University of the Witwatersrand/University of Limpopo:

Collaborative partnership-Strengthening the capacity of HEIs to provide more and better Foundation Phase teachers.

Project leaders: Prof F Faller (Wits); Prof M Themane (UL)

University of Pretoria/University of KwaZulu-Natal/Tshwane University of Technology/Central University of Technology:

Language and Identity in Foundation Phase Teaching

Project leaders: Prof C Hartell (UP), Dr S Jaffe (UKZN), Ms M Banoobhai 9TUT), Dr P Pindane (CUT)

Rhodes University/University of the Western Cape/Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University/ Walter Sisulu University:

Quality Teaching and Teacher Education Practices

Project leaders: Prof J Baxen (Rhodes), Dr V Nomlomo (UWC); Dr M Childs (NMMU); Dr C Mantlana (WSU)

University of Cape Town:

Investigating good practice in Foundation Phase classrooms in disadvantaged contexts.

Project leader: Dr U Hoadley

University of Fort Hare:

Developing a home-based (isiXhosa) English bilingual Foundation Phase initial teacher education programme: An action research study

Project leaders: Dr N Sotuku, Mr B Ramadiro

North-West University:

Developing scientific evidence-based knowledge and practice standards for teacher preparation programmes: A focus on literacy and numeracy in English, Setswana and Afrikaans.

Project leader: Prof C Nel

University of Free State:

Introduce a new Foundation Phase B Ed on the Qwa Qwa campus and strengthen the existing B Ed on the Bloemfontein campus

Project leader: Prof H Ebrahim

University of Johannesburg:

Language as mediation of children's conceptual development: a university and a training school in a pre-service teacher education collaborative project

Project leader: Prof E Henning

Cape Peninsula University of Technology:

Foundation Phase teacher preparation with a focus on the Grade R to Grade 1 learning trajectory

Project leader: Ms N Rousseau