Sixelele kancinci ngawe.

Ndakhulela kumazwe amahlanu awahlukeneyo (Swiden, ENgilani, Jemani , Mzantsi Afrika, naseKhanada). Ukudibanisa kwiinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo ezikhulayo kundenze ndabona ihlabathi ngengqondo evulekileyo. Ngoku ndihlala eCanada kwaye ndisebenza njengomhlohli waseyunivesithi kunye notitshala weMathematika eReach Out. Ngaphandle komsebenzi ndiyithanda kakhulu imidlalo efana ne-badminton kunye nechess, endiyidlalileyo kwinqanaba lokhuphiswano iminyaka emininzi.

Ithini imvelaphi yakho yemfundo kunye neziqinisekiso zakho?

Ndifumene isiDanga seNzululwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseBritish Columbia (UBC) kwaye ndafumana i-MSc yam kwiyunivesithi enye. Umsebenzi wam ophumelele isidanga wawubandakanya uvavanyo lwe-geoscience apho ndiye ndayila izixhobo zokuphanda ukuba idayimani ifikelela njani kumphezulu woMhlaba ngokusebenzisa iimagmas zesantya esiphezulu.. Ndipapashe amanqaku kwiijenali ezimbini ezinefuthe eliphezulu kwaye ndabonisa umsebenzi kulo lonke elaseKhanada naseYurophu.

Ngexesha lokufunda kwam isidanga ndiye ndanenyhweba yokuhlohla iiklasi ezimbalwa ezathi zatshintshela kwisikhundla sokufundisa.. Ukufundisa kwinqanaba leyunivesithi kubandakanya ukufundisa iklasi ngaphezulu 200 abafundi, owahluke kakhulu kumsebenzi endiwenzayo kwa-Reach Out, kodwa indincedile ukuphuhlisa isimbo sokufundisa esiguqukayo.

Ukongeza, Kudala ndifundisa iMathematika neSayensi ngasese nangemibutho yezemfundo 6 iminyaka.

Kutheni ujoyine iReach Out?

Ndijoyine iReach Out kuba ithemba lokukwazi ukuhambisa imfundo ekumgangatho ophezulu kwihlabathi liphela ngaphandle kwezithintelo zomda liyandichukumisa..

Ndivakalelwa kukuba isizathu sokuba ndizimisele ukuhlala e-Reach Out sibaluleke kakhulu. Iiklasi zomntu ngamnye ezizisiweyo ziye zandivumela ukuba ndiqhagamshelane nabafundi, ukwenza inkqubela yabo ibe nentsingiselo ngakumbi kum. Abanye abafundi bebekunye nam kumabanga amaninzi kwaye ndiziva ndinelunda kakhulu ngokuba ndidlale indima kwimfundo yabo..

Yintoni ifilosofi yakho yemfundo?

Ukuba nemvelaphi kwinzululwazi yovavanyo kundivumele ukuba ndibone ixabiso ekwenzeni impumelelo ngokulingwa. Ngokuvumela abafundi ukuba bazame iindlela ezahlukeneyo ngelixa benikezela ngesikhokelo yeyona ndlela isebenzayo yokufundisa abafundi ukuba bangoyiki ukusilela.. URichard Fuller uthe ngokuchanekileyo, “Ayikho into ebizwa ngokuba lulingelo olungaphumeleliyo, kuphela amalinge aneziphumo ebezingalindelekanga.” Abafundi bahlala beqala iiklasi zam besoyika ukuphendula imibuzo, xubusha nabo bafunda nabo, okanye babhale ebhodini kuba bengazazi iimpendulo. Ekubeni ndihlala ndigxile kakhulu kwizisombululo kuneempendulo, abafundi’ bayavuzwa ngokuzama iindlela ezintsha, ukuxoxa ngeendlela ezingaphumelelanga, kunye nokubuza imibuzo ngomsebenzi wabo bafunda nabo. Ndiyifumene le nto ivelisa indawo yokufunda ebalaseleyo kwaye ithatha uxinzelelo olukhulu kubafundi.  

Yeyiphi eyona nto uyithandayo ngokufundisa iMathematika?

Eyona nto ndiyithandayo malunga nokufundisa iMathematika yimiceli mngeni enika umdla. Emva kokufundisa iMathematika iminyaka emininzi, Ndiye ndaqonda ukuba abafundi babona ihlabathi ngokwembono eyodwa, leyo rhoqo kunokuba kungenjalo, yahluke kakhulu kweyam. Le yantlukwano ivelisa uluhlu olubanzi lweendlela zokufunda kwaye ifuna ukuba ndihlale ndibhetyebhetye kakhulu kwiindlela endizisebenzisayo ekufundiseni kwam..

Izibalo sisifundo esintsonkothileyo esisinike ulwimi lwehlabathi ukuze siqonde ngcono indalo esingqongileyo.. Ukuba nesakhono esilungileyo sokusombulula iingxaki sisiphumo sokufunda iMathematika kwaye kubalulekile kwimpumelelo kwihlabathi lanamhlanje.. Ngezi zizathu ndinoxanduva lokuguqula isifundo esomileyo nesikruqulayo ngokwesiko sibe yinto enomdla ngokwenza izifundo ezinyanzelisayo kunye nokusebenzisa ubuchule bokukhuthaza abafundi bam.. Oku kuya kuhlala kuyinto endiyithandayo ngomsebenzi wam.

Ngubani ingcali yezibalo oyithandayo kwaye ngoba?

Lo ngumbuzo onzima, kwaye kunzima ukukhomba ingcali yeMathematika kuba ndisebenzisa imisebenzi yeeMathematika ezininzi kwisifundo esinye.. Ukuba bekufuneka ndikhethe inokuba nguJohannes Kepler okanye uNicolaus Copernicus kuba ndikwathanda inzululwazi ngeenkwenkwezi.. Izibalo zabo azizange zicele umngeni kuphela kuyo yonke into eyayikholelwa malunga nesixokelelwano sethu selanga ngelo xesha, kodwa wenza iziseko zokuqonda intshukumo yeplanethi. Ukuhamba emajukujukwini kuxhomekeke kakhulu kwezi ngcamango.

Ukuba unokunika abazali icebiso elinye xa kufikwa ekuncedeni umntwana wabo aphucule kwiMathematika, ingaba yintoni?

Inye into endiyisebenzele kakhulu nabafundi bam, kubenza bandicacisele ngezisombululo zabo nokuba kubonakala kulula kangakanani na. Ukukwazi ukufumana impendulo echanekileyo kwiikharityhulam ezithile zesikolo kusenokungafuni ukuqonda ngokupheleleyo, kodwa ukukwazi ukuchaza isisombululo kakuhle kufuna ukuqonda kakuhle. Qinisekisa ukuba umntwana wakho uhlala ebonisa amanyathelo acacileyo emsebenzini wakhe kwaye unokukuchazela amanyathelo akhe. Oku kuqinisekisa ukuqonda kwaye kubonisa ukuba bayilungiselele imibuzo evavanya ingqikelelo enye kodwa enokubhalwa ngokwahlukileyo.

Yeyiphi inyani enye eyonwabisayo ngawe?

Ndikuthanda kakhulu ukufunda iilwimi! Emva kokukhula kumazwe amaninzi ahlukeneyo ndiyakwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi, Swedish, kunye nesiJamani ngokutyibilikayo. Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo bendisebenzela ukongeza isiTshayina kwingqokelela yam kwaye ndonwabele imiceli mngeni ekhethekileyo endibonelelwe ngayo ngokufunda olu lwimi luntsonkothileyo..