Fortidas Bakuza

Associate Professor

Interim Associate Dean Reseach and Partnerships.
Fursa kwa Watoto Project Coordinator
Evidence-Based Policy, Planning, and Development – Supporting Children’s Holistic Development Project in marginalized communities”, co principal investigator

Introduction

Dr Fortidas Bakuza joined IED,EA as a lecturer in 2014

Education

PhD in Education Administration from State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014
M.Ed. General Education from State University of New York at Buffalo, 2012
Postgraduate Diploma in Children, Youth and Development from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2005
Bachelor of Arts with Education from University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2002

Training

Developing Your Teaching Dossier, Including for Promotion,Qaulity Teaching and Learning (QTL), 2022

Reconceptualizing Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022

Faculty Training on Competency Based Curriculum, 2021

Media Training for AKU leaders and spokespeople, in Nairobi, Kenya, 2017 Rethinking Teaching (RTT), Qaulity Teaching and Learning (QTL), 2019

The Instructional Skills Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016

Blended Learning: Faculty Development Program- Karachi, Pakistan, 2016

Trainers training on Science of Early Childhood Development (SECD) Dubai, 2016

Project Management from University of Dar es Salaam, Computing Center, 2015

Science of Early Childhood Development (SECD),Aga Khan University, 2015

Institute of Human Development in partnership with Red River College and the Aga Khan Development Network, 2015

Prof. Leadership Certificate Early Childhood Development, Victoria University, Canada, 2007

 

Current areas of teaching

Early Childhood Education
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Teacher Education

Research interests

Education Leadership and Policy with special interest on Early Childhood Leadership
Teaching and Learning in Contexts – The role of Local Knowledge in the Mainstream Curriculum

Experience

Assistant Professor, The Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, East Africa, 2016 to date
Deputy Head of Programmes,  TheAga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, East Africa, 2017 to date
Lecturer- Early Childhood, The Aga Khan University, Institute for Education Development, East Africa 2014 to date
National Coordinator- Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network, 2008-2012
Programme Coordinator AMANI ECD, 2001-2007
Teacher -Public Secondary Schools,1993-2003




Professional associations

Education Quality and Learning for All (EQUAL) 2017 to date
Board of Directors of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), 2016-2019
National Pre-Primary Education Framework Team- Tanzania, 2021 to date
The Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART), 2021 to date
National Liaison officer, TAssociation for Childhood Education International,Tanzania
Global Leader,The World Forum Foundation on Early Care and Education
National Representative- The World Forum Foundation
Lead- Research and Knowledge Sharing Task Force of the ADEA WGECD, 2013

Awards and honours

Plan Netherlands Professional Fellow, 2005
Common Wealth Professional fellowship, 2009

Publications

Bakuza, F.R. (2024). Experiences from Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN)

in Makokoro(2024). Letting a Thousand Flowers Bloom: Early Childhood Development Network in Africa

 

Bakuza, F.R. (2024). Early Childhood Education Leadership in Tanzania: A Missing Link

for Quality Good Start in Basic Education. Journal of Education and Practice Vol 15, No 3 (2024) ISSN (Paper)2222-1735 ISSN (Online)2222-288X. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/15-3-03

Link : https://iiste.org/Jounals/index.php/JEP/issue/view/5785

 

Ebrahim, H. B., Sebatane, E., Bakuza, F., Banda, M., Ndeto J., and Pillay, P.(2023).

Stories and perspectives from Africa are crucial for the future of early childhood care and education, 219. In Pence, A., Makokoro, P., Ebrahim, H.B. and Barry, O. (eds) (2023). Sankofa: Appreciating the past in planning the future of early childhood education, care and development in Africa; the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, Place de Fontecoy, 75353, Paris 07 SP France

Bakuza, F.R. (2022). Towards Teachers’ Professional Development in the 21st Century: Teachers

Experiences in Tanzania. In Rethinking Teacher Education: Improvement, Innovation and Change, Lugalla, J.L.P., Mtenzi, F. J. and Andema, A. (eds)

 

Bakuza, F.R. (2022). Integrated Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Early Years Education of

Large Classes: Lessons from Chanika and Zingiziwa, Tanzania. In Maximizing Educational Change: Research, Policy, Leadership, Technology and Curriculum, Rarieya, J.,  Lugalla, J.L.P.,  and Mtenzi, F. (eds)

 

Bakuza, F.R. (2019). Does leadership exist in Early Childhood Education in Tanzania? In

Leadership in Early Education in Times of Change; Research from five continents, Strehmel, P., Heikka, J, Hujala,E., Rodd, J and Waniganayake, M (eds)

 

Bakuza, F.R. (2019).  New Education Policy, New Curriculum and New Government (5th Phase). In

Education in Tanzania in the era of globalization; challenges and opportunities, Lugalla, J.L.P. and Ngwaru, M (eds)

Mrutu, N., Rea-Dickins, P., Pence, A., Bakuza, F., Walli, S. (2016). Beyond ABC: the

            complexities of Early Childhood Education in Tanzania. Available at:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/early-childhood-education-english-speakers-other-languages

 

Szente, J., Wang, X. C., Thirumurthy, V., Mebratu, B., & Bakuza, F. R. (2016).

Evolution of policies regarding early childhood educators: Viewpoints from China, India, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. International Journal of Early Childhood Education and Care.

 

Bakuza, F. R. (2017). A timely opportunity for change: Increasing refugee parental

involvement in US schools. Journal of Educational Change, 1-25.

 

Koyama, J., & Bakuza, F. R. (2017). A timely opportunity for change: Increasing

refugee parental involvement in US schools. Journal of Educational Change18(3), 311-335.

 

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