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Heleen Hofmeyr

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Heleen is a postdoctoral research fellow at RESEP. Her research is aimed at understanding the role of socio-emotional skills in education, particularly in low-and middle-income countries.

February 2, 2023 in Chris van Wyk, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2022, Eldridge Moses, Focus Areas, Heleen Hofmeyr, Herman Meyer, Joel Gondwe, News and Opinion, Rebecca Selkirk, Servaas van der Berg, Uncategorized

Educational issues and the impact of COVID-19: what education data reveal

COVID-19 caused disruptions to schooling on an unprecedented scale. Emerging evidence indicate sthat these disruptions impacted schooling in South Africa in many ways, from shortened…
February 2, 2023 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Rebecca Selkirk, Herman Meyer, Heleen Hofmeyr, Eldridge Moses and Joel Gondwe PDF
March 9, 2022 in Authors, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2021, Heleen Hofmeyr

On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills: Implications for the South African economics of education

The South African economics of education has so far been largely silent on the role of non-cognitive skills in the learning process. This contrasts noticeably…
March 9, 2022 By: Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
September 17, 2021 in Chris van Wyk, Education - Reports & Policy, Heleen Hofmeyr, News and Opinion, Policy Briefs, Rebecca Selkirk, Reports, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg, Uncategorized

Learner flows through schools: Using high quality administrative data to understand education system performance

The report analyses school flows, repetition, and dropout using a novel analysis of school-based assessments, and how well these predict future performance and learner flows.…
September 17, 2021 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Rebecca Selkirk, and Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
May 18, 2021 in Education - Publications, Heleen Hofmeyr, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs

Perseverance, passion and poverty: Examining the association between grit and reading achievement in high-poverty schools in South Africa

This paper examines whether school characteristics moderate the association between grit and reading achievement in a sample of Grade 6 learners in high-poverty contexts. The…
May 18, 2021 By: Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
April 20, 2020 in Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2020, Heleen Hofmeyr, Research Outputs, Working Papers

Perseverance, Passion, and Poverty: Examining the association between grit and reading achievement in high-poverty schools

This paper examines whether school characteristics moderate the association between grit and reading achievement in a sample of Grade 6 learners in high-poverty contexts.
April 20, 2020 By: Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
March 4, 2020 in Education, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2020, Heleen Hofmeyr, Policy Briefs

Revised results confirm large improvements in South Africa’s reading outcomes, albeit from a low base

A recent paper by Martin Gustafsson shows that there have been significant improvements in reading in South Africa in recent years.
March 4, 2020 By: Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
December 20, 2019 in 2019, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2019, Heleen Hofmeyr, Research Outputs, Working Papers

Performance Beyond Expectations: Academic Resilience in South Africa

Socio-economic status and educational outcomes are strongly linked across countries and education systems. However, a growing body of research documents the existence of students from…
December 20, 2019 By: Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
October 9, 2019 in Education, Education - Publications, Education 2019, Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs

Academic resilience in challenging contexts: Evidence from township and rural primary schools in South Africa

Wills, G. and Hofmeyr, H., 2019. Academic resilience in challenging contexts: Evidence from township and rural primary schools in South Africa. International Journal of Educational Research, 98,…
October 9, 2019 By: Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
November 23, 2018 in 2018, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2018, Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr, Working Papers

Academic Resilience in Challenging Contexts: Evidence From Township and Rural Primary Schools in South Africa

Poverty is considered a risk factor that jeopardizes children’s academic performance. However, even in high-poverty contexts there are students who manage to achieve consistently good…
November 23, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
September 4, 2018 in Education, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2018, Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr, Policy Briefs

Academic resilience in challenging school contexts in South Africa

Poverty is considered a risk factor that jeopardizes children’s academic performance. Yet even in high poverty contexts there are students who manage to achieve consistently…
September 4, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
July 19, 2018 in 2018, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2018, Heleen Hofmeyr, Research Outputs, Working Papers

Home background and schooling outcomes in South Africa: Insights from the National Income Dynamics Study

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2018 Publication date: January 2018 Abstract: Patterns of poverty and inequality in South Africa are largely sustained by differential educational…
July 19, 2018 By: Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
July 4, 2018 in 2016, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2016, Heleen Hofmeyr, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

Higher Education Access and Outcomes for the 2008 National Matric Cohort

This study uses a unique dataset to investigate university access, throughput, and dropout for the 2008 national matric cohort. The findings show that university access…