Naseema Shaik is the Deputy President of the South African Research Association of Early Childhood Education (SARAECE) and is a Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She is the Co-ordinator of the Diploma Grade R. Naseema is also the lead co-ordinator of the Transformative Pedagogy Project funded by the Department of Higher Education and the European Union. Naseema is also a member of the Faculty Research Committee and a member of the Research Ethics committee at the Education faculty at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Naseema’s research interests are located in the critical paradigm therefore her research is aligned with bringing about transformative change in early childhood pedagogy. Thus her research has been located in children’s participatory rights and participatory pedagogies and has been published in both local and international journals. She has presented her research at both local and international conferences. Naseema has also published chapters in text and scholarly books. Her PhD explored the Nature of Child Participation in Grade R which was achieved in 2014