022 Conference Theme is ‘Explore, Create, Innovate for Technical Education of the Future’. The virtual conference will reach more teachers than the previous face to face conference and the first virtual conference in 2021.
Objectives
- Model the use of multimedia and latest technology in reaching groups of participants.
- Provide teachers an opportunity to engage and network in a well facilitated discourse and online interactive engagement on the impact of 4IR technologies in their teaching
- Package and expose teachers to exciting and interactive activities and engagements for teachers in the form of multimedia presentations with live videos, debates, surveys, polls, virtual awards event, social networking features and virtual exhibition of 4IR technology products for teaching and vocational training
- Train and afford teachers an experience to walk through a virtual exhibition, engage with exhibitors and get the benefit thereof.
- Leverage on the Sasol Techno X to expose teachers to more innovative Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) edutainment activities for their learners
