Chasing Challenges

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Chasing Challenges is written by Dr Shawn Gouws and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1998959198 (ISBN 10) and 9781998959198 (ISBN 13).

Chasing Challenges is the autoethnography of the teaching career of Dr Shawn Gouws, a distinguished senior lecturer at Nelson Mandela University. After enrolment, he studied at the PE Technikon in 1990 and completed his DTech in Chemistry in 1999. After a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at LEOPR in Grenoble, France, he joined the Nelson Mandela University Chemistry Research Department. Shawn continued to pursue challenges in various technical support projects at InnoVenton. In 2012, he became a programme coordinator and was tasked with developing the course content for the Diploma in Chemical Technology. Various industry stakeholders contributed to producing graduates with the necessary attributes and skills for employment in the industry environment. This book discusses various education philosophies and levels in Education 1.0 to 5.0 and highlights interactions with industry and the language barriers students face and need to overcome to be successful in their studies. There is always a new challenge to chase. His passion for research is in the area of green hydrogen production. To accomplish this task, his research will focus on finding alternative catalysts to split water into hydrogen and oxygen using a proton exchange membrane water electrolyser. Naturally, one objective will be to train graduates to benefit from this emerging industry in South Africa.