Linley Cornish has had a successful teaching career in initial teacher education, winning both local and national teaching awards and the title of Education Scholar. She has widely published in the areas of mixed-grade teaching and gifted and talented education. For many years, she has been an editor of TalentEd, a journal for parents and teachers of gifted and talented students. In recent years, she has been responsible for professional accreditation of her university’s ten initial teacher education programs.
Matshidiso Joyce Taole is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, University of South Africa, with interests in multi-grade teaching, curriculum studies, rural education, and online learning and teaching. She is presently involved in teaching, postgraduate supervision, community engagement projects, giving conference papers in the fields of curriculum studies and rural education, and publishing the results of her research.