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URRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: Michelle Friedman
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 September 1958
I.D. NUMBER: 580924 0161 082
PLACE OF BIRTH: Johannesburg, South Africa
ADDRESS: 24 Sidonia Avenue
Norwood
2192
E-MAIL: michelle2.friedman@wits.ac.za
michelle.f@iburst.co.za
TEL: (011) 728-9677
CELL: 082-451-0265
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1994: M.A History (with distinction)
UNISA 1994
1986: B.A Honours (History)
Wits University 1986
1981-1982: Higher Education Diploma (Post-graduate)
UNISA 1983
Teaching subjects: History (with distinction)
English
1978-1980: B.A.
Wits University 1980
1975: Matriculated
Damelin College
CCURRENT STUDY: PhD in Education (Curriculum Studies) Focus of research – The political, social and economic context of the changes in the History Curriculum in post-apartheid South Africa, 1990 - 2010 COURSES
2005: Facing History and Ourselves (London)
Teaching and Lecturing
April 2013 - : Tutor: Department of Education, University of the Witwatersrand – History Methodology
April 2011 – Dec. 2012: Acting Head of African Studies/Head of Teaching and Learning:
African Leadership Academy (Cambridge curriculum)
Jan 2006 – Mar 2011: Senior History Teacher: St Mary’s School, Waverley
2006 – 2007: Part-time Tutor – Basic Research Skills for Access for Success students: University of the Witwatersrand
2004 - 2005: Senior History Teacher: Redhill High School
2002: History Teacher: St John’s College and St Stithians Sixth Form – (part-time) Cambridge curriculum; Crawford College, Sandton
2000 – 2001: History Teacher: St Stithians Girls College
Jan 1996 – Jul 1999: Head of Department, History: St John’s College
1998: Part-time lectures in critical thinking and study skills: Health Management Diploma: Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand
1990 – 1995: Senior Tutor: Academic Development, History Department, University of the Witwatersrand
1984 – 1985: Senior History Teacher: King David High, Victory Park
1981 – 1983: History Teacher: Sir John Adamson Secondary School
Consultancies
2003 – 2013: SAHA
SAHA Educational Outreach Programme
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Teacher training workshops
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Apartheid in the 1980s
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The Unfinished Business of the TRC
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John Vorster Square
Materials development for workshops and exhibitions
SAHA Detainees Oral History Project – the collection of the oral histories of former detainees, 1981/1982
SAHA Research Project on the TRC
2007 – 2011: Independent Examination Board
Internal Moderator for IEB History Matriculation Examinations
Development of Grade 9 Core Skills Examination
2003 – 2010: Apartheid Museum
Materials development for educational programmes
Facilitator: Teacher Training Workshops
Research and Scripts: Exhibitions and guides
2007: Nomad Productions (UK)
Researcher for documentary on the Pass Laws
2005: Historical Papers Research Archive, Wits University
Archival work
Tucker Foundation Oral History Project – the collection of the oral histories of white activists during the apartheid era
2003: GICD
Designing pacesetters for History Grade 10-12 Designing outcome-based lesson plans for GET phase
UMALUSI
Design of validation examination for Grade 9
MEMAR TELEVISION
Script Editor and Writer, Civics Educational Programme for Ethiopian Education Department
2002: Down to Earth TV PRODUCTION
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Associate producer, researcher and scriptwriter on a three-part talk show on the World Summit, focusing on issues relating to water, energy and food production. Produced and directed by Ben Cashdan
Other Employment
Aug 1999- April 2000: Curriculum Specialist: Humanities
Independent Examinations Board
1988-1989: Archivist
Historical Papers Research Archive, Wits University
1986: (5 months) Researcher/scriptwriter
Prime Time, SABC Television
AWARDS
Dec 2001-Jan 2002 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, Sacramento, USA
July 2005: Scholarship to attend Facing History and Ourselves course
London
WRITING CV
Textbooks and books
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Teachers Transform History
Sue Krige et al, (Heinemann's Educational Books, October 1996)
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Making History 7
Std 7 History Textbook (Over writer on the General European History section)
(Heinemann's Educational Books, October 1996)
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Making History 12 (Matric)
John Pape, Michelle Friedman, Nume Mashinini and Barbara Johannesson
(Heinemann’s Educational Books, 1998)
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Heinemann Outcomes: Social Science Grade 8
Karen Morrison and Michelle Friedman
(Heinemann’s Educational Books, 2000)
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Heinemann Outcomes: Social Science Grade 9
Michelle Friedman, Karen Morrison and Zubeida Cassoo
(Heinemann’s Educational Books, 2001)
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Focus on History: Looking into the Past, Grade 10
Dyer, J. Nisbet, M. Friedman, B. Johannesson, M.\Jacobs, B. Roberts, Y. Seleti
(Maskew Miller Longman, 2005)
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All Aboard Social Sciences, Grade 7
Michelle Friedman, Karen Morrison and Zubeida Cassoo
(Heinemann’s Educational Books, 2005)
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Hands-on Life Orientation, Grade 10
Michelle Friedman, Mary Ryan, Tania Vergnani and Lisa Wegner (Jutas, 2005) -
Focus on History: Looking into the Past, Grade 11
Michelle Friedman et al
(Maskew Miller Longman, 2006)
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Grade 11 Exam Practice Book
Michelle Friedman
(Maskew Miller Longman, 2006)
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The Learning Station, Grade 8
Lorraine Innes, Karen Morrison, Hilary Wilson and Michelle Friedman
(Nasou, 2006)
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Focus on History, Grade 9
Peter Ranby, Michelle Friedman and Barbara Johannesson
(Maskew Miller Longman, 2006)
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Understanding Apartheid
Michelle Friedman
(Oxford University Press, 2006)
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Focus on History: Looking into the Past, Grade 12
Michelle Friedman et al
(Maskew Miller Longman, 2007)
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Discover History, Grade 8
Michelle Friedman and Colin van Rensburg
(Heinemann’s Namibia, 2008)
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The Joburg Book, edited by Nechama Brodie
Contributing author
(Pan Macmillan, 2008)
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“The future is in the hands of the workers”: A History of FOSATU
Michelle Friedman
(Mutloatse Heritage Trust, 2011)
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Solutions in Social Sciences, Grade 8
Peter Ranby, Michelle Friedman
(Macmillan, 2013)
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Solutions in Social Sciences, Grade 9
Peter Ranby, Michelle Friedman
(Macmillan, 2013)
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Focus on History, Grade 11
Contributing author
(Maskew Miller Longman, 2012
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Spotlight on History, Grade 12
Michelle Friedman et al
(Heinemann, 2013)
Booklets
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Fight Where We Stand: (The struggle of black women to survive in the city)
Belinda Bozzoli and Michelle Friedman
Wits University Press 1990
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SAHA in the Classroom: The 1980s. Booklets for schools on the Apartheid struggle in the 1980s. Produced for SAHA Educational Outreach Programme
History Articles
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36 part series, published in The Sowetan 1994
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Understanding Apartheid – Educational Supplement for the Apartheid Museum, 2003
Scripts and Exhibitions
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Cairo Exhibition on South Africa, commissioned by the Apartheid Museum
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Audio Guide for the Apartheid Museum
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Exhibition: Separate is not Equal: The struggle against segregated schooling in America, commissioned by the Apartheid Museum. Research and script
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Exhibition: Our Triumph and Our Tears: Women’s struggles in 20th century South Africa, commissioned by the Apartheid Museum. Research and script
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Audio Guide for Melrose House
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Exhibition: FOSATU: A Workers’ Union - that’s all, commissioned by the Historical Papers Library, Wits University. Curator and content development
Referees
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Chris Bradford
Founder and Dean
African Leadership Academy
Mobile: 073 896 5878
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Meg Fargher
Former Head: St Mary’s School
Mobile: 083 610 2010
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