Establishing a community of practice of leading African scholars in mathematics education: The significant contribution of Prof. Jill Adler

Abstract

Jill Adler began supervision of her first cohort of doctoral and postdoctoral students in 1998 at Wits University. In this endeavour she did not proceed with the supervision of six individual students but rather with the establishment of a supportive community of practice in which students actively engaged and participated. Most importantly she navigated ways for the activities within the community of practice to support the development of research trajectories that imagined themselves as African leaders making their mark on the local, African and international landscape and contributing to the many challenges faced by mathematics educators and learners. She inducted us into becoming researchers with a focus on making a contribution to the landscape we researched in.