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CAPACITY BUILDING FOR LECTURERS AND SUPERVISORS

Connecting African-German Centres of Excellence East and South African-German Centre of Excellence for Educational Research Methodologies and Management Cables @ mandela2018 CAPACITY BUILDING FOR LECTURERS AND SUPERVISORS

Welcome Funded projects and partners involved

The programme supports various centres in a variety of specialist fields at a number of in Africa.

Ghanaian-German Centre of Excellence for Development Studies of Accra in cooperation with the , Centre for Development Research (ZEF) Congolese-German Centre of Excellence for Microfinance Université Protestante au Congo, Kinshasa, in cooperation with the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Namibian-German Centre of Excellence for Logistics Namibia University of Applied Sciences and Technology (previously: Polytech of Namibia), Windhoek, in cooperation with the University of (previously University of Applied Sciences) South African-German Centre of Excellence for Development Research University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, in cooperation with Dr Muki Moeng Executive Dean: Faculty of Education South African-German Centre of Excellence for Criminal Justice University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, in cooperation with Humboldt University Tanzanian-German Centre of Excellence for Law University of Dar es Salaam in cooperation with the It is my pleasure to welcome you to the first Capacity Developing Best Practices in Educational Research and Building for Lecturers and Supervisors (CABLES) Pro- Management at East and South African Universities’ – East and South African-German Centre of Excellence for Educational Research, gramme run by the East and South African German and can attest to the quality of what CERMESA has to Methodologies and Management Centre for Educational Research Methodologies and offer. , Eldoret, in cooperation with the Management (CERMESA). The Faculty of Educa- This CABLES programme for the African-German Cen- tion has had a long history with its partner universities Kenyan-German Centre of Excellence for Mining, Environmental Engineering and tres of Excellence in Southern Africa is the forerunner of in East Africa and since the inception of the Resource Management others that will take place in East and West Africa, and CERMESA project. A number of research schools and perhaps further afield. Help make CABLES a success Taita Taveta University College, Voi, in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Dresden other activities have been run on this campus over the through enthusiastic participation which will help the pro- years together with our CERMESA partner universities, West African-German Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Rural Transformation gramme evolve to meet the needs of the academic en- namely Oldenburg University in Germany, Moi University University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, in cooperation with Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, terprise in Africa. in , the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania Niger; and University of Bonn, Centre for Development Research (ZEF) and the Uganda Management Institute. I have been per- Please enjoy yourselves in ‘the friendly city’. Make the West African-German Centre of Excellence for Governance for Sustainable and sonally involved in CERMESA activities – I attended the most of your stay by visiting the variety of attractions that Integrative Local Development Management programme held in Oldenburg, Germany Port Elizabeth has to offer and by actively engaging with and participated in a research project on ‘Exploring and everyone you meet at the Nelson Mandela University. CESAG Business School, Dakar, Senegal, in cooperation with Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger; Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako, Mali; and Kehl University of Applied Sciences CENIT ?

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Monday, August 13 Wednesday, August 15 Friday, August 17 Monday, August 20

09.00 – 10.30 09.00 – 10.30 09.00 – 10.30 09.00 – 10.30 Official welcome, registration and tea Interpersonal Pedagogical Competencies Introducing the Carpe Diem approach Power Relations in Supervision Dr Muki Moeng for Excellent Teaching to collaborative curriculum design and Prof. Rose Korir Leadership development. Prof. Naydene de Lange 10.30 – 13.00 Prof Laban Ayiro Ms Anne-Mart Olsen 10.30 – 11.00 Tea Soft Skills in the area of Leadership 10.30 – 11.00 Tea 10.30 – 11.00 Tea Prof Laban Ayiro 11.00 – 13.00 11.00 – 13.00 11.00 – 13.00 Decision making, communication, conflict management, Coaching and Mentoring integrity and personality issues in the programme Personality, Motivation Developing a blue print for a module to Prof. Rose Korir Note: focus would be to show the participants how to Prof Laban Ayiro highlight constructive alignment. Prof. Naydene de Lange teach these skills to their students and also strengthen Ms Anne-Mart Olsen 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch their own skills 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 16.30 14.00 – 16.30 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 16.30 Conflict Management Research Management 14.00 – 16.30 Prof Laban Ayiro Storyboarding, focussing on the selection, Policies and Procedures University Pedagogy and Adult Learning sequencing and pacing of teaching, Prof. Rose Korir Philosophy of Education learning and assessment. Prof. Naydene de Lange Prof John Changa’ch Ms Anne-Mart Olsen

Tuesday, August 14 Thursday, August 16 Saturday, August 18 Tuesday, August 21

09.00-10.30 09.00 – 10.30 09.00 – 10.30 09.00 – 10.30 Psychology of Adult Learning Pedagogical Principles in Online Learning Research Supervision of Higher Degrees Supervisory Agreements Prof Laban Ayi Dr Rayne Reid Design of scholarly works Prof. Rose Korir Prof Rose Korir Prof. Naydene de Lange 10.30 – 11.00 Tea 10.30 – 11.00 Tea Prof Mathabo Kau 10.30 – 11.00 Tea 11.00 – 13.00 11.00 – 13.00 10.30 – 11.00 Tea 11.00 – 13.00 Ethics in the University Classroom Assessment, feedback and interaction 11.00 – 13.00 Prof John Chang’ach using technologies – A blended learning What to do when things go wrong approach Project Management Prof. Rose Korir 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Dr Rayne Reid Prof Rose Korir Prof. Naydene de Lange 14.00– 16.30 Prof Mathabo Kau 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Ethics in the University Classroom (Cont’d) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 16.30 14.00 – 16.30 Prof John Chang’ach 14.00 – 16.30 Creating interactive lessons using Wrap up and evaluation PowerPoint and Moodle. Interpersonal Research Supervision Prof. Rose Korir Dr Rayne Reid Competencies Prof. Naydene de Lange Prof Rose Korir Prof Mathabo Kau

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Professor Laban Ayiro Anne-Mart Olsen Moi University, Kenya Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Professor Laban Ayiro has over 30 has acted as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Anne-Mart Olsen is an Academic courses, holistic curriculum development is her key area years’ experience as high school Planning and Development and as acting Vice Chancel- Development Professional, focus- of interest. This interest includes the design and devel- Chemistry teacher, Principal, lor at Moi University, Kenya. sing on staff and teaching devel- opment of new programmes and quality enhancement Provincial Director of Education, opment, at the Centre for Teach- s of the programmes once they have been implement- During his career trajectory Laban has acquired skills in Deputy Director of Staff Training ing, Learning and Media (CTLM) ed. Anne espouses the adoption a scholarly approach to leadership development, research, data collection and (Kenya Education Management Institute), Senior Deputy at Nelson Mandela University. Her professional interests curriculum development, not only to build capacity within analysis, strategic planning and management, organiza- Director for Policy and Planning at the Ministry Head- centres on the field of Academic Development and pro- the various faculties, but also to enable shifts in under- tional capacity building, team building, decision making quarters and Senior Deputy Director for Research and moting the professionalization of teaching and learning standing and to provide the basis for meaningful devel- and problem solving, research and report writing, training Curriculum Development at the Kenya Institute of Cur- through adopting a scholarly approach using Barnett’s opments in practice. Through the adoption of the Carpe of trainers, trainer of entrepreneurs, proposal and project riculum Development. He was awarded the Senior Ful- “coming to know” approach. This approach aims at pro- Diem approach to collaborative curriculum development writing, computer literacy, as well as grounded skills in bright Scholar by the American Government and spent moting an increased sense of “being” and “becoming” she aims to explore practices and processes that are not the application of ICT in teaching instruction (pedagogy). 2011-2012 researching and teaching at the University to enable academics developers and academics to only embedded in strong theoretical perspectives, but He is also a peer reviewer on quality issues for the Com- of Texas A&M in the USA. He is a leading consultant in “change things for the better” within their contexts. Anne are also creative and enabling. mission of University . Laban’s career Research, Organizational Leadership and Performance. endeavours to create enabling spaces to engage with goal is to use his skills and experience to make a mean- Anne’s personal research interests include exploring the In this career path he has engaged in Educational Lead- the knowledges and practices relevant to the academic ingful contribution to the transformation of the Quality relationship between institutional differentiation and for- ership at school and provincial level, Policy Development project in the Higher Education context. and Management aspects of Higher Education globally. malised professional development opportunities, such and Implementation at the Ministry of Education, and in He is currently a Professor of Research Methods and While Anne’s work includes the induction of newly ap- as the Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (PG Curriculum Development at the Kenya Institute of Cur- Statistics at Moi University pointed academics and the evaluation of teaching and Dip (HE)). riculum Development. He has also worked as Director: Quality Assurance and Standards at Moi University. He has a wide research and publication track record and Dr Rayne Reid Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Professor John Koskey Chang’ach Rayne Reid is an Instructional to meet the lecturers and students needs in their study Moi University, Kenya Designer and part-time lecturer context. In her personal and academic interest areas in the Faculty of Engineering, the Rayne has focused on cybersecurity and cybersecurity Professor John Koskey Chang’ach (CERM-ESA) with Moi University (Kenya), Nelson Man- Built Environment and Information education materials and targeted at various audiences. has wide experience in education- dela University (South Africa), Uganda Management In- Technology at Nelson Mandela She has also been actively co-ordinating and running cy- al operations as pertains to teach- stitute (Uganda), University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) University. She holds a PhD in Information Technology. bersecurity education campaigns using a blended learn- ing, research and consultancy and University of Oldenburg (Germany). As the Dean, Her professional interest areas involve the pragmatic ing approach since 2011. Two well-known educational in Public organizations. He is an School of Education, he oversees over 200 staff and consideration of pedagogical principles in the design and campaigns are the SACSAA Cybersecurity Awareness Associate Professor of History of Education having a over 12,500 students. Chang’ach is also Project leader use of online and blended learning materials and activi- campaign, which aims at educating the youth at schools Ph.D from Moi University, Kenya. Professor Chang’ach 1963 Inc. and the Entrepreneurship & Incubation Centre ties. In her position at the university she provides devel- in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, and the SEAT course has taught in several secondary schools. He has been – Moi University. He also teaches and supervises stu- opmental training to lecturing academics on the design, which is offered to most first year students and the staff in University academia undertaking teaching and re- dents at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Profes- development and implementation of blended learning at Nelson Mandela University. search for 13 years. Professor Chang’ach has over thir- sor Chang’ach has experience in personnel mobilization, coursework and education experiences. This training in- ty 30 publications in refereed journals on education. He placement and management and has appropriate tech- cludes the necessary skillsets and knowledge of relevant has participated in several international and national re- nological awareness with high adaptation ability. He is software and technologies and is continually evolving search collaborations and is currently the Project Lead- the Chairman of Board for Biwott Secondary School and er of East and South African Centre of Excellence for a member of the Board of Management, Moi Girls High Educational Research Methodologies and Management School, Eldoret, Kenya.

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Professor Rose Ruto-Korir Moi University, Kenya Namibia University of Science & Technology:

Rose Ruto-Korir holds a PhD from In the past, Rose has served as the Postgraduate Coor- The Namibian German Centre for Logistics the University of Pretoria in South dinator in the School of Education as well as the Asso- Africa. She an Associate Professor ciate Dean of the School of Education at Moi University. Dr Romeo Asa of Educational Psychology at Moi She is currently Director of the Institute of Open Distance University of Namibia University and has had a distin- Learning and has experience in University policy formu- guished career as a teacher educator in the same insti- lation, middle level management and leadership, and is Asa Romeo Asa is currently affil- His professional interests, specifically in relation to tution for the past 23 years. She teaches undergraduate a member of the African Network for Internationalization iated with Namibia University of the CABLES programme, are driven by the fact that courses, examines postgraduate students, and is a peer of Education (ANIE), Kenya Association of Education- Science and Technology (NUST) post-graduate research is an integral part of higher edu- reviewer for quality in Universities in Kenya and South al Management (KAEM); World Organization of Early Windhoek, Namibia. He received cation in Namibia and many countries in Southern Africa, Africa. She also has experience in postgraduate policy Childhood Education (OMEP), the Association of Child- his PhD in Management Science but formal training in supervision is not included in any formulation, curriculum development, implementation hood Education International (ACEI) and the Internation- with Specialisation in Strategy and Innovation from Wu- standard teacher training curriculum. Hence, supervisors and assessment, as well as conference planning, pres- al Society of Theoretical Psychology (ISTP). She actively han University of Technology, China. He is an Associate usually depend on their own experiences of how they entation and participation. provides pro bono consultancy services to the communi- Dean for Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Man- were supervised as graduate students and so every su- ty through various avenues. agement Sciences and teaches subjects in management pervisor builds his/her own model of supervision. He is sciences such as Business Logistics, International Busi- interested in enhancing his supervisory skills towards ef- ness Management and research at post-graduate and fective guidance and support for post-graduate students undergraduate levels. He serves as a journal reviewer towards ensuring a positive research and writing experi- at Research Leap and the Editor in Chief for the Jour- ence for students and a good outcome for the eventual nal of International Business Research and Marketing thesis. (Croatia).

Dr Geoffrey Nambira University of Namibia

Geoffrey Nambira is a Senior Lec- His professional career has included lecturing and re- turer and HOD in the Department search and he has supervised undergraduate and of Management at the Namibia postgraduate research at Masters and PhD levels. His University of Science and Tech- research interests include Comparative Education, Cur- nology-NUST. He has worked as riculum Studies, Business, Logistics and Supply Chain, principal, lecturer, and senior researcher in various insti- and General Education. His interest in CABLES is tutions. He holds a PhD in International and Compara- grounded on the existing supervision tasks of the Mas- tive Education and a Certificate in Teacher Education. He ter degree students in Logistics and Supply Chain. This has been Organisation Advisor for NNAD, Board Chair- programme is housed by the Department of Marketing person ClaSH, Chairperson Standard Generating Body Transport and Logistic and operating at NGCL. He looks (SGB) of NQA, Principal and Senior Researcher at the forward to interacting with the facilitators and participants MoE. He is currently a member of Editorial Board and in the upcoming CABLES training session. Content reviewer of CPD Journal UNAM and a consult- ant for NAMCOL and NoLNET.

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Professor Kenneth Odero University of the Western Cape: The South African German University of Namibia Centre for Development Research Kenneth Odero earned his PhD Kenneth aspires to develop the next generation of schol- from the University of in ars who will invariably play a critical role to steer Africa to 1997. Prior to joining the Univer- new paths and greater heights of prosperity and peace Dr Meron Okbandrias sity of Science and Technology and uses personal histories and case studies to intro- University of the Western Cape, South Africa in 2016, Prof. Odero taught at duce lived experiences that most learners can relate to. Meron is passionate about governance as he believes he can incorporate into his teaching and supervision. His the Technical University of Kenya, and the University His interest in the CABLES programme is to deepen his it touches each every one of us in our daily lives. He research interest areas are immigration policy, local gov- of Zimbabwe. He also served as a Research Fellow of knowledge of the pedagogy of supervision of higher de- studied his MA in public administration and completed a ernment and good governance. The rich experience and the Institute of Development Studies, University of Nai- gree research students PhD in public policy as he believes good and impactful insight he has of the public sector gained from training robi. He has substantial work experience in public pol- governance is vital to society and that government at all public officials is informs his research, supervision and icy research, analysis and implementation. In addition levels is at the forefront of governance. Meron teaches teaching. Meron enjoys being in dynamic environments to supervision, he currently teaches two postgraduate undergraduate and postgraduate students. In addition, where he can bring meaningful change to people, sys- courses – strategic transport management, and research he trains public sector officials at all levels. More impor- tems and organisations. methodology. tantly, he endeavours to conduct impactful research that

Dr Elaine Sinden University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Elaine currently works as a Re- Elaine has worked at both local government and local search Manager at the DST –NRF government level and has been involved in various com- Centre of Food Security at the munity and local government projects. These projects University of the Western Cape. aim at finding ways to strengthen relationships between She has been involved with social policy makers, civil society and local government on dif- science research for the last eight years. Her research ferent governance and policy related issues. As research focuses on gender equality and gender mainstreaming is an integral part of higher education, she views this CA- (governance and policy) at both local and national lev- BLES as critical support to help build her research and els, as well as governance and policy of the food sys- supervision knowledge. tem – with a focus on local government. She is actively involved in various women’s rights organisations such as United Nations Women and the Association of Women in Development – her contribution concern recommen- dations on policy and governance issues. She is also assisting with postgraduate supervision.

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University of the Western Cape: The South African German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice

Dr Karin Chinnian University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Karin Chinnian is a senior lecturer in the Department of and Criminal Justice as part of an LLM programme. Her Criminal Justice and Procedure of the Faculty of Law at research interests include gender persecution of refu- the University of the Western Cape. She was recently gee women, the decriminalisation of sex work, women awarded an Erasmus Mundus postdoctoral scholar- and criminal justice, and the disproportionate effect of ship to complete research at Ghent University, Belgium. cybercrime on women. She has successfully supervised She is currently completing a Postgraduate Diploma in several LLM theses, and hopes to supervise more stu- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, as this will dents in the area of international criminal law and gender enhance her teaching and supervision practises. She rights. teaches several modules, including Constitutional Rights

Caroline Smart University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Caroline Smart is a Lecturer in the supervisions. Moreover, she is interested in promoting Department of Criminal Justice effective and ethical supervisory practices. and Procedure at the University of the Western Cape. She holds an LLM in Transnational Criminal Jus- She believes that the CABLES programme offers an op- tice which she obtained on a DAAD scholarship in 2009. portunity to be trained as a supervisor because it offers Her research interests include international humanitarian the necessary skills and knowledge not only to become law and international criminal law, particularly in terms of a successful supervisor but also a researcher. She also violence against women during armed conflicts in Afri- feels that CABLES will provide a forum to discuss the ca. She has a special interest in feminist jurisprudence, challenges supervisors are faced during supervision and women’s rights and the construction of feminist theory help novice supervisors resolve challenges, as well as to within an African context. Her interests in relation to post- learn from shared experiences. Caroline hopes that CA- graduate supervision are to consider and build schol- BLES will provide an opportunity to form part of ongoing arships and to better understand the power relations in academic scholarly development community.

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