Colwyn Martin has been involved in teaching and research in higher education since 2007. At present, she is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand in the Foundation Phase Studies Division. Her ideologies and practices as a teacher educator are framed within the theory of critically reflective teaching. As such, she makes use of responsive and innovative pedagogies to improve teaching and learning within a complex and changing education landscape. This is her attempt to enable students, teachers and teacher educators develop an awareness of how actions in and on action support teaching and learning. Colwyn’s research is situated at the intersection of three main research areas: early literacy curriculum, early literacy pedagogy and early childhood teacher professionalisation. Her research is based on endeavours that attempt to construct understandings of contextual realties; which inform the content for teacher education programmes and teacher professionalisation. At present, Colwyn is involved in three multi-institutional, national research projects: The Transformative Pedagogy for Early Childhood Care and Education, Early Childhood Workforce
Study and a Paired Reading Project. She has supervised a number of PhD and Masters students to completion. Colwyn has published a number of research articles in accredited national and international journals. She has also presented papers at both national and international conferences.