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[[Cecilia du Toit]] (19**-) is a lecturer, writer and playwright.  
 
[[Cecilia du Toit]] (19**-) is a lecturer, writer and playwright.  
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Also referred to as [[Celia du Toit]] at times.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
 
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Born [[Cecilia Schoeman]] in Bloemfontein, she went to school at **
  
 
== Training ==
 
== Training ==
  
University of Pretoria
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Began her studies at the Pretoria Teachers College, completing a B.A. and H.E.D. in English Language and Literature (1970 – 1973), followed by a BA Honours from the University of Pretoria (1975 – 1976), an Advanced diploma in Education (with a focus on the gifted child) from the College for Further Education in Pretoria (1984 – 1985), an M.A in Literature and  PhD from the University of Pretoria.  
 
Degree Name
 
M.A.
 
 
 
Field Of Study
 
English Language and Literature,
 
 
 
Grade
 
Cum laude
 
 
 
   
 
University of Pretoria  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
University of Pretoria
 
 
Degree Name
 
B.A. Honours, 
 
 
 
Field Of Study
 
English Language and Literature
 
 
 
 
 
Dates attended or expected graduation
 
1975 – 1976
 
 
 
   
 
College for Further Education  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
College for Further Education
 
 
Degree Name
 
Advanced diploma in Education, 
 
 
 
Field Of Study
 
The Gifted Child, 
 
 
 
Grade
 
Summa cum laude
 
 
 
 
 
Dates attended or expected graduation
 
1984 – 1985
 
 
 
   
 
Pretoria Teachers College
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pretoria Teachers College
 
 
Degree Name
 
B.A. and H.E.D.,  
 
 
 
Field Of Study
 
English Language and Literature, General
 
 
 
 
 
Dates attended or expected graduation
 
1970 – 1973
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Career ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
University of Pretoria  
 
 
 
 
 
Academic
 
 
 
 
 
Company Name
 
University of Pretoria 
 
 
 
Dates Employed
 
Mar 1993 – 2011 
 
 
 
Employment Duration
 
•18 yrs 
 
 
 
Location
 
Pretoria   
 
   
 
Literacy education; Reading promotion; Adolescent reading development
 
 
 
  
She became a lecturer, later senior lecturer in the faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, retiring in 2011.
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She became a lecturer in literacy education, reading promotion and adolescent reading development in the facluyty of Education at the University of Pretoria in March 1993, wad promoted to Senior lecturer in 2001 and retired in 2011  
  
After retirement she has actively pursued a career as creative writer.   
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After retirement she has taken up freelance editing and proofreading and has actively pursued a career as creative writer.   
  
 
She married [[Peet du Toit]] in 1978.  
 
She married [[Peet du Toit]] in 1978.  

Revision as of 07:13, 8 May 2017

Cecilia du Toit (19**-) is a lecturer, writer and playwright.

Also referred to as Celia du Toit at times.

Biography

Born Cecilia Schoeman in Bloemfontein, she went to school at **

Training

Began her studies at the Pretoria Teachers College, completing a B.A. and H.E.D. in English Language and Literature (1970 – 1973), followed by a BA Honours from the University of Pretoria (1975 – 1976), an Advanced diploma in Education (with a focus on the gifted child) from the College for Further Education in Pretoria (1984 – 1985), an M.A in Literature and PhD from the University of Pretoria.

She became a lecturer in literacy education, reading promotion and adolescent reading development in the facluyty of Education at the University of Pretoria in March 1993, wad promoted to Senior lecturer in 2001 and retired in 2011

After retirement she has taken up freelance editing and proofreading and has actively pursued a career as creative writer.

She married Peet du Toit in 1978.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She has won a number of the Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards over the years for her dramatic work, inter alia for Boetie Beter Bester (2008) and BFF in 2014.

In 2012 she won the Afrikaans and IsiNdebele sections of the Youth Drama section of the competition.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskew_Miller_Longman_Literature_Awards

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilia-du-toit-5706674a/?ppe=1


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