Inspiration and Excellence - Aga Khan University
Inspiration and Excellence - Aga Khan University
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Our Masters programme hasquickly gained a reputation fordeveloping high calibreteachers <strong>and</strong> leaders who areadept at proactively respondingto issues that affect the qualityof education in schoolsengage with ICT, gender or logic as they relate to education in somedepth. All students also undertake a substantial piece of their own researchwritten up as a dissertation, enabling them to put into practice the researchskills developed over the programme <strong>and</strong> to investigate one particular area indepth.The programme at IED importantly has a Practicum component,led by Wachira Nicholas. This requires students to spend twoweeks in each semester in schools in <strong>and</strong> around Dar es Salaamteaching, conducting small-scale inquiries, as well as conductingworkshops. The Practicum is integrated into the course participants’(CPs) course work <strong>and</strong> provides an opportunity for CPs to apply <strong>and</strong>extend the knowledge, skills <strong>and</strong> attitudes learned in their course workto produce increasingly advanced levels of underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> skill.The Practicum essentially promotes the integration of academicknowledge with practical experience, <strong>and</strong> provides CPs with anopportunity for field <strong>and</strong> real life educational context experience for theirteaching, leadership <strong>and</strong> research work.The practicum experience is made possible by partnershipsbetween AKU IED, EA <strong>and</strong> the Regional Education Office of Dares Salaam, the Municipalities of Kinondoni, Temeke <strong>and</strong> Ilala, <strong>and</strong>45 schools <strong>and</strong> a teachers training college where the CPs go for theirPracticum. These schools provide an interesting mix of public <strong>and</strong> privateprimary <strong>and</strong> secondary schools. Every semester each CP spends anequivalent of 12% of their semester course work in these institutions as part oftheir practicum activities.Across East Africa – in Tanzania, Kenya <strong>and</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a - someof our alumni are now serving in senior leadership positions. Forexample, Bakari Issa has recently been promoted to Director, TeacherEducation, Teacher Education Department, in the Ministry ofEducation <strong>and</strong> Vocational Training, Tanzania, while Laban Onono wasrecently promoted from a Senior High School Principal toa County Director of Education in Kenya. Others have beenpromoted to head county or district initiatives (e.g. Enos Kiforo, Kenya;Euphrasia Buchuma, now Regional Educational Officer, Mwanza,Tanzania). Others have been appointed to positions of responsibilitywithin schools <strong>and</strong> teacher colleges (e.g. Dorothy Mhaiki, Head of aTeacher Training College, Tanzania, <strong>and</strong> Rose Akullo, an experienced tutorat Kotido Primary Teachers College in Ug<strong>and</strong>a. Our graduates are alsoworking in the university sector (e.g. Laura Shayo, Mt. Meru <strong>University</strong>,Tanzania).A review of our Masters programme is currently underway. Thiswill result in a one-year Masters programme, a wider range ofspecialisms as well as electives. The programme will also beoffered on a part-time basis in each of the three East African countries.Further details of the programme can be found atDr Geoff TennantAssociate Professor <strong>and</strong> Head of ProgrammesOUR MASTERS PROGRAMMEhttp://www.aku.edu/collegesschools<strong>and</strong>institutes/ied/eastafrica/AcadProg/Pages/MEd.aspx.4
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