Staff Profiles

Doctor of Education (EdD) Special Education

Master of Arts (MA) Special Education

Master of Arts (MA) Curriculum and Technology

Dr. Kerileng Dorothy Mpuang is a Special Education Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Botswana, in Gaborone. Her area of specialization is Deaf Education and Early Childhood Special Education .This entails training teachers of Deaf or Hard of Hearing children  and  also those who will specialize in early intervention services and supports for children with developmental delays. She also offers some generic courses including Introduction to exceptionalities and Special Education. Her areas of research interest include Educating DHH learners especially in sign language and literacy, curriculum access and assessment strategies, early intervention and atypical development of young children, assessment of learners with disabilities, ICT and adaptive technology in teaching learners with special needs, and classroom instructions, accommodations and diversities. Dr Mpuang also teaches graduate courses in early childhood education for the Department of Primary education. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics, a Master’s degree in Special Education and Curriculum & Technology and Doctoral Degree in Education (EdD) from Ball State University, Muncie, IN. USA. She is a member of local and international Professional Associations. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}

Deaf Education

Early Childhood Special Education early intervention: Assessment and intervention strategies for children with disabilities

Generic Special Education courses: Introduction to Special Education

Assistive and adaptive technology for learners with Special educational needs

Inclusive education

Contemporary issues and trends in Special Education

Early childhood Education

Deaf education

Special and Inclusive Education

Sign language

Involvement of parents in the education of their children with disabilities

Teaching practice and early childhood intervention practices

Adaptive technology for use with students with special educational needs

Mental health and other issues that affect learners with various disabilities

Special Education

Early Childhood Education

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Malatsi, N. M., Mpuang, K. D., & Mukhopadhyay, S. (2015). Early childhood intervention for children with disabilities in Botswana: Policy and practice. The Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 16(1), 68-76.

Mpuang, K. D., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Malatsi, N. M. (2015).  Sign Language as a Medium of Instruction in Botswana Primary Schools: Voices from the Field.  Deafness & Education Journal, 17(3): 132-43.

Mpuang,K.D., & Ntsayagae EI, (2020) Barriers to mental health access:The voices of deaf and hard of hearing people in the  south east district of Botswana. The African Annals of the Deaf,4 (1),56-64,ISSN1996-0905

Mpuang,K.D., & Molosiwa,S. M. (2020) Ensuring School Completion through the UPE Goal in Strengthening inclusive education from ECD to post-school education Editors: MO Maguvhe, HR Maapola-Thobeane, MK Malahlela ISBN    (for the physical book): 9780627038259 eISBN (for the ebook): 978062703826